Notch Brewing

Microbrewery in Salem, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2010

Contact
283R Derby St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Description
Launched in 2010, Notch Brewing – named for the nick made to keep a record when you're having more than one – was the first brewing company in the U.S. to focus exclusively on session beer. At the time, we simply wanted to brew the beers we loved to drink because finding them was a challenge. Session beer has been enjoyed in every great beer brewing nation for centuries, yet in the U.S. it was overlooked. So we set out to brew the world’s classic session styles from the Czech Republic, Germany, England, and Belgium, as well as explore how session beer could fit with the U.S.’s hoppy beer infatuation. Over a decade later, we have a brewery built on the back of session beer and it’s proven two things: beer consumers like options, and session beer is a great one.

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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at Trillium Beer Garden Roslindale, Boston. Color is cloudy light orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, some citrus, dryness, grain, hops and malts. Nice dry fruity hoppy lager.
Tried from Draft on 04 Feb 2018 at 22:34

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
At Trillium: pours clear gold with white head. Aroma is bready, lightly frassy with hints of fruitiness. Taste is lightly bitter. Great malts. Easy drinking and tasty.
Tried on 04 Feb 2018 at 19:31

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Pours ever-so-slightly hazed gold into a shaker. Bright white micro head with excellent retention recedes leaving sheet lacing to coat surface. Mango and pineapple aromas. Dry with sweet caramel and sourdough front to back. Lasting mild earthy honey finish.
Tried on 04 Feb 2018 at 19:16

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Draught at Canary Square, 8/9/17.
Starkly clear, light, maize-tinted yellow with no head.
Very little nose to speak of either. Perhaps some light corn, vanilla, traces of honey and cracker?
Very waxy, with vegetal notes and a stale, old, tired character permeating. Reasonably malty and with redeeming textural value, but just rather filtered-like and old. Oxidized. Strange, given it's in a keg that has been kept cold (assumedly). Still don't know what to make of Notch these days. It's so hit or miss continually.
Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2018 at 10:49

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Pours pale gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes to hug rim. Grass and biscuit aromas. Soft with sweet lemon meringue and pie crust front to back. Lasting bitter earth finish.
Tried on 10 Dec 2017 at 18:40

6/10
A little light on the lemonade.
Tried from Draft on 28 Oct 2017 at 13:19

7/10
Tried from Draft on 28 Oct 2017 at 12:55

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
12 oz. can at The Sevens Ale House in Boston, Mass. Clear yellow pour with a white head and very good retention. Semi-crisp pils malt with a touch of citrus sweetness. Low bitterness. Good.
Tried from Can on 13 Oct 2017 at 22:45

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewery. Hazy light amber, toasty, moderate bitterness, crackey in the finish.
Tried on 13 Oct 2017 at 18:11

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dark chestnut. Medium head. Aroma is a bit nutty and with a bit of toffee. Little chewy, toffee, not bad but doesn't get to liquid bread level.
Tried on 13 Oct 2017 at 18:10