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
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can pour into nonic pint glass from Julio’s Liquors. Appearance is cloudy, pale yellow with greenish tinge, effervescent sparkle, finger-width fizzy white head with fair retention and minimal lacing. Aroma is tropical fruit, citrus, wheat, grapefruit. Taste is moderately sweet tropical fruit with strong grapefruit and citrus, light wheat. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture , average carbonation and sweet fruit/grapefruit/citrus finish. Overall, a nice beer filled with juicy, fruity flavors. The wheat is more noticeable in the palate and aroma than taste.

Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2016 at 20:54


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours hazy gold into a shaker. Bright white creamy head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Bready malt and hay aromas. Thin and crisp with sourdough and plums upfront turning dry in the medium length finish.

Tried on 28 Aug 2016 at 16:19


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours deep gold into a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Dark caramel, toffee and sweet fruity aromas. Dry and thin with caramel upfront turning sharp and watery before the abrupt finish.

Tried on 27 Aug 2016 at 15:56


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours deep clear gold into a shaker. Night white head with medium retention. Sourdough and caramel aromas. Dry, with dusty hay and sour caramel front to back.

Tried on 19 Aug 2016 at 22:08


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From a crowler. Pours straw into a stein. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Hay and tropical fruit aromas. Medium bodied with cracked wheat and passion fruit upfront turning dry in the medium length mango finish. Magnifico!

Tried from Crowler on 14 Aug 2016 at 17:24


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft @ Ale House, Amesbury, MA. Aroma is delicate white bread and citrus notes. Taste is quite good bread malty, little bit sweet with a slight carbonation tingle over the palate. Finish is subtle bitter and is balanced well by the larger hop profile.

This is an American interpretation of a English style and Much better than I was expecting. I really enjoyed the American spin the brewer used. Nicely balanced and I would easily crush a six pack of this. (but it is draft only, summer 2016)

Tried from Draft on 13 Jul 2016 at 12:51


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours gold into a shaker. Off white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Tropical fruit and resin aromas. Soft with caramel and mango upfront turning to mild pith in the lasting finish.

Tried on 01 Jul 2016 at 20:59


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Fresh can drunk 6/16/16 at Bisq.
Big white head tops a lightly hazy, amber-copper body. Head retention is moderately strong.
Very fruity in the nose and unsurprisingly, a good deal like CBC’s The Cure. The hops are more straightforward with the juiciness here and there is a bit of grapefruit pith and sweat from the citra. Wheat in background and light biscuity malts add more than enough to balance the hops, though they do so very drily. No alcohol or flaw.
Very juicy in the mouth, but with a ton of dry wheat, grain and light breadiness. Fairly engaging carbonation and some grassiness and more cream-of-wheat like character linger amongst the mango, nectarine and peach. A bit of pithiness as well, with no alcohol or flaw.

Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2016 at 17:12


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours gold into a shaker. White head recedes to hug rim. Cracker and mild tropical fruit aromas. Soft with bread and hay upfront turning to mango in the medium length finish.

Tried on 25 Jun 2016 at 22:33


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Can shared by Jeff, thanks. Gold color. Light bitterness and malt flavor Good malt but lacks a hop profile that a good pilsner needs. Soft, smooth palate.

Tried from Can on 24 Jun 2016 at 19:44