Notch Brewing
Microbrewery
in Salem,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2010
tfontana (7277) reviewed Infinite Jest from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Teenage Riot from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Gates of the West from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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.
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.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Dog & Pony Show from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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!
CLW (16859) reviewed Between the Waves from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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)
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Infinite Jest from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Infinite Jest from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Between the Waves from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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.
JK (8181) reviewed Pils from Notch Brewing 9 years ago
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.