Notch Brewing
Microbrewery
in Salem,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2010
DSG (25977) reviewed Saison from Notch Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Ariel. Hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of fruity esters and spiciness. Fruity flavor, a bit spicy, rather dry, slightly sweetish. Light to medium-bodied.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Left of the Dial from Notch Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can in Salisbury. Pours mostly clear gold with a frothy white head. The nose holds some pine needles, peach, melon. Light sweet flavorbwith pleasant peach, nectarine, melon, tangerine. Light bodied with average carbonation. Decent balance to finish, more peach, mellow citrus, subtle pine, pale bread. Quite a tasty little number.
Iznogud (14627) reviewed Left of the Dial from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Lord Hobo, Boston. Pours orange with off-white head. Fruity aroma. Orange, tropical fruit, medium fruity and hoppy bitter finish.
gtaegeek (6356) reviewed Left of the Dial from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz. can from my Secret Santa. Pours hazy yellow, with a medium, white head and lots of lacing. The nose is juniper and grapefruit, with some rose, hay, and some musty character. Nice, mellow bitterness, but not very sweet either. Light body, with a harsh, grainy mouthfeel. Overall, this is a light and aromatic IPA, and reasonably tasty.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Left of the Dial from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Alarmingly growing, dense, light yellowish tower of a head over fully clear, metallic golden beer, well-carbonated and leaving shards of lace. Very resiny to nearly piney hopoils’ nose; citrussy, grapefruit, Hessian hopsacks. Bitterish-hoppy onset, soon chased by rather sweet malty notes with a grapefruit lining. Empty a tad finish, if you catch my involuntary Spoonerism. Rather watery MF, well-carbonated feel. Indeed, a good session IPA, nothing great to be sought. Many thanks to Uncle Jimbo!
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Hootenanny from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
22oz bottle pours a hazy yellow with some fluffy white head. Sadly, what’s the only nice thing I have to say. Smells gross, extremely sweaty, a little vomit, some mild corn, vinegar. Flavor follows right along, metallic at first, but the acid flies in after that, cheap white vinegar, sweat socks, vomit. Drain pour. Woof.
CLW (16859) reviewed Hootenanny from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
22 oz. bottle. Clear yellow color with light retention. Nose is lacto and sour lemons mixed with dirty jock strap. Dirty and funky in a bad way.
Flavor is lemon tart with a off lactobacillus, medical band aid type flavor. Thin watery body, sour wheat base with a soda pop fizzy carbonation. Jeez... I don’t like talking bad about a brew but this is just nasty. Not close to a German Berliner Weisse. I have had Berliners without syrup and really liked them, not sure if a syrup would even help this out. Nice try but please scrap this brew and go back to the drawing board.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Hootenanny from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours hazy gold into a tulip. White head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Caramel and hay aromas. Sweet hay and tart citrus upfront turning to marshmallow in the medium length finish.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Left of the Dial from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Notch Left of the Dial ].Unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange - citrus, fruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity, orange, hopy, riped fruit, mango. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130813]