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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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Tap @Cambridge, 1.
Slightly hazy orange color, creamy white head. Saison yeasty, spicey-fruity aroma. Light to medium-bodied. Typical Saison yeast flavor, green apple. Crisp. A bit watery and "too easy" Saison for my liking.

Tried from Draft on 17 Nov 2013 at 07:57


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

Bottle courtesy of AirForceHops. Cloudy straw gold with a large white head. Pineapple, Belgian yeast, sweet bready malt, and spice aroma. Spicy Belgian yeast, bready malt flavor with a mild hoppy finish. Medium body, lively carbonation. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2013 at 15:42


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

Gravity dispense at GBBF ’13, 13/08/13. Hazed golden amber with a thin off white head. Nose is hop forward, light pine, bitter orange, grapefruit. Taste comprises light floral notes, orange pith, hint of pine, juicy hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light hop bitterness in the finish. Great sessionable affair !

Tried on 14 Sep 2013 at 15:41


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2013. Poured a hazy orange with a medium white head. Aroma of floral and fruity hops. Flavours of mango, pine and biscuit. Palate is gentle hop resins.

Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2013 at 12:33


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

13th August 2013
GBBF Day 1. Light haze on this gold beer. Little white head. Light dry palate. Little orange and then tropical fruits. Light hop spice. Light creamy malt underneath. Very nice!

Tried on 31 Aug 2013 at 07:29


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From cask. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and grapefruity. Smooth. peachy and crisp hoppy. Lingering fruity and mellow peachy to grapefruity. Bitter and lingering fruity finish.

Tried from Cask on 31 Aug 2013 at 01:34


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pours pale yellow into a pilsner. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Sour corn aromas. Soft with sour corn and mild nutty hay upfront turning to a mild cooked vegetable finish.

Tried on 25 Aug 2013 at 16:33


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at GBBF 2013. It pours hazy golden with a bubbly white head. The nose is pine, orange, melon, apple, pear, sweet, white grape and leaf. The taste is smooth, earth, pine, dough, resin, apricot, orange and decent bitterness with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Smooth, juicy APA. Easy drinking. Decent.

Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2013 at 12:19


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Caramel and resin aromas. Soft with sourdough and caramel upfront turning to mild resin in the medium length finish.

Tried on 10 May 2013 at 16:27


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

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, spruce, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120807]

Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2013 at 02:21