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
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.

Tried from Draft at Lord Hobo on 10 Feb 2015 at 13:07


6.6
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.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2015 at 11:44


7.3
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!

Tried on 25 Nov 2014 at 10:57


2.4
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.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2014 at 09:54


5.2
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.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2014 at 23:05


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Tried on 28 Jul 2014 at 20:53


6.8
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.

Tried on 23 Jul 2014 at 15:21


7.3
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]

Tried from Cask on 25 May 2014 at 13:57


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

Can. Pours orange gold with white head. Nose and taste of grapefruit zest, orange zest, light toasted malt and citrus. Lighter medium body.

Tried from Can on 16 May 2014 at 15:49


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

Draft @ The Ale house. Gold with an amber type hue when held to the light, not completely clear. Decent head retention that had spotty lace down the shaker glass. Hints of citrus, weak pine and grain.

The flavor is citrus rinds or oranges and grapefruit with a somewhat balanced malt backbone. The body is thin with a watery texture. Very light. Caramel / toffee malt kind of subdues the hop profile. Low bitterness that ends abruptly. Really nothing wrong with it but I enjoyed the Victory Hop Ticket I had before it, much more.

Tried from Draft on 15 May 2014 at 15:12