Notch Brewing
Microbrewery
in Salem,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2010
Iznogud (14911) 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 (6445) 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 (15519) 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 (16838) 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 (17000) 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 (9705) 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 (85107) 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]
jtclockwork (20063) reviewed Left of the Dial from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
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.
CLW (17000) reviewed Left of the Dial from Notch Brewing 11 years ago
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.