Notch Brewing
Microbrewery
in Salem,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2010
Contact
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.
7.4/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
7.6/10
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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!
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
7.1/10
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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
5.2/10
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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
6.9/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7/10
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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
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16oz pour at Salty Pig. Hazy deep gold with zero head. Nose is neutral, grass, hay, slight honey. Flavor is grassy, malty, bread, lemon. Clean, grassy finish. Good.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2013
at 19:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
22oz bomber shared at a DC tasting. Brown black, very light delicate body. Takes a style that is made pretty sub-standardly all too often, and really perfects it. Great clean example of the style.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2013
at 19:53