Černé Pivo!
There are certain beers you’ll never get a chance to brew. Either the market does not exist, or the means to brew them are out of your reach. Sometimes both. For the longest time I worked in an ale only brewery, and lagers were never on my radar. So a Czech style Černe Pivo was [...]
Valley Malt Event – GO!
Beer events in Boston happen almost daily. Every week there seems to be new beer release, brewery event, special cask, etc, etc. And it’s all good. Especially good for the Boston area beer scene that for too long has been dominated by breweries from far away places. Finally, the local scene has been stealing the [...]
Updates, including Saison news.
Some quick updates on beer releases and such.
Notch Saison
With little or no fanfare, as is warranted for a worker’s beer, Notch Saison has been promoted to year round status starting this week. This was always the intent, as Notch Saison is a “courante” saison (everyday saison), but I wanted to test the demand for a saison [...]
BSA Harvest Ale
Notch’s second limited release, our new BSA Harvest Ale, was previewed at the Gulu Gulu in Salem during North Shore Beer Week last Thursday, and we’ll do the same tonight, October 7th at Clover in Harvard Square at 8PM. So it’s time for a bit of background on our first beer with an acronym in [...]
The Bitter Truth – #2 in the cask series
Not everything falls into place every time. Notch Bitter was one of those experiences. So rather than writing an informational post with a few ramblings that ends with something innocuous, here’s the hard reality of brewing in too many places with too many variables and not enough time, resources or money.
After a summer vacation, Notch [...]
Time for a worker’s beer.
It’s time to celebrate Summer with a beer of refreshment and nourishment – a worker’s beer. Summer is no time for a beer of kings or royalty, it’s time for a beer that slakes our thirst and reminds us that flavor is not a compromise when refreshment is required. So this week, this first week of Summer, we [...]
Haven Heather Ale
Thursday marks the official release of a new but limited Notch beer. It is the Haven Heather Ale, and you will only find it at the Haven in Jamaica Plain. So before I get into the specifics, please join us on Thursday, July 21st as we tap a special cask of the Haven Heather Ale.
I brew [...]
Boston Beer Week Recap
Boston Beer Week and the American Craft Brewers Festival (ACBF) is now in the review mirror, and it was a week of catching up with brewers I’ve know for a long time, as well as meeting a bunch of new industry folk and consumers interested in what Notch is all about.
The “what Notch is all [...]
Boston Beer Week
It’s Boston Beer Week, and that means a whole slew of beer events within RT128. Notch will be participating in the Massachusetts Brewers Guild events, which include Tap Takeovers of the Lower Depths on May 31, and Cambridge Common June 1. I like these events, as they highlight what is happening right here in the [...]
Notch Cask Series – #1: Dark Mild
May kicks off Notch’s cask only series, where a one-off batch is brewed for cask only. May is also CAMRA’s Mild Month, and while this is a British thing, Notch will be participating stateside by releasing the Notch Dark Mild. This is something I’ve wanted to brew for a while, but would never release in [...]