Czech? Yes. German? No.
The Notch Session Pils is having great success in draft and bottle with very positive feedback, which is encouraging. Encouraging because Czech style lagers are very different from other European pilsners (Germany, Copenhagen), and I had a bit of trepidation about releasing a style rarely seen in the US. It’s not everyday a US craft [...]
A great night for session beer
I have a long way to go to make Notch a real, on-going concern, but last week’s bottle release party for Notch was certainly gratifying, if not a little humbling. On a Tuesday night in March, we packed the Lower Depths (had an unfortunate line) and celebrated the release of two new Notch beers in [...]
Notch Bottle Release – March 1!
It’s show time – Notch Session bottles hit greater Boston the first week of March. So to kick this off in grand style, we are taking over the Lower Depths on March 1 to spread the word, drink session beer, and mostly have a little fun. Probably a lot of fun. Get there early – [...]
Beer ratings.
Quick post today – I’m highly medicated on my second full blown sickness of the year – but Lew Bryson has a funny post over at the Session Beer Project that I want to share. Lew’s getting militant with his Session Beer manifesto, and the Rate Beer top 100 list was the latest to put him [...]
Not a gypsy.
As the craft beer scene evolves and matures, new approaches to making beer are certain. One such approach is “gypsy brewing”. A gypsy brewer finds an existing brewery with excess capacity, and physically brews the beer themselves in the rented facility with little, if any, assistance from the host brewery. And from what I understand, [...]
Bottles and a few other surprises.
OK, much to update.
First up, bottles will finally come to fruition. Look for six packs of our two new beers, Notch Session Ale and Notch Session Pils, in mid-February at a package store near you. This is contingent on you living in greater Boston, however. We’ll spread the distribution territory slowly through the year. The new Notch [...]
Session Beer – Workers’ Beer
I’ve been working on finalizing recipes this week for the new Notch beers to be released in February of next year. With this release, Notch steps outside of the British Isles and begins to explore Session Beers of other great beer brewing nations. While the Brits coined the phrase “Session”, they are not the only [...]
UK Cask Ale reinvents itself
This story is making the rounds in the beer blog and social media world, and it’s encouraging to see a younger set in the UK make its way towards cask ale. If you have not been looking across the Atlantic and tracking UK beer trends, cask ale has been long suffering from an old-man’s image.
I [...]
Lack of Session Obsession
Justin Farrar wrote a piece this week on his love of Session Beer, and the lack Session Beer options currently available. Great article, and not just because I was quoted. It’s a quick read, but a good one. Enjoy it!
Hop Session and the Dustbin of History
When we sold Tremont Ale, I didn’t hang onto much memorabilia. I try to live lean, and packing away a bunch of crap for nostalgia value was not on my mind at the time. Most items were sent to the dustbin. However, I did keep two medals from the 1997 Chicago Real Ale Festival, and their place on a [...]