Boston Globe Ink (and Vid).
A little humbled at the attention received today in the Boston Globe. First, a nice article on the emerging craft beer scene in greater Boston, including Notch and a half dozen other local start-ups. Second, a video of me and Rob Martin of Ipswich Ale Brewery talking like the old school brewers we have become. At one [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Session Beer Backlash
The Session Beer Project has some recent posts that include Notch and other Session Beer related topics. The Notch stuff includes some thoughts on our two recent beers, Summer Session and Hop Session, as well as a disclaimer that there is no financial link between Notch and the SBP. I love the latter (although the tasting [...]
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 [...]
Update: BAC & craft beer experiment
Update (August 11, 2010)
Many questions have been coming in regarding my BAC / Breathalyzer experiment (see the original post below). Findings? There were “findings” to be sure. None of which are bullet proof enough to be shared (not yet anyway), but there are more than a few anecdotal results for the blog. And I most certainly had a great deal of [...]