The Path to Grodziskie
I had a few beers late last year with Todd and Jason Alstrom from Beer Advocate and talk turned to the Extreme Beer Fest (EBF). Todd spoke about Extreme Session Beer as the theme for 2011, where beers...
View ArticleBSA 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...
View ArticleValley 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...
View ArticleThe death of seasonal beers.
Well, the death of a Notch seasonal beer. Let me explain. Back in the day before modern refrigeration, brewers were forced into brewing cycles to coincide with the seasonal temperatures, and certain...
View ArticleValley Malt BSA
Valley Malt BSA hits the shelves this week, taps next week, and you can catch us at the release party at Clover in Inman Sq Cambridge on October 4th. You may have noticed the name of the beer has...
View ArticleValley Malt BSA 2013
Valley Malt BSA returns for our third year (that counts as a tradition, right?) and we’ll celebrate in good fashion at our release party at Clover in Harvard Square on October 10th. For those new to...
View ArticleThe Mule Returns
Pale hoppy lagers are my absolute favorite beer category. There is no second place. If I could make Notch work financially on brewing pale hoppy lagers, I’d do it in a heartbeat. And I’m not talking...
View ArticleHootenanny Berliner Weisse
“We was playin’ for the Lumber Workers’ Union. We was singin’ around in the shingle mills. There was a lady out West out there in the lumber camp and her name was Annie and so every time they’d have a...
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