Microbrewery in Salem, MA

Notch Brewery + Tap Room

283R Derby St, Salem, MA 01970

https://www.notchbrewing.com
(978) 238-9060

Makes of the Session Beer

Notch Brewing keeps the ABV low, unlike Worcester's Greater Good. This tap room with communal tables is set back a block or two from the historic Salem waterfront. Despite this, there is no shortage of ambiance at the brewery.

There are rumors of a 2nd taproom in the works in Boston, technically Brighton.

Session Beer

New England Pale Ales, German Pale Lagers, IPAs, and more.

Dog & Pony Show
Left of the Dial
Raw Power
Session Pils
Zwickel

Interesting U.S. Breweries

Kettlehead Brewing Company

407 West Main Street, Tilton, NH 03276

Federal Jack's

8 Western Ave Ste 6, Kennebunk, ME 04043

Beerworks Brewing Company Boston/Fenway Park in Boston, MA

Beerworks Brewing Company (Fenway)

61 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215

Interesting Craft Beers

8% ABV

Breathing - Conversations

Vitamin Sea Brewing

5.1% ABV

Past Life

Wandering Soul Beer Company

5.4% ABV

Dolphins on Parade

Barrel House Z

Things We've Written

Everything to know about IBUs and the IBU scale.

The International Bitterness Units or IBU is one way to measure how a beer tastes in terms of bitterness. While the bitterness of beer plays a significant role in a flavor profile, it is only one of many factors. Alcohol content, malt and water quality, yeast fermentation byproducts, bacteria, and aeration also affect a particular beer's taste profile.

The Big Lake was made for beer drinking.

Lakes Region (NH) breweries are brewing mighty fine craft beer, from the Lone Wolfe Brewing Company in Wolfeboro to ultra-local nanobrewery Squam Brewing.

What is Krausening?

Commercial brewers and homebrewers alike employ experimental and traditional brewing techniques to get their craft beer just right. One of those techniques is Krausening, a traditional German approach that eschews adding any sugars or extras to the fermented beer, with the goal of producing a "cleaner" beer. In summary, and ultimate effect, to kräusen a beer is to add carbonation to it.