Session Ale
Notch Brewing

Session AleSession Ale
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From:
Notch Brewing
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.67 | pDev: 11.17%
Reviews:
34
Ratings:
98
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 01, 2015
Added:
Mar 12, 2011
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  8
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Ratings by ecar027:
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Reviewed by ecar027 from Massachusetts

3.39/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Very light amber, unusually so. Whiskey coloured. Not super bright but clear enough.

Smell: Nice, clean grapefruit citrus notes on the hops, maybe some lightly roasted coffee on the malt side.

Taste: The grapefruit citrus hops comes through again in the taste. I don't get much of the malt at all but maybe some light toast. Balanced.

Mouthfeel: This is where the beer goes from average to bad. My first bottle was dead flat, no hiss on opening and the cap was loose. No carbonation at all, I had to dump it. I tried another couple bottles and found that they were carbonated, but not very and it felt to me like all the caps came off too easily. I can understand that this is a session beer so maybe that implies low carbonation but I wonder if I got a dud batch. I like my beers on the unfizzy end of the spectrum but I really felt that this could have been carried by some more carbonation. Very watery mouth-feel even in the most carbonated bottle. It ruined the beer.

UPDATE:
The next beer had much better carbonation. The first three I tried yesterday were on the same side of the 6-pack so perhaps on that side the bottles had been clipped during handling? Who knows but the carbonation was much better on tonight's beer and the mouthfeel was much better. I've bumped the score accordingly for this bottle and chalked the carbonation problem up to bad luck.
May 15, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by fureousangel from California

May 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by kvgomps from New Jersey

Apr 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by JKV96 from Massachusetts

Oct 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by cavemanlawyer1999 from Massachusetts

Sep 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by SuperHop18 from Massachusetts

Jul 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by liquorpig from Massachusetts

Jun 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Fletch1dotnet from Massachusetts

Jun 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Resuin from Massachusetts

May 28, 2014
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Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire

3.93/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From the 12 fl. oz. bottle into a shaker glass. sampled on April 26, 2014.

The pour looks correct with its copper-amber color, modest off-white head, and slightly unfiltered haziness.

Nice composite of aromas including roasted caramel, toffee, biscuit, and fragrant grassy, earthy hops.

The body is a bit better than medium.

The taste brings out a quick malty flavor at first and then a quick eruption of hop bitterness that balances it all off in a complex and enjoyable fashion. It lives up to its title of a session beer.
Apr 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by BigOldOaf from Massachusetts

Apr 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Cath from New York

Feb 23, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by EnronCFO from Massachusetts

Feb 19, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by WyethBednar from Massachusetts

Feb 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by lesdemonsamaporte from Massachusetts

Feb 03, 2014
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Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming

4.3/5  rDev +17.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Thanks go out to Yamar 18 for the 2 bottles. Cheers, Kevin!

A huge billowy head of foam sitting on a medium golden brew, there's lots of nice lacing.

I get a flowery type of hop aroma backed up by some grain and a bit of sweet malt.

The taste is gracefully balanced with notes of caramel and grainy malt and a flowery hop flavour. A light presence of earth shows up after a few sips in. Dang, this is good.

On the light side of medium bodied with a bit too much carbonation for my liking else the mouthfeel
would be great.

This is one heck of a good session ale at 4.5% abv! Highly recommended.
Jan 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by dizztracted from North Dakota

Jan 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by rorjets from Connecticut

Jan 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by JoeMans from New York

Dec 17, 2013
Session Ale from Notch Brewing
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 98 ratings