German Afternoons
Notch Brewing

 

Can into Nucleated Pilsner

Look: Hazy golden yellow, pouring a frothy, 1.5 hinger head

Smell: Crackery malt, cheap white bread, herbal and grassy hops, honey and citrus. Weak nose

Taste: Lemon and honey. Swallow carries those two notes with some crackery malt. Finish is where a light herbal and sligthyl earthy hops bitterness comes and lingers for a bit

Feel: Medium-light bodied, moderate carbonation, soft texture with a crisp finish

Overall: Decent brew, not my favorite pils ever, but I would drink it again

Light, crisp, easy drinking, refreshing, white bread, biscuit, crackers, hint of mild honey, lemony citrus, medium bodied, smooth with some floral earthy herbal grassy noble hops

 

Picked up a 16 oz single from the Hot Spot cooler on Brevard Road 7-2-25 for $3.79. Canned 4-15-25; consumed for review 8-27-25. Cold stored since purchase.

Beer poured chilled gold with a nice white head that has some decent hang time.

Nose is bready, crackers, earthy, and i am getting a lot of black pepper.

Taste is a light bready malt base in which works really well with the hopping that is giving me lots of lemon. Finishes with a black pepper bitterness; 6/10 on my scale.

Mouthfeel is light bodied, very refreshing, and uber soft and smooth.

Overall, wow this is=s a 4+ month old beer that is phenomenal. Cannot imagine how good this is on tap!

 

16 ounce can - $3.75 at Woodstock Beer Market in Woodstock, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours a light gold body, lightly hazy with a full, frothy, white head. Moderate lace on the way down.

Smell: Modest, mild pils malt with a notable floral, spicy hop profile that also hints of lemon and some slight grassiness.

Taste: A sweet, grainy maltiness swiftly shifts over to a lively floral, spicy hop flavor and ample snap of supporting bitterness, making way for a dry, crisp finish, though with just a bit of the grassy-spicy element lingering.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-plus carbonation.

Overall: Enjoyable.

On draught, a straw colored pour with fairy high clarity and a nice head. Retention is average, nice random lacing.
Nice malt and grain flavors, pleasant (Saaz?) hops bitterness. A touch of citrus flavor as well. The lager yeast and carbonation hit the mark. A nice enjoyable dry Pilsner finish.
One of the better Pilsners I’ve had in a while.

 

16oz can from HalfTime. Pale yellow pour yields a persistent sturdy white head. Biscuity, bready aroma, hint of lemon. Taste is soft and smooth, bready, kiss of lemon with some lingering fruity notes. Really enjoyable.

 

 

Somewhat cloudy yellow body with full white head with spotted lacing. Smells of grassy hops, lemon pith, greasy yeast, pilsner malts, and a touch of grain. Taste is much the same but hoppier, yeast still full but nose had better balance by a... notch. Feels yeasty, hoppy, yet bright and full, sharp finish. Preferring notch's czech lagers, but their german lagers are quite enjoyable as well. The wife liked it

on draft at the brewery, in half-liter glass

crystal clear light yellow golden color, foamy white head. good head retention. Earthy, peppery hops, crisp, clean, dry finish. overall its Excellent

 

 

Excellent German style Pilsner with a spicy taste/finish. The Barke pils malt and spalt hops give the beer a well defined character.