Brewery Updates: Last one!
This is it, the last update until we open. That’s means 1) we are close, and 2) we are in the crunch time of opening a production brewery and tap room. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram will still be fed with updates as they happen. This will also be the end of this website format, as […]
BREWERY UPDATE: Between tank days.
More pictures than words again. Since tank day things have moved along well. The brewhouse is plumbed, and steamfitters will wrap up this week. Still need to put on the kettle stack and complete some electrical controls to the motors and pumps – about a week of work there. Tank day #2 is next week, […]
Between the Waves
Our next Single Series beer is hitting next week – Between the Waves, an American Bitter. This beer is a layup for me, as it’s my favorite combo for a hoppy pale ale. Take high quality British malt and construct a simple grain bill (Fawcett Golden Promise, Oat Malt, Caramalt) and marry that flavor with […]
BREWERY UPDATE: Tank Day
Mostly photos on this one, as we are in go mode and time is tight. Our brewhouse, boiler and misc other equipment are all delivered, and we are installing now, but fermentation tanks are a few weeks out. And the tap room shall remain a mystery, but it’s looking great. Also our pouring license (to […]
Infinite Jest hits
Infinite Jest is back full time and hitting the streets this week. It’s an American Pale Wheat Beer, and that style confuses some folks. Preconceived notions and assumptions tend to trump reality in the beer game, so here’s a few facts about our new beer release (besides being delicious). YEAR ROUND Infinite Jest is our […]
Brewery update: Paperwork & Prep
We’ve killed a lot of trees recently, as permitting moves along and we apply for various approvals while putting on some dog and pony show presentations. Seven city boards are down and three to go. All that we have left are some sign and exterior lighting approvals, and our pouring permit (no big deal). The […]
Beer Updates!
We have new beers hitting the street this month, as well as some old and new favorites returning. Saison Our Saison returns for the Spring / Summer in 6 and 12 pack cans! It is on the shelf right now, and hoping that Spring / Summer actually arrives in 2016. The grain in this beer […]
Brewery Update: Walls are up
It’s a bit ugly right now in the brewery, just a smattering of contractors and stuff everywhere, but it’s progress. All rough plumbing and electrical is complete within the walls (inspections completed) and dry wall, green board, and FRP are up. Walls are getting taped now, and by the weekend we’ll start painting. Also being […]
Brewery Updates: Floors are done.
As you already know through our oversharing on social media, we hit a big milestone last week when we poured our new floors. When we took over the building last fall, we had many, many decisions to make about how to tackle the floor, as the overall condition was not the best. It was months […]
Brewery Update: Cuts and digs
Just came back from a Monday morning site visit, and it’s good to see three different sub-contractors going at it at 7:30AM. The floors have been cut and trenched for the plumber, who started laying pipe this morning. The dry wall guys are finishing the demising wall and will be back in about a month […]
Brewery Update: Fun with permits & licensing
Brewery Updates! When we last left you, we had just about finished up the demo at the end of October, or so we thought. Once we had a uniform open space, some things became apparent: the existing conditions of the building were not as we hoped, and we also had the ceiling decision to make. […]
LAGER! AND LOTS OF IT.
We have 5 lagers available right now, the most ever by Notch at one time. Why? Our love of hopeless causes of course, but also, we are on two missions this year: 1) complete the brewery in Salem, and 2) demonstrate that “session” is an entire category of beer and more than IPA. More on […]
Brewery Update – Demo is done, maybe
Demolition took a bit longer than anticipated (I expect this to be a reoccurring project theme) and we can see the final clean up in the photos that follow. While our building was originally built as a REO Motor Car showroom, garage and repair facility around 1910, for the last 20 plus years it has […]
Black Lager! (Černé Pivo!)
Our beloved Czech style small black lager is back. And the beer formerly known as Černe Pivo is now known simply as Black Lager. Why? About 75% of you who wanted to order it didn’t, because the Czech language is impossible. So when we decided to put it in cans (yes, six pack cans starting […]
The end and the beginning.
Our poor blog has been ignored, we know. The reality is that our blog focused web site will be retired soon. It’s good thing, as this format has been the only thing we’ve used since we founded Notch in 2010. We’ll limp through the winter with this design, and then unleash a new look when […]
Zen Arcade
For the next Single Series beer, we bring you Zen Arcade. A hoppy American pale wheat beer that follows no stylistic guidelines whatsoever. It’s a departure from our norm, where we have brewed over 25 beers to date and almost all of them based on session styles from other beer brewing countries. Instead, Zen Arcade […]
Saison returns, in cans!
It’s time to celebrate the coming warm weather (it’s coming, it really is) with a beer of refreshment and nourishment – a worker’s beer. Spring and summer are no time for a beer of kings or royalty, it’s time for a beer that slakes our thirst and reminds us that flavor is not a compromise […]