Notch Brewery & Tap Room - Salem
Brewery · Salem ·
Craft beer pours in a hip warehouse & riverside garden
Craft beer pours in a hip warehouse & riverside garden
"Remember when everyone was going full send on IPAs? Well, around the same time, the founder of Notch Brewing went in the complete opposite direction to focus on session-style beers. Order their crisp, Czech-style lager and you might even get educated about the nuance of a mlíko pour, which is mostly a bunch of flavorful wet foam. Notch’s Brighton location is spacious, but the indoor area can fill up quickly on weekends—they share the all-season outdoor patio with other small business vendors in the complex. Get some pies from Pizza Project and empanadas from Super Bien, or something from Notch’s own kitchen that’s pumping out flavorful pretzels and German-style sandwiches." - valerie li stack
"Notch Brewing has been crafting pale ales, lagers, and pilsners in Salem since 2010. At their Salem taproom, you can try them all while snacking on German-leaning fare like a sausage sandwich on a brioche bun served with sauerkraut, pickled beets, and Dusseldorf mustard." - Celina Colby
"A Salem-based brewery that expanded to the Speedway in July 2021, bringing a sizable taproom and an outdoor beer-garden atmosphere to the redevelopment." - Stephanie Carter
"A production manager based at the Salem facility used her Instagram account @ratmagnet to invite women in the craft beer industry to share stories of sexism and harassment, a call that prompted dozens of allegations naming breweries nationwide and helped trigger a broader reckoning within the sector." - Terrence Doyle
"A production manager at this Salem brewery publicly detailed being subjected to sexist comments (including remarks from contractors during a brewhouse build) in an Instagram post on her first day out of the house since the COVID-19 pandemic; the post went viral, drawing over 1,000 messages reporting sexism, racism, sexual harassment, and assault across the craft-beer industry. She began reposting anonymous survivor accounts, her disclosures prompted investigations by major industry groups and led to calls for some industry figures to step down, while also generating widespread media interest and hundreds of interview requests." - ByDevi Jags
