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Northshore October 2025
Most of us don’t pay much attention to the alcohol by volume (ABV) percentage in our beer, but we should. Why? Because when was the last time you had just one beer? Chris Lohring, brewer and founder of Notch, an American session beer (any beer known to have less than 5 percent ABV) is a Salem resident and longtime Massachusetts brewer. Lohring came to be a pioneer in the craft beer movement by creating a beer that you could drink more of—not only because it was darn good beer, but it also has moderate alcohol content—less than 4.5 percent ABV. First, a little history lesson on session beers. Let’s take a look at
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