Franconian Kraft Kellerbier
Jack's Abby Brewing

 

Pours a very lightly hazy amber with a finger plus of just off white head. Aroma is bready, a bit of toast, some light malliard notes. Taste hits the same notes as the aroma but everything is rounded and integrated. Medium-light body and moderate plus carbonation. This is a great drinking beer. There is just enough going on to keep it interesting. You really can’t go wrong with Jacks Abby.

Pours clear, copper in color with one inch head. Taste is big doughy dark bread, with a touch of caramel, slight earthy hop on the finish. Medium bodied, slightly bitter with moderate carbonation. Yet another excellent lager from Jack's Abby. Plenty of great bready taste. Glad I picked up a four pack.

 

I really beat myself to s**t with all of those Stouts following NBS (Week 746) & as a result, I find myself on a Lager kick for the time being. What the hey, it's all in furtherance of The CANQuest (tm)!

From the CAN: "Drink Lager."; "Keller Series"; "IBUs[:] 35"; "Landbier"; "Unfiltered & Unpastuerized".

Ooh, this sounded great from the outset! I beCAN with some gentle in-CAN agitation before Crack!ing open the vent. I CANtinued with a slow, gentle Glug until I realized that such may not be in my best CANterest & let it free-flow for a bit. This resulted in just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, light-tan head with decent retention. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy solid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose had a pronounced maltiness, like toasted bread, but not simple white bread, either. I could not precisely put my finger on it, but it was more complex than white toast. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was honey-like with a breadiness that made me think of Summers at my maternal grandparents' house.

My maternal grandmother was a mistress of her oven & baked more often than cooking on the stovetop. Bread was an especially anticipated product and more so if her neighbors had honey for sale. The loaf would be sliced & distributed with honey to drizzle over it, washed down with "PapPap Coffee", a CANcoction that I would now eschew - mostly evaporated/CANdensed milk & sugar with just a modicum of actual coffee.

This beer had that honey-drizzled freshly-baked breadiness that I remember so well. Dee-luscious! I found myself licking my lips & lost in reverie. 8=O It is a shame that they disCANtinued this one since it was such a rarity in terms of style. Finish was actually semi-dry with the residual sweetness having been fermented away. I was really enamored of this one. 8=( YMMV.

Draft at the brewery, amber keller
Rich creamy dense head great retention, very clear medium amber color

Nose light toasty malts, amber to malty sweet like, toasty with little bready grainy, some spicy earthy hop notes, little bread crusts, clean lager, very slight fruitiness and diacetyl (ok for kellerbier)

Taste malty sweet flavors out front, mild toasty almost caramel malt flavors, grainy sweet bready, toasted bread crust into caramel, hops are earthy herbal and medium flavor with medium to lighter bitterness enhancing the sweet characters, hint of sulfates late as the hops get a touch spicier and crisp bitterness, clean lager, no DMS or diacetyl, very very light fruity ester note

Mouth is med bod, soft lager and a little creamy, nice medium carb, no harsh bitterness

Overall a nice amber kellerbier, good malt profile, nice hop flavors and bitterness level, mostly clean lager expect the acceptable yeast notes on the aroma, really nice mouth feel, more like a kellerbier than the ratskeller

 

Nice clear amber color.

16oz can stamped 4/25/18 so my rating may be different if a bit fresher

 

 

L: Burnt orange colored beer, translucent (slight haze). Head leaves a soapy lace, originally poured quite large though there is some good retention overall.
S: That sort of soapy/sudsy lager aroma. Overall very malty, honey granola being a big note. Some molasses, toffee, and brown sugar, think more on the caramelized sugar end of the spectrum, slightly syrup-like, though this are more not and not primary as one would expect in something like a brown ale.
T: Malts are a repeat of the nose. Hops are more present here on the finish, present a light earthy and herbal touch on the end. Less bitter and more reminiscent of pepper or spice.
F: Remarkably smooth and easy to drink. Has a bit more body than a standard lager like a helles, but still drinkable. Carbonation is not that apparent in the mouthfeel, rather soft.
O: JA doing what they do best, brew traditional style lagers that provide a domestic example of the classics. Certainly very true to the style, certainly enjoyable to drink. Hits all the right notes and hits them well.

 

 

 

 

Solidly amber. It has a light haze. Excellent starting head but it fades to a thin layer of bubbles. Random spots for lace.

Deeper, darker caramel aroma. Nearly no hop.

The flavor is very much like the smell. The hop is subtle which I initially did not pick up until the aftertaste. Subsequent sips show a more distinct, but light, presence. Even there, it's just barely present. Rich and mildly sweet with a good dollop of caramel.

Pours a pretty golden amber color, very light haze, with a frothy white head that retains well and clings stubbornly to the glass.

The smell is sweet caramel malty goodness with something else like a baked pretzel in the background. A little yeasty, and light spiciness and earthiness.

Wow - rich, full-flavored malt opens the taste. There's a green apple note on top and while the hops are barely detectable in the aroma, they bring it in the flavor - a very nice spicy note that also lends an earthiness to the beer. Incredibly rich flavors.

The feel is extraordinary - very full texture, yet the overall impact is more moderate. Creamy and rich without being a super heavyweight. Nicely balanced by the carbonation.

Overall this is one worthy beer - a great drinker that delivers boatloads of flavor and what I think is a great sensation on the tongue. You know you are drinking something of substance, yet it is not heavy and overpowering. Well done - get some.