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Jack's Abby Brewing
- From:
- Jack's Abby Brewing
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 6.04%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 27, 2020
- Added:
- Sep 01, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A double decocted pilsner brewed with Galaxy hops. A collaboration with our friends at Highland Park Brewery.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
3.39/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.39/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours hazy, bright yellow in color with one inch head. Taste is lemon, wheat, and citrus hops. Light bodied, low carbonation and slightly bitter. Makes for another nice and clean lager from the brewery.
Jun 27, 2020
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.6/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Canned 8/26/19. Should be win win win, but stupid st Louis Blues stole the cup with help from the worst reffed cup finals ever
Pours a large foamy fluffy 1+ finger pasty white head with great retention and soapy lacing, very clear pale straw color
Nose big grassy dry hop out front, little herbal but then generic citrus and fruit, very very faint pilsner malt
Taste more hops out front, grassy herbal again, touch of resin, into citrus and fruity hops, light to medium bitterness, light soft pilsner malt, grainy notes, and soft lager, most pilsner characters are completely overpowered by the hops, which even get spicy late, drier finish, medium to a bit higher bitterness turning a little astringent even
Mouth is med bod, soft lager, medium carb
Overall, sigh, why would you even bother going through a double decoction and make a nice pilsner if you're going to just destroy it with big dry hops?! Come on Jack's abby, I know you guys typically make true to style beers, but this was not that.
Sep 14, 2019Pours a large foamy fluffy 1+ finger pasty white head with great retention and soapy lacing, very clear pale straw color
Nose big grassy dry hop out front, little herbal but then generic citrus and fruit, very very faint pilsner malt
Taste more hops out front, grassy herbal again, touch of resin, into citrus and fruity hops, light to medium bitterness, light soft pilsner malt, grainy notes, and soft lager, most pilsner characters are completely overpowered by the hops, which even get spicy late, drier finish, medium to a bit higher bitterness turning a little astringent even
Mouth is med bod, soft lager, medium carb
Overall, sigh, why would you even bother going through a double decoction and make a nice pilsner if you're going to just destroy it with big dry hops?! Come on Jack's abby, I know you guys typically make true to style beers, but this was not that.
Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts
3.89/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Thanks to JLindros for hooking me up with a can.
A - Poured into my Duvel tulip a slightly hazy golden hue with a two finger head that faded rather quickly to leave a thin wispy head and light halo.
S - Aromas of an odd combination of grassy noble hops and tropical galaxy hops. I get an almost toasty grain going on as well. It's a rather odd combination with those hops and the toasty cereal grains.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with a mixture of grassy hops and galaxy hops before giving way to more of those toasty grains. The toast level here almost clashes with the hops though.
M - Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, body is a bit on the thinner side though.
O - Overall this was a solid enough lager, however, I think the clashes here were relatively glaring. On top of that the hops were much more subtle than I'm used to from Jack's Abby.
Serving Type: Can
Sep 13, 2019A - Poured into my Duvel tulip a slightly hazy golden hue with a two finger head that faded rather quickly to leave a thin wispy head and light halo.
S - Aromas of an odd combination of grassy noble hops and tropical galaxy hops. I get an almost toasty grain going on as well. It's a rather odd combination with those hops and the toasty cereal grains.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with a mixture of grassy hops and galaxy hops before giving way to more of those toasty grains. The toast level here almost clashes with the hops though.
M - Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, body is a bit on the thinner side though.
O - Overall this was a solid enough lager, however, I think the clashes here were relatively glaring. On top of that the hops were much more subtle than I'm used to from Jack's Abby.
Serving Type: Can
Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
3.73/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Modest starting head which settles to film and rim bubbles. One wide ring of lace. Vertical streaks thereafter. The liquid is greenish gold and almost clear.
Weedy, fresh cut lawn aroma.
Brief pale malt start. Slightly sweet. The hop bitterness is more like a spice but it still leads the overall flavor. Neutral mouthfeel with a typical effervescence and body. Lingering grassy aftertaste.
Sep 08, 2019Weedy, fresh cut lawn aroma.
Brief pale malt start. Slightly sweet. The hop bitterness is more like a spice but it still leads the overall flavor. Neutral mouthfeel with a typical effervescence and body. Lingering grassy aftertaste.
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