Barrel-Aged Framinghammer - Coffee | Jack's Abby Brewing
Brewed by:
Jack's Abby Brewing
Massachusetts, United States
jacksabbybrewing.com
Style: Baltic Porter
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 10.00%
Availability: Spring
Notes / Commercial Description:
Big, bold, black and barrel aged. A length conditioning period in bourbon barrels creates a silky smooth chocolatey mouth feel enhanced by the use of oats and brown sugar. Noticeable sweetness gets balanced by roasted malt and hop bitterness. Additional flavors include bourbon, vanilla, and oak.
55 IBU
Added by Auror on 05-06-2013
HISTOGRAM
View: Beers | Place Reviews
Ratings: 884 | Reviews: 96
4.19/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.41/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.54/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a bottle into a snifter, the beer is jet black, with a thin halo of light tan head. Aromas of rich vanilla, dark roasted coffee, subtle chocolate, brown sugar, and earthy highlights. Flavors are smooth and creamy sweet forward, a blend of chocolate and vanilla, with an immediate follow of rich roasted coffee and subtle char, solid booze notes, hints of earth and brown sugar sweetness, a touch of molasses, and some smoky accents. Very dynamic and layered palate, all on a rich, creamy, velvety body. The aftertaste is roasted coffee, vanilla, and bourbon, and it is perfectly balanced. Smooth, creamy, slow finish, with a solid boozy and roasted sweet linger. What a tremendous beer!
698 characters
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a bottle into a snifter, the beer is jet black, with a thin halo of light tan head. Aromas of rich vanilla, dark roasted coffee, subtle chocolate, brown sugar, and earthy highlights. Flavors are smooth and creamy sweet forward, a blend of chocolate and vanilla, with an immediate follow of rich roasted coffee and subtle char, solid booze notes, hints of earth and brown sugar sweetness, a touch of molasses, and some smoky accents. Very dynamic and layered palate, all on a rich, creamy, velvety body. The aftertaste is roasted coffee, vanilla, and bourbon, and it is perfectly balanced. Smooth, creamy, slow finish, with a solid boozy and roasted sweet linger. What a tremendous beer!
698 characters
4.31/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4/5 rDev -7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
The look is a perfect deep black that might steal your soul!
The smell is one that I can best describe as a master's mix of hops and coffee!
The taste was a fair one of coffee and a mixed range of fruits.
The feeling was a smooth drink that is very drinkable.
262 characters
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
The look is a perfect deep black that might steal your soul!
The smell is one that I can best describe as a master's mix of hops and coffee!
The taste was a fair one of coffee and a mixed range of fruits.
The feeling was a smooth drink that is very drinkable.
262 characters
4.38/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Dark brown with a finger of tan head that dissipates to a collar.
Coffee and creamy vanilla aromas precede a very nice smooth, soft, round roasty malt--the scent is not harsh or overly charred, especially with the bourbon being completely undetectable on the nose. The coffee aroma develops into an almost fresh green coffee bean as it warms, whereas with most coffee brews, they normally become more pungent bitter and roasted. The aroma of this beer is just phenomenal.
Taste is at first a bit hot, with a greater oak presence. Soon after comes soft chocolate and a very good roasted malt element, quickly followed by a creamy froth of coffee, on the fruity side, with that creamy vanilla from the nose. There is a touch of nuttiness as well. I never get an impending sense of bourbon onslaught.
Everything here is so well balanced in the beer. While it thins out, as most barrel aged beers do, it only does so as it warms. An incredible accomplishment by Jack's Abby.
973 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Dark brown with a finger of tan head that dissipates to a collar.
Coffee and creamy vanilla aromas precede a very nice smooth, soft, round roasty malt--the scent is not harsh or overly charred, especially with the bourbon being completely undetectable on the nose. The coffee aroma develops into an almost fresh green coffee bean as it warms, whereas with most coffee brews, they normally become more pungent bitter and roasted. The aroma of this beer is just phenomenal.
Taste is at first a bit hot, with a greater oak presence. Soon after comes soft chocolate and a very good roasted malt element, quickly followed by a creamy froth of coffee, on the fruity side, with that creamy vanilla from the nose. There is a touch of nuttiness as well. I never get an impending sense of bourbon onslaught.
Everything here is so well balanced in the beer. While it thins out, as most barrel aged beers do, it only does so as it warms. An incredible accomplishment by Jack's Abby.
973 characters
4.3/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Mostly black, some dark brown elements in the pour. Aroma dropped 80% coffee and 10% bourbon, 10% roast in the divide of aromas.
Taste was exceptionally smooth. Oats and brown sugar do this nicely, allows the coffee to rock, but meld with the nuanced bourbon. The best baltic porter I've ever had.
303 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Mostly black, some dark brown elements in the pour. Aroma dropped 80% coffee and 10% bourbon, 10% roast in the divide of aromas.
Taste was exceptionally smooth. Oats and brown sugar do this nicely, allows the coffee to rock, but meld with the nuanced bourbon. The best baltic porter I've ever had.
303 characters
4.38/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
This beer pours black in color with a full brown head that dissipates very quickly with next to no lacing. The smell is mostly coffee and chocolate with some bourbon mixed in. Very nice smell. The taste is coffee up front changing to bourbon booziness in the middle and finishing with a hint of chocolate. The body is lighter than expected but overall a really good beer.
371 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
This beer pours black in color with a full brown head that dissipates very quickly with next to no lacing. The smell is mostly coffee and chocolate with some bourbon mixed in. Very nice smell. The taste is coffee up front changing to bourbon booziness in the middle and finishing with a hint of chocolate. The body is lighter than expected but overall a really good beer.
371 characters
4.14/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.27/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
March 31st 2016 bottle, opened June 12th 2016.
A - Cola body. Light khaki head pours a fife high with in retention and lace.
S - Fantasic coffee-forward nose. Medium roast coffee, vanilla, toast. Touch of acidic char.
T - Roasty with smooth coffee, burnt caramel, toast, vanilla, touch of oak, and pumpernickel bread.
M - Smooth, silky medium-light body with great drinkability.
O - A super accessible coffee porter with a soft, well integrated barrel character.
471 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
March 31st 2016 bottle, opened June 12th 2016.
A - Cola body. Light khaki head pours a fife high with in retention and lace.
S - Fantasic coffee-forward nose. Medium roast coffee, vanilla, toast. Touch of acidic char.
T - Roasty with smooth coffee, burnt caramel, toast, vanilla, touch of oak, and pumpernickel bread.
M - Smooth, silky medium-light body with great drinkability.
O - A super accessible coffee porter with a soft, well integrated barrel character.
471 characters
4.41/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Barrel-Aged Framinghammer - Coffee from Jack's Abby Brewing
Beer rating:
4.3 out of
5 with
884 ratings
0 characters. We love reviews! Turn your rating into one with ≥ 150 characters.
In English, explain why you're giving this rating. Your review must discuss the beer's attributes (look, smell, taste, feel) and your overall impression in order to indicate that you have legitimately tried the beer. Nonconstructive reviews may be removed without notice and action may be taken on your account.