Jack's Abby Craft Lagers Mass Rising

Mass Rising

 

Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - India Style Rotating
Score
7.47
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 100 Ticks: 75
Cut through the haze to reveal the taste of American hops in Mass Rising, a double hoppy lager. We infuse this beer with increasing amounts of Mosaic, Simcoe, and Ekuanot hops during the brewing process to maximize flavor and challenge the expectation of what a lager can be.
 

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
23rd September 2014
Lightly hazy amber beer, good off white head. Palate is airy, slighty dry and a little crisp. Airy malts bring a little cream and pleasant light sweetness. Really nice hops - smooth pine that is both sweet and spicy. Underpinned by lovely light citric orange. Finishes smooth, mild bitter linger. Not really that lagerish but a lovely quaffable beer and beautifully joined up.
Tried on 04 Oct 2014 at 11:02

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Bierkompass.de. Golden, clear body, with a big, stable, frothy, rocky, white head, that leaves thick rings of foam on the glass. Aroma of citrus, passion fruit, peach, pine, grass, some hemp like grainy notes. Taste with about the same aromas, also some biscuit. Mouthfeel is medium to light, oily, with a medium carbonation and it finishes medium bitter, citric, grassy and slightly alcohol warming. Tasty! Crisp, wonderfully balanced and easy to drink despite the high ABV. IPA like fruitiness with a refreshing, light body, amazing Lager!
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2014 at 14:31

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled 355ml. -Courtesy of and shared with Marko, thanks! Cloudy yellow/orange coloured, medium sized creamy white head, mild fruity and malty nose. Moderate malty, fruity hoppy and agrumy with discreet presence of alcohol near the end.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2014 at 04:12

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle - Lots of floral pine and some sweet malts. Hazy gold with a rich white head. Bright up front bitterness, pine and citrus and a surprisingly clean finish. I could drink this forever.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2014 at 12:49

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
And the last, much much appreciated part of MacBoost’s Boost & Chill package (huge thanks!). Slighty hazy yellow-golden body with a medium sized white head that receded slowly. The aroma starts off with a lovely malty note (which did suggest that it’s not as fresh as it should be, I guess) fighting with herbal and fruity hops, slightly dank? Some notes of caramel pop up too. Impressive. Starts off great too taste-wise, bitter hop-lemon ice tea on some sweetish maltiness. Very very light alcohol... and then, a very positive impression goes just a touch bad as the aftertaste turns out to be abrupt, thin and strange. Oh well, can’t win them all. A great lager that I’ll gladly try again and rerate at some point.
Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2014 at 17:23

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Taster from Tap at, and bottle from, the brewery. Big hoppy nose. Sweet but balanced malt flavor. Very bitter. Full, soft body. Great citrus and grassy hop flavor. Excellent beer. Drinks like way lighter than 8%.
Tried from Draft on 25 Aug 2014 at 03:58

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle bought @ Ølbutikken. Pours tiny hazy brownish golden with a big frothy offwhite head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of sticky lacing and trace on the glass. Smell is slightly malty and fruity with crackers, biscuits, grapefruit juice, freshly cut grass, pine needles, resinous wood, unripe tropical fruits, winegums, orange zest and lemon zest. Taste is sweet, bitter, fruity and herbal with sweet dark bread, biscuits, crackers, grapefruit juice, unripe mango, freshly cut grass, pine needles, resinous wood, alcohol, multi-vitamin fruit juice and lemon zest. Mouthfeel is round, astringent, tiny cloying sweet and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet, bitter, fruity and herbal with biscuits, grapefruit juice, freshly cut grass, pine needles, resinous wood, lemon balm and lemon zest. Spiked fruit juice sweetness drags this down a lot. I’d like it much drier…
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2014 at 10:01

7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Pours a bright yellow gold color. It’s quite transparent. There’s some sediment at the bottom of the bottle, but a gentle-ish pour didn’t disturb it and cloud things up. Big puffy white head. Lots of lacing. Big clumps on the walls of the glass. Excellent retention. Floral and citric hop aroma. Pale bready malt sweetness. Some peach, white grape, mango. It’s all a bit mild, though, and really could be juicier. Surprisingly little lager yeastiness. Taste is similar. Some lemon, peach, grass, pine. Again, fairly mild. Moderate bitterness. Very clean. Some pale malt sweetness, doughy sugars. Little bit of solvent bitterness in the finish. Light and crisp, particularly for the abv. Pretty good beer.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2014 at 21:46

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Duchammer: Poured a hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma was very dank hops. Taste was nice strong hops, grain and although robust very drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2014 at 15:44

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Thanks to ThirstyBird for sharing this! Great yellow in the glass, very fresh and floral in the nose. The beer starts intense, very floral and lots of citrus. Hints of mint and spice in the aftertaste. Nice! 13/12/12/13
Tried on 02 Jun 2014 at 06:54