Hoponius Union
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Regular|
Score
7.35
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Hoponius Union harmoniously combines lager yeast fermentation and West Coast IPA hops. Our India style Pale Lager is like a traditional IPA but with a twist – it’s fermented cold and aged for extended periods. A blend of classic American hops creates a huge tropical fruit and citrusy hop aroma. A dry finish accentuates the pleasant bitterness and hop profile.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Jack’s Abby Hoponius Union
West Coast style hoppy lager 6.5%
Beautiful matte gold with wispy white foam and a stone fruit & herbal hoppiness. Good stuff.
West Coast style hoppy lager 6.5%
Beautiful matte gold with wispy white foam and a stone fruit & herbal hoppiness. Good stuff.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2025
at 12:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
A pillowy well laced head on a golden straw body. A massive citrus and tropical fruit nose is a hit. The hops are there in force in the taste profile - grapefruit, kiwi, orange and melon are all fresh and refreshing. A very drinkable bitterness that is not astringent or difficult to take. A solid medium body and carbonation, and the lager yeast, help give it a smooth, enjoyable mouth feel. The malt is appropriately sweet but understated.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Pours cloudy gold. Hops citrus grapefruit and pine but a crisp lager finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:18
6/10
Came recommended. Disappointed. Really like the western Massachusetts vibe, except it's so not western Massachusetts. Apparently.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a clear orange with a large white head. Aroma is a generic hop resin with some caramel malt. Flavor is citrus hops with a bit of sweet malt but finishes clean. I guess that's the lagering. Decent hoppy lager.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2024
at 19:24
7.8/10
Nice clean tropical fruit and citrus, clean finish
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2024
at 19:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Feet and orange nose. Clear amber, medium head. Orange, tea, grass. Medium body, easy carbonation. More of an English flavor, IMO.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2024
at 01:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Wish I’d found a fresher can; date says March 2023 so these hops are pretty long in the tooth. As is, lots of pine, a little citrus, some apple and white bread, and a moderate woody bitterness on the finish. Not bad, but probably better fresh.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2023
at 00:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
$2.70 pint can, WW. Clear gold with a white head. Orange and pineapple, pine, grassy nose. Flavor is pine, pineapple, orange peel, grass, leaf, light glue. Pretty tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2022
at 02:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
One of the highlights in a delivery from Halftime is a 16 oz can of Hoponius Union. The can is cold and my New Belgium globe glass has been cooled, the right moves on a 100+ late afternoon. The pour delivers a semi-clear golden liquid with a steady top of arctic white foam. I smell field, meadow and freedom. I take a drink, this beer is not going to change my life, but it is fine. A good amount of hoppiness, grapefruit, malt and I get a bit of pineapple sweetness. On the back end, it is crisply bitter. A solid brew.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2022
at 22:43