Smoke & Dagger
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
7.16
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Smoked Black Lager. Cloaked in Mystery, Brewed with imported Bavarian malt, smoked and roasted malts. Step Infusion mash. Traditional old world ingredients and cutting edge lagering techniques bring you this devilishly good lager. It's smooth smoky, and perfect for whatever happens in the dark of the night.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On draft at the Jack’s Abby Beer Hall. It is axdEk brownish black color with an ecru head.the aroma is fig and the taste is strong smokey tobacco. And had a smooth finish
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2016
at 15:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On draft at the Jack’s Abby Beer Hall. Pours a clear cola with an ecru head. Light smoky aroma. Flavors of leather and tobacco. Smooth, smoky finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2016
at 15:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
at Mel’s Craft Beer and Dinner - Vienna . Pours black, no head. smell is bit smoked, but not extreme . taste is rather bittter, some dark malts. smoke is very mild. balanced in a complex whole. ok body and carbo. not bad
Tried
on 05 Sep 2016
at 00:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,355l from bottle at Mels Diner. black colour, almost no head. smells of spices, earthy, light smoke, light caramel. nice smell. medium body, soft carbonation, sick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, some smoke, smoked sausage, spices, light caramel, light licorice. finishes lightly earthy bitter with notes of spices and licorice notes. nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2016
at 15:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
@ Khyber Pass. Medium brown and a bit hazy. Thin head. Light smoke, touch of acidity, bit yeasty... A muddled slightly smoky brew with toasty notes.
Tried
on 11 May 2016
at 09:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ As Is NYC. Inky black with spongy beige head, caramel aroma, medium carbonation, mocha taste, not really tasting smoke, thick body, medium bitter roasted malt finish. Very smooth and tasteful but did not feel smoked at all.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2016
at 15:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a rich brown/black from a bottle. Nose of coffee, flavor similar with a nice roasted smokiness toward the end, some vanilla and even toffee notes mixed in a bit. Rather thin and almost cola-y. Good beer, and I’m not a particular fan of smoked beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2016
at 23:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sampler at the brewery. Dark brown close to black, with strong smoky aroma and smoke edge to the flavor. Creamy with a mildly bitter finish.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2015
at 18:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Light roast and some caramel. Touch of chocolate. Black pour. Only light smoke here. Good balance. Light sweet finish with touch of bitterness. Tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2015
at 15:30
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle pour into pint glass from Redstone Liquors, Stoneham MA. Aroma is rich roasted malt with chocolate, fruit, some bready yeast and hints of coffee. Appearance is very dark reddish-brown color--almost opaque, with abundant sparkle and pillowy finger-width beige head with good persistence and nice lacing. Taste similar to aroma with dominant rich roasted malt sweetness but with smoke not noted in aroma before the chocolate and light bitterness of the coffee. Palate is medium to heavy bodied with thick texture and average to lively carbonation and nice, long balance of sweet and bitter finish. Overall, this is really nice. Though advertised as a black lager, it is here in the smoked category and is described as between a schwarzbier and a smoked porter. It really does dance between categories but is really good no matter what you call it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2015
at 20:27