Calyptra
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Regular|
Score
7.32
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This hoppy lager is brewed with two intense and aromatic hops, Calypso and Citra. It’s an easy drinking brew that balances dominating fruity, citrusy, and tropical aromas with a sessionable malt body.
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8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle gifted by Chalumeaux, thanks T. J. Aroma shows bright citrus with floral/ grassy hops.
The flavor reflects what is found in the nose, with the addition of some longer in pine notes in the finish. The yeast and malt do a well enough job balancing this brew. Damn, if I rate this to style it maybe the best pale lager I have sampled. ( of course outside of Jacks Abby’s lagers ) This is a very fine lager, actually really impressive. Drinks like an IPA.
The flavor reflects what is found in the nose, with the addition of some longer in pine notes in the finish. The yeast and malt do a well enough job balancing this brew. Damn, if I rate this to style it maybe the best pale lager I have sampled. ( of course outside of Jacks Abby’s lagers ) This is a very fine lager, actually really impressive. Drinks like an IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2015
at 18:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bottle Shop at home. Bottle says hops used: "calypstra". Hazy pale golden pour with thin dense foamy head. Aroma is hoppy and lager - hops aroma is a bit unusual: resinous and lemon zest but also like lemon meringue pie. Good. Taste is very hoppy - mostly pine bitterness, some more sharp lemon citrus peel. Crisp tart finish. Smooth palate with fine carbonation. Nice. Like a bigger Hoponius Union.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2015
at 09:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz pour on draft at Jack’s Abby. Golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of floral, citrus, light tropical fruit. Tastes of grapefruit citrus, tropical fruit, floral hops. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2015
at 15:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Colonial Spirits. Pours a crystal clear light golden color with a good sized long lasting tightly bubbled white head. Aromas of resin, pineapple and grapefruit with some faint bready pilsner malt sweetness. Leans heavy towards the topical fruity aromas. The flavor is moderate bready malt sweetness with a smooth firm hop flavor. More pine and resin than fruity hop flavors with a light level of bitterness. Light to medium body with a moderate to high level of carbonation. Seriously crushable the glass seemed to evaporate as I wrote this review.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2014
at 19:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours yellow gold with white head. Nose/taste of citrus peel, grass, grapefruit, dry toast and spicy yeast. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 19:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. The number or hop is not marked anywhere, I am assuming it is the latest. Pours hazy golden with a medium white head that dissipates fairly quickly leaving some nice residual foam that laces very well. Aroma is a bit of pot, pine, grain, citrus, some unidentified spice. Flavor is nice, very lightly sweet and light bitter, a bit spicy, citrus, pine, some pot but less than the nose, rye like spiciness. Light body, creamy mouthfeel. This is really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2014
at 22:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours pale yellow into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention recedes to skim surface leaving soapy lacing. Sweet tropical fruit and mild funk aromas. Soft with sweet tropical fruit and yeast front to back and into the dry, lasting finish.
Tried
on 09 May 2014
at 19:12