House Lager
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Regular|
Score
6.80
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What the Helles is a Landbier? Ours is sweet and golden with a full malty body, inspired by the country lagers of Bavaria. This Pale Bier is our House specialty. From Jack’s House to Your House!
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4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can at Alla Spina, Philadelphia. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Sweetness, grain and malts. Can’t find much good from this one.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2017
at 19:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at WoB Syracuse. Slightly hazy golden, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of bready malt, Noble hops. Taste is doughy pale malt, grassy Noble hops, a bit of apricot. Medium bodied, well balanced.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2017
at 21:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at home in NH. Sourced from Big Fatty’s bottle shop, WRJ. Pours mostly clear gold with a frothy, white head. Crispy cereal in the nose, light hay, white bread, lemon peel. Light sweet flavour with a fetching biscuity character, more crispy cereal, mild bitter straw, hints of citrus. Light bodied with average carbonation. Clean in the finish with just enough bready sweetness, clean bitter hay, more cereal character, biscuits. Straightforward and hugely drinkable. Wonderful easy lager.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2016
at 16:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Augur's Well, pours a hazy golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out corn, straw and biscuity malt. Flavour is super clean, with corn, straw, and lightly sweet malt. Loads of depth for a lager and drinks really easily. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2016
at 12:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can - light hazy gold - lively pour - medium sweet nose, with honey, lightly toasted grains, floral notes, mild mineral, light bread - nose reminds me very much of German examples I’ve been fortunate enough to try - prickly acidity up front generates a tang that serves as a counterpoint to the rich maltiness that follows - mild floral bitterness - light bread, mild yeast - light mineral tang - overall a nicely done lager - really enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2016
at 23:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Whole Food-Chelsea. Golden pour with a small, fizzy white head. Spotty lace. Grains, straw, some toasted malt notes, spice, and grass. The flavors follows with similar notes. Nice mix of malty flavors. Some bitterness balances the sweetness. Lively carbonation tingles on the tongue. Fairly crisp. Very solid, drinkable, and flavorful, if not the combination I personally like the most, it still does its thing.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Sep 2016
at 17:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. from BOTW. Looking forward to this, although I know that their handling of lagers isn’t always the best… Malty, yeasty nose, biscuits. Very light hops, actually, just a touch of grass and orange. Bright golden, cloudy, medium head. Very rich and malty, though not with real Franconian complexity. Bready, but also some dough, a bit worty too. There are not enough hops either, really that part disappoints from JA, because they do so many hoppy beers so well. It’s sweet and heavy, with body and sweetness approaching a heller bock. It’s almost 3 months old now, which could explain it. Would like to try it fresh on tap. It’s a decent enough drinking lager, but I hoped for much more.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Sep 2016
at 02:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. It pours a mostly clear light golden color with a small white head. The aroma is a little weird with some apple and light DMS veggie thing going on. A little flowery hops. The flavor has more of the lightly tart apple notes with strong earthy/floral bitterness. Hints of cooked veggies. The body is light but not very crisp or snappy on the palate. Pretty meh overall. Probably the least enjoyable beer I’ve had from these guys...and I love this style.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2016
at 21:16
8/10
Tried
on 06 Aug 2016
at 21:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Light sweet grains. Clear gold with a rich white head. Light grains and a touch of sweetness and grains spice. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2016
at 19:33