Porch Fest
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Summer|
Score
7.34
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Sip the spirit of community with ‘Porch Fest’, a refreshing, golden Festbier. It pairs perfectly with live music and friendly jam sessions. Bursting with zesty lemon and citrus notes, this lager brings the fest to every porch and makes every sip a celebration.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from a can stamped 02/19/26 into a mug
Pours almost transparent golden with 2 and a half fingers of foamy white head that takes its time settling to a light covering leaving lots of sticky lace behind
Doughy yeasty aroma up front, leads into some bready malts with a bit of lemon shining through.
Flavor is more balanced than the aromas, sweet doughy bread melds with bright citrus notes, mostly lemon and tangerine giving a marmalade on English muffin. A bit of bitterness comes in a cuts the sweetness.
Lighter body with light prickly carbonation makes this one a very easy drinker. Extremely refreshing, finishing with a mild sweetness that again works with the bitterness to leave you looking for the next drink
Overall this is another awesome lager from Jacks Abby, id gladly reach for this in the warm months, grilling chicken or burgers while the suns shining or by a campfire early summer.
Pours almost transparent golden with 2 and a half fingers of foamy white head that takes its time settling to a light covering leaving lots of sticky lace behind
Doughy yeasty aroma up front, leads into some bready malts with a bit of lemon shining through.
Flavor is more balanced than the aromas, sweet doughy bread melds with bright citrus notes, mostly lemon and tangerine giving a marmalade on English muffin. A bit of bitterness comes in a cuts the sweetness.
Lighter body with light prickly carbonation makes this one a very easy drinker. Extremely refreshing, finishing with a mild sweetness that again works with the bitterness to leave you looking for the next drink
Overall this is another awesome lager from Jacks Abby, id gladly reach for this in the warm months, grilling chicken or burgers while the suns shining or by a campfire early summer.
Tried
from Can
from
Alkies Brews and More
on 01 Apr 2026
at 00:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: pale yellow to orangey semi-cloudiness with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral to mixed citrusy hops over top of a light clean bready malt base
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine malty sweet and light hoppy bittersweet quality; finishes clean malty with a nice citrusy to floral hop backing
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness and nothing distracting; good carb
Overall: pretty good for what it is despite me thinking it was a bit lighter than I thought for a festbier but hey, this works.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: pale yellow to orangey semi-cloudiness with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral to mixed citrusy hops over top of a light clean bready malt base
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine malty sweet and light hoppy bittersweet quality; finishes clean malty with a nice citrusy to floral hop backing
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness and nothing distracting; good carb
Overall: pretty good for what it is despite me thinking it was a bit lighter than I thought for a festbier but hey, this works.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2026
at 00:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Market Basket
Pours a lightly hazy medium gold color with a decent sized bubbly white head that persists. Bready crackery maltiness countered with floral earthy citrus hops. Tastes like they used Mandarina Bavaria hops. Decent brew.
Pours a lightly hazy medium gold color with a decent sized bubbly white head that persists. Bready crackery maltiness countered with floral earthy citrus hops. Tastes like they used Mandarina Bavaria hops. Decent brew.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2025
at 21:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
16 oz can. Aroma of baked bread, honey-ish malt, yeast. Flavor follows and has a mild crispiness to it. Pretty good malt backbone with a subtle bitterness for balance. Considering the price and availability of this beer, this is really well done!
Tried
from Can
from
Greg & Jane's Beer and Wine
on 02 Apr 2025
at 21:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
20oz krug. Clear gold with some white head. Clean nose, honey and grist. Some flowers. Flavors have the same with some light tannins. Clean finish. 6 4 6 3 12
Tried
on 31 May 2024
at 11:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours slightly hazed gold into a stein. Bright white head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Cracker and hay aromas. Crisp with sweet lemon poppy cake and hay upfront turning to earthy noble hops in the dry, medium length finish.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2024
at 21:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can calls it a golden festbier and certainly something I’d enjoy on my porch again and again. Tasty and crushable. Gold pour fairly translucent. Tastes bready, of lemon, grass, hint of gummy bear. Smooth palate.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2024
at 03:28
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Brewery draught, 3/21/24. Clear #2 pencil. Thin ring of white head. Barely any citrus. Cracker, honey, clean, super dry, it seems. Oh yeah, that's phenomenally yeasty in the best way, with rich barley and minimal hop. Just a good old fashioned beer.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2024
at 23:43