Modern Pils
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Series|
Score
6.84
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Modern Pils is the perfect example of our value of “Tradition with a Twist”. Our brewers can develop interesting, complex, and flavorful beers by mixing traditional German lager brewing techniques such as decoction mashing and using Noble Hops with newer brewing techniques such as coolpooling. Try Modern Pils out to taste these 2 worlds colliding.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA)
on 26 Aug 2026
at 17:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Jack’s Abby, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has bright grassy hops and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is bright, with big herbaceous and grassy hops, with a crisp biscuity malt. Maybe a bit too herbaceous for the style but it’s for an nice hop bite.
Tried
from Draft
at
Jack's Abby Brewing
on 03 Aug 2026
at 01:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: glossy yellow with a slight transparency about it and a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light mixed citrusy to some peachy/apricot hop notes with a light honey malty sort of note
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a nice stone fruity to citrusy sweet and honey to biscuity maltiness; finishes citrusy to stone fruity sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness - nothing really distracting anywhere
Overall: so this is what a "modern pilsener" is supposed to taste, smell and feel like? Okay, noted, I get it and accept this.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: glossy yellow with a slight transparency about it and a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light mixed citrusy to some peachy/apricot hop notes with a light honey malty sort of note
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a nice stone fruity to citrusy sweet and honey to biscuity maltiness; finishes citrusy to stone fruity sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness - nothing really distracting anywhere
Overall: so this is what a "modern pilsener" is supposed to taste, smell and feel like? Okay, noted, I get it and accept this.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2026
at 17:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brewery draught, 9/7/24. Clear bright flaxen-maize. Small, white head. Malty nose with honey-like notes and gently fruity hops with stone fruit and apple. Clean. In the mouth it's decidedly malty with gentle sweetness up front leading to fruity hops and surprisingly low bitterness (I guess that's the modern). A bit monotonous, but if you don't like noble hop character in a pilsner, this is well-done.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2024
at 14:21