Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: golden yellow color with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely but barely left any lace
Aroma: lemon to floral & herbal hop notes with a little bit of a snappy and bright sweet grassy hop whiff in the middle; low key cracker malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to snappy floral quality with a light herbal tone underneath; finishes semi-crisp, herbal and floral
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness to it and a touch of floral to herbal hop assertiveness, some dryness
Overall: wow - an Italian styled pilsener that wasn't oily in the aroma or texture. Was it the dry hopping in this? Hmmmm...well, I would come back to this but now I'm looking at some other brewers on what they "might" be doing wrong, or is this wrong? hmmm...somewhat left scratching my beard...so many questions in my head.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: amber in color with a two finger white frothy head which died off at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: piney hops up front with a nice balance of some caramel/toffee notes and bready malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine variety of different sweet qualities; finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, great sessionability; good smoothness to this - nothing distracting anywhere
Overall: I don't see this as a bock but it also doesn't necessarily seem like an IPL either. It's just a well brewed lager I would return to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Lavenade from Jack's Abby Craft Lagers 2 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: glossy yellow color with a sly transparency about it; three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: lemon to lavender sweet and floral sweet notes; subtle sweet wheat underneath
Flavor: takes the prior noted aromas to blend to a light tart to medium strength sweet tone; finishes semi-floral with a slight lemon zesty pop to it
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness but also a touch of some acidic tart hint providing a little bit of assertiveness here
Overall: nice enough tart lager I believe I could return to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: semi-murky pale yellow-ed cardboard color with a three finger white frothy head which trailed off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed tropical fruity hop tones; light lemon to orangey hop tones in the middle with a light bready malt backbone
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine settling variety of sweet tones underscored by a light hop bittersweetness; finishes somewhat tropical fruity and slightly orangey
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; smooth along the tongue -nothing distracting; good carb level
Overall: nicely done aromatic pale lager worthy of coming back to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow to almost copper color with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated at a nice pace to leave some light sticky lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy hops then some grassy toned hops then a little bit of stiff piney hop tones; light biscuity/bready malt tones underneath
Flavor: intertwines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet hoppy to sweet bready vibe; finishes semi-crisp with some of the noted hop vibes
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness along the tongue and a light tickle of from some of the hops' bitterness but nothing to get spun up about
Overall: I say a pretty good IPL worthy of coming back to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: amber/copper color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: caramel/toffee malts, light bready notes and light notes of earthy hops
Flavor: intertwines the prior noted aromas to a fine variety of sweet tones; finishes malty
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness - nothing distracting, good carb level
Overall: pretty nicely done amber lager worth coming back to and would make a good beer with it's respected food.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a two finger khaki foamy head which took it's time to dissipate but barely left any lace
Aroma: brown sugar, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, sweet cream/vanilla and a little bit of dough/cake-like tones
Flavor: super sweet all the way through in a decadent sort of way; finishes somewhat sticky through those aromas
Texture: medium bodied, leaning into being a sipper - some of the alcohol was noticed; some smoothness; pretty good carb level
Overall: I guess they did what they wanted to with this - liquified tiramisu? But in some sort of variant of a Baltic porter? well, it's alright to me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown in the pour but seemed more of a black color in the glass with a quarter finger of khaki foamy head which slid off gently and barely left any lace
Aroma: gingerbread up front, milk chocolate settles in the secondary; sweet coffee, light dark fruity notes further underneath
Flavor: encompasses a nice blend of the prior noted aromas and finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper; pretty smooth along the tongue - nothing distracting (wow and not even anything from the gingerbread - hey I believe we got a winner out of these Framinghammer variants)
Overall: yup, this is probably the best one out of the variants of Framinghammers - I am pretty sure I'd return to this one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in the color with a finger's worth of khaki foamy head which took it's time to dissipate then leave some light lace
Aroma: huge milk chocolate notes up front with a light sweet coffee tone then some dark fruits with a side glance of sweet dough/cookie batter? I think
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to super sweet doughy quality; finishes about the same and a slight sticky note to it
Texture: medium bodied, surely a sipper; good smoothness but some cloying tones enter; carb level - eh, I think that seemed good - maybe borderline "mobile"
Overall: it started good - I liked those aromas most of all but once I got to the "cloying"-ness of it, I began to second guess myself on this a bit. Hmmmm....
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in the color with a two finger eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely but barely left any lace
Aroma: extremely big notes of caramel and toffee sweetness in this with some dark malts, milk chocolate? yeah, there but not really substantial; faint vanilla then some salt
Flavor: big on the caramel/toffee sweetness again with now a bigger dose of salt while the other noted aromas seem way pushed back; finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, this is a sipper because now the salt seems to have taken over; some smoothness; nice carb level
Overall: well, I think Jack's Abby did what they wanted to with this; however, though I didn't hate this beer it did seem a bit overdone in what they accomplished.