Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Alcohol and chocolate malt aroma. Brown with small head. Sweet brown sugar/chocolate malt flavor with light alcohol finish. Smells pretty boozy but tastes great - nice and smooth.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Mass Rising from Jack's Abby Craft Lagers 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500mL bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a cloudy opaque golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of floral and piney hops, some citrus zest, and a bit of spice. Flavour is just like a double IPA -- the lager yeast is not really noticeable -- with loads of piney and floral hops, a little bit of citrus fruits and more pine. Exceptionally smooth, with loads of pine. Very dry and piney finish. A most excellent IIPL!
Scopey (25115) reviewed Smoked Maple Lager from Jack's Abby Craft Lagers 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Bruce’s, big thanks to Leighton. It pours deep orange-amber with a small white head. The nose is sweet, smokey, toffee, juicy orange, earth, vanilla and coconut. The taste is toffee, light toast, earth, vanilla, smoke, maple glazed ham and light bitterness with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Excellent balance. Very drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Bruce’s - London. Thanks mom for getting this one! Pours mostly clear, red-gold with a frothy off-white head. Nose has lots of peat, some smokey ham, hints of caramel. Light to medium sweet flavor with sturdy honey ham, light peat, modest caramel, some bread. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish, more bread, peat, honey ham, subtle caramel. Very drinkable stuff. The peat isn’t overly potent. Nice.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Mass Rising from Jack's Abby Craft Lagers 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
50cl bottle pours a hazy, straw yellow with some cloudy, fizzy, white head. Nose of bright scallions, bright chives, a little green garlic, onion patch, grass, hay. Flavor is lightly sweet, grassy, conventional lemon, scallion, chive. Medium bodied, dry, refreshing finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by Jay at Paul’s tasting. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of spicy malt, rye, lemon bread and cinnamon. Medium body.
LeninCat (7983) reviewed Mass Rising from Jack's Abby Craft Lagers 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ home, courtesy of Ernesto987. Thanks! Pours a hazy, bright yellow appearance with a white head. Very assertive, onion/garlic, super spicy hoppy, moderate grapefruity aroma. Pretty intense nose. A bit chewy, cracker grainy malty, really potent onion, very spicy hoppy flavor with a bunch of lingering spicy hoppiness in the aftertaste. Ye gods this fucker is one intense hop bomb. Good but maybe a bit too much for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle @ home via trades with lukaduke and Ernesto987. Thanks guys! Pours a bit hazy, reddish orange appearance with a tan head. Caramel, orange fruity, spicy rye, sweet candy aroma. Tangy orange candy, chewy grainy rye, spicy, bready, somewhat sweet flavor. Honestly, probably the first Jack’s Abby brew that I didn’t enjoy.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Hoponius Union from Jack's Abby Craft Lagers 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Gravity @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.Clear medium orange colour with a small to average, open and frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus, hop bitter, dry, medicine notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120809]
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Jabby Bräu from Jack's Abby Craft Lagers 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Monmouth Park tasting. Pours clear gold with off white head. Nose and taste of yeasty lemon, light malt, citrus, spice and grain. Medium body. Crisp.