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rAvg: 4.01
pDev: 10.47%
Reviews: 61
Hads: 129

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Jack's Abby Brewing

Massachusetts, United States

Style | ABV
American Pale Lager | 4.50% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (56), on-tap (4), growler (1).

Notes:
Deep golden in color, this low ABV lager balances Pilsner and Munich malt with an aromatic American hop aroma. This beer starts hoppy but finishes unexpectedly malty with very low bitterness. Impressively flavorful and drinkable for the lightest beer we brew. We dub this beer a "Session Lager," as we once again brew a lager in a beer style of its own. Uses local Soft Red Winter Wheat from Four Star Farms.

20 IBU

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Reviews by Maxwell:

Maxwell

Massachusetts

4.41/5 rDev +10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

The beer pours a pink-tinted yellow-gold with a huge head on top that sits as just slightly off-white in color with some creamy and soapy bubbles. The beer’s body is really quite clean with a slow but steady flow of bubbles traveling to replenish the head. The beer’s lacing is fat and poofy, like little clouds leaving a patchwork on my glass. On the nose, the beer smells clean but surprisingly layered and nuanced for this style of beer. It smells like spicy wheat bread alongside light touches of citrus and pine. The spice in the smell actually reminds me of rye, which is odd but quite intriguing. The grainy wheat bread smell has lovely light nuances of caramel and cereal grains, which further add to the complexity of the smells. On the tongue, the beer’s taste follows the nose and adds to it with decadent cereal grain and wheat notes, and very light kiss of hops to balance the beer out. This is what a pale lager should taste like! The taste begins with a citrus pine bite that has you thinking IPA, but that is quickly gentled and washed away by sweet wheat flake flavors which blossom into caramelly and cereal flavors with a touch of succulent wood flavoring that mellows the sweet beautifully. Underneath everything the hop bitters continue to act as a beautiful stabilizer for this beer, while hardly effecting the flavor at all. The finish stays strong with the wheat flake flavoring, stepping beautifully into Kellog-zone while never getting too sweet, and remaining remarkably refreshing. The aftertaste is clean and light with tasty cereal and wheat notes. On the mouth, this beer feels lager clean, lager crisp, and lager refreshing. The beer’s body is light with just enough oomf to let you know you’re drinking something tasty. The wheat notes seem to add just a touch of syrupy body to the beer, which is lovely. After the beer leaves, the mouth is left clean with a light sheen of saliva that invites further sips. Overall this beer is amazingly tasty. I could knock this beer back all night and not feel bad. It’s sessionable and it’s tasty, which are not always the easiest things to marry together in a beer. Yet another success from Jack’s Abby; this beer’s flavors are sure to woo Ale fans, while its lager characteristics should appease even the acolytes of Bud-Heavy. Try this beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 01:51:53 | More by Maxwell

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Rempo

Indiana

5/5 rDev +24.7%

05-23-2013 23:26:04 | More by Rempo

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3.5/5 rDev -12.7%

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3.5/5 rDev -12.7%

05-19-2013 22:13:21 | More by Janeinma

Andrew041180

Massachusetts

4.11/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Poured a light copper with a thin head, which left light lacing on the standard pint glass. I am writing this review from memory.

S - I mostly smelled the citrus from the hops, very promising.

T - Very nice, it does indeed hit you with the hops right away, but then settles into a well balanced, non-bitter smoothness. You can certainly taste a grapefruitiness up front.

M - A little but lighter than I my ideal, but very smooth and easy to drink.

O - I only wish I could sit down with a friend and 8 of these bottles for an actual "drinking session". Haven't had one of those in a long time. Wonderful beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 01:35:13 | More by Andrew041180

nesarebad

Pennsylvania

4.25/5 rDev +6%

05-18-2013 23:26:55 | More by nesarebad

HinghamRick

Massachusetts

4/5 rDev -0.2%

05-18-2013 16:17:55 | More by HinghamRick

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4.25/5 rDev +6%

05-18-2013 16:10:30 | More by PEIhop

dphillips

New Hampshire

4/5 rDev -0.2%

05-18-2013 00:26:20 | More by dphillips

fitz284

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4/5 rDev -0.2%

05-13-2013 03:26:27 | More by fitz284

mmmaaattt

Massachusetts

4/5 rDev -0.2%

05-11-2013 22:25:47 | More by mmmaaattt

josephwa

Minnesota

4.5/5 rDev +12.2%

05-11-2013 21:51:10 | More by josephwa

TomRB

Massachusetts

4.25/5 rDev +6%

05-11-2013 18:55:04 | More by TomRB

peensteen

Ontario (Canada)

4.06/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Bottle shared by Liam.

Pale golden orange colour, one finger of white head with a good amount of lace present here as well, good head retention also. Smell is of crisp noble hops, grassy and earthy notes mixed with a lemony citrus, toasted grainy malts as well. Taste is of toasted malt with a moderate earthy bitter hop flavour, more lemony and lighter citrus fruits, grassy more earthy hops in the finish and aftertaste. Medium carbonation, crisp medium body. Absolutley one of the best pale lagers I have ever tried, I could easily drink much more of this over, really good stuff here.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2013 13:54:07 | More by peensteen