Jack's Abby ' Craft Lagers '

[rotuts]

I only recently realized there is a Brewery one town over from me :

 

https://jacksabby.com/visit/

 

at a friend I had one of these :

 

 

and Im having one right now.  ice cold.  Im not much of a beer drinker.

 

I get it as cold as i can w SE/Chinese/Mexican and etc fair.

 

Ive been known to ask for a cold glass w a few ice cubes in it so I can pour my own beer into that glass

 

w was little foam as possible.  that to qualify my evaluation of this beer.

 

for me it is sharp , fruity , w significant body.  I like it.  very cold.  I figure I may self , in the mouth 

 

will warm it up .  I can't cool it down.

 

it reminds me of this Indian Beer , which i can get locally and many local Indian Restaurants offer it :

 

 

why do I mention this beer ?  for me its also fruity :  apricots Id say.  look for it at your next Indian Reastaurant

 

and report back .  even if you didn't get ' Apricots '

 

I know this review will not help many beer drinker in the Vast eGullet Space-Time

 

but if you see it , give it a try.

 

I was to lazy to go to the brewery 

 

i pick up a 12-pack at TJ's that features 4 different brews :

 

the above , and :

 

 

 

 

Im looking forward to trying the other three

 

ice cold.

Edited July 20, 2019 by rotuts (log)

[lindag]

I like my beers ice cold as well.  In fact, I put mine, from a very cold fridge, into the freezer for 10+ minutes before drinking.

(depending on whether it’s in a can or bottle.)

[rotuts]

I do that myself.

 

I have a few very thick Beer Glasses

 

I put those in the freezer along w the beer.

 

I like a tiny bit of ' Beer Slush ' on the top of the glass

 

no worries.  it melts quicky.

 

and tickles the throat on the Way Down

 

[eugenep]

I just finished a 6 pack of the pilsner

 

I heard about J's Abbey on Beer Advocate 

 

I like the detailed info about the plato number / beer gravity, bottling date, and so on on the can 

 

it's like the brewer cares about his product and is honest to the consumer about it 

 

I'll be buying again to try his other stuff like House Lager etc. 

[lemniscate]

I AM a beer drinker.  I've seen that Golden Eagle beer in the local Asian market.  I'll pick a bottle up to try.

 

I like my lighter beers 4-6% "American Cold" unless it's a stout or porter.

 

I like my higher alcohol beers 7% and above "European Cold" (including stout and porter).

 

[rotuts]

very pleased someone else has tried Jack's Abby.

[rotuts]

Ive worked my way through the 4 beers mentioned above

 

before me now is the Orange Wheat.  the last ive tested

 

I was prepare to not care for it , Orange ?   #R(#$%^^@#_R%^ ??

 

but its quite  nice .  the orange is in the aftertaste and nice !

 

as mentioned I not a beer drinker , but I think you will find the Pilsner to be a pilsner

 

and the Lager a lager

 

all quite nice

 

fav for me is the Union.

[rotuts]

I went to TotalWine to renew my Hoponius Union cans

 

and I got this as a single :

 

 

Is , obviously a dark beer , and quite nice.

 

JA's has sample packs , the the current version is one Ive already tried.

 

once it cools down , Ill go visit the brewery , at 11:30 am when it opens

 

and see if they have small sample sets in the tap room.

 

Ill try to remember to take some pics , if allowed.

[cdh]

Very interesting.  Not many new micro/craft breweries do any lagers.  These folks seems to have declared it a specialty and do only lagers.  That must make their beers quite unusual.  I recall having something by them a year or two ago... I'll have to see if they're distributed in PA. 

[rotuts]

remember , Im not a Beer Drinker

 

except in restaurants w spicy food or sushi.

 

Im now a big fan of H.U.

 

to me, the House Lager is a bit less sharp , not very ' fruity ' and w a little less body.

 

the Pilsner continues this trend :  not sharp , not fusty , and less body.

 

Id say if I were the Idiot some claim I am

 

and went outside now to Mow the Lawn   ( 92 F  82 % )

 

then came in and wanted a very icy beer , chugged right down

 

the Pilsner would do the trick.   if I chose the HU , more a sipping beer

 

Id keel right over , for some reason.

 

Im very much looking forward to visiting their tap room.

 

its < 20 minus away.

[eugenep]

On 7/29/2019 at 12:03 PM, rotuts said:

I went to TotalWine to renew my Hoponius Union cans

 

and I got this as a single :

 

 

Is , obviously a dark beer , and quite nice.

 

JA's has sample packs , the the current version is one Ive already tried.

 

once it cools down , Ill go visit the brewery , at 11:30 am when it opens

 

and see if they have small sample sets in the tap room.

 

Ill try to remember to take some pics , if allowed.

that's pretty interesting. i've always had my stouts at room temperature bc it was an ale. it would be interesting to have this from the frig just because it's a lager - like a cold stout? i wonder how that works out - like doesn't the cold lessen the flavor ? or does it makes it taste better since it's a lager ? 

[cdh]

Dude, all ales at USA room temp?  That's hard core.  In the UK, room temp is lower than here, and they keep the beer in the cellar, which keeps it around 55F... Try some ale-yeast-fermented beers at around that temperature.

[eugenep]

2 hours ago, cdh said:

Dude, all ales at USA room temp?  That's hard core.  In the UK, room temp is lower than here, and they keep the beer in the cellar, which keeps it around 55F... Try some ale-yeast-fermented beers at around that temperature.

I think the darker the ale the higher the room temperature? I think I saw that on some scale chart. 

 

I'm too lazy to correlate proper serving temp for each type of ale so I just drink it at room temp and cold for lagers 

 

I did try chilling and icing some of my ales on a hot day from Allagash and Founders and the taste was lost and I tasted less of it 

 

These beers are pretty pricey and twice the cost of mass market lager so I try to get the most enjoyment possible 

 

but what's weird is that with Blue Moon Beligian ale, it seems to taste better cold or over ice even though it's an ale? 

 

I mean..it is mass market beer so the flavor isn't really that high and I'm assuming the average beer drinker always drinks there lagers and ales cold from the frig (so Blue Moon designed it to be drunk from frig maybe??)

 

I tried Stone brewery and haven't been a fan of theirs - not even there xocoveza that is probably alright but not that great 

Edited October 29, 2019 by eugenep (log)