On tap at Taphouse 15, daintily floral-perfumed lemongrass adjunct gains musky mineral grained pilsner malting and mild lemon spicing for summery herbal tea-licked golden lager.
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JACK’S ABBY SHIPPING OUT OF BOSTON AMBER LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, easygoing moderation retains musky grain rusticity. Raw-honeyed amber grain toasting receives cellared fungi dampness, dewy peat mossing and hay-like hop astringency of an English bitter. Well beneath the surface, spritzy yellow fruiting contrasts green tea bittering.
JACK’S ABBY BOURBON BARREL-AGED COUSIN MAKER BARLEYWINE
On tap at Plank Pizza, exquisite barleywine takes bourbon-aged dark lager on fantastic voyage. Sweet bourbon vanilla warmth spreads across whiskey-toned burgundy and brandy wining as well as bruised cherry, rum raisin, toasted almond, molasses taffy, salted pineapple and spiced fig undertones.
JACK’S ABBY BLOOD ORANGE WHEAT RADLER
On tap at Plank Pizza, spritzy pinkish amber-cleared German-styled radler retains blood orange pith, rind and peel influence glazed in turn by candied Valencia orange syruping. Mild shandy-like lemonade tartness reinforces juicy blood orange stead. Wispy mimosa, orange soda, Orangina and rosé illusions waver.
JACK’S ABBY SUPER MOLE BOURBON BARREL-AGED FRAMINGHAMMER BALTIC PORTER
On tap at Ambulance, bold bourbon-aged porter doubles the chili pepper heat of original Mole for more demandingly robust vanilla-chocolate nature. Brown-sugared dark rum spicing regales bourbon vanilla continuance to counter chili burn. Hefty cinnamon stick, cocoa nibs and chocolate molasses cookie influence deepens intensity.
JACK’S ABBY S’MORES BOURBON BARREL-AGED FRAMINGHAMMER
On tap at Ambulance, creamy chocolate-enriched marshmallow sweetness, molasses-fudged Graham Cracker follow-up and resilient cocoa beaning seeped into subtle bourbon vanilla warmth. Chocolaty marshmallow S’mores candy likeness picks up latent toasted coconut, crème de cocoa, cookie dough and glazed hazelnut pleasantries for perfect dessert treat. In the bottle, decadent lactose-aided Baltic Porter retains slightly dried bourbon-spiced vanilla sweetness as marshmallow-creamed coconut splurge picks up mild burgundy licks over maple oats-sugared chocolate malt base.
JACK’S ABBY PRIVATE RYE BIERE DE GARDE
On tap at Ambulance, warm-fermented Kellerbier piles Belgian candi sugar to subtle French farmhouse-styled lemon spicing and dry rye malting. But its rye influence is restricted and, stylistically, this biere de garde’s as nebulous as its summery strong pale ale category.
JACK’S ABBY FRAMINGHAMMER BOURBON-AGED GRAHAM CRACKER
Spirited bourbon-aged Baltic porter variant offers cinnamon-toasted Graham Cracker sugaring and brown-sugared chocolate oats to silken bourbon vanilla warmth. Chocolate cookie, fudged molasses, toasted coconut, marshmallow and coffee undertones add resilience, complexity and sweet-toothed goodness to S’more-like dessert treat.
JACK’S ABBY FIRE IN THE HAM KELLERBIER
Lemony hop spritz dovetails meat-cured beechwood kilning of kellerbier-inspired rauchbier (with floating yeast clumps). Cereal-grained citrus spicing of lagered yeast kellerbier blends fairly well with campfire-doused rauchbier styling. In the midst, brown-sugared smoked ham and bacon sweetness picks up boggy peat mossing.
JACK’S ABBY MOLE BOURBON BARREL-AGED FRAMINGHAMMER BALTIC PORTER
On tap at Ambulance, serene bourbon vanilla sweetness layers rummy mole saucing, oats-sugared dark chocolate malting and cocoa nibs adjunct while cinnamon-sticked chili peppers provide moderate overall heat to Willett bourbon-barreled full body. Below the surface, relegated raisin, date and plum illusions caress the bourbon-infused Mississippi mudcake finish. In the bottle, frothy cinnamon-toasted dark chocolate creaminess retains sweet bourbon licks to contrast light chili peppering.
JACK’S ABBY BLOOD ORANGE WHEAT
On tap at Growler & Gill, tart blood orange adjunct and earthen grain musk perks up dry radler-styled light lager. Mildly spiced lemon spritz as well as peach-pitted pink grapefruit, mandarin orange, rose petal and tangelo illusions flutter by baked breaded white wheat backbone. Juicy blood orange template stays subtle yet continuous.
JACK’S ABBY POST SHIFT PILSNER
On tap at The Oath, highly praised Bavarian pilsner suits heartier thirsts. Musty raw-grained earthiness, maize-dried barnyard musk, grassy herbal hop dankness, modest lemon spritz and wavered green tea minting pick up slight vegetal skunking before reaching trusty bread-crusted doughy malt spine. Will satisfy bitterer pilsner heads.
