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.
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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.
JACK’S ABBY SAXONY VIENNA STYLE LAGER
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, musky grain malts, mild Bavarian hops, delicate sourdough riffs and subtle herbal notions saddle tingly orange spicing to honeyed biscuit spine for amiable moderation. An understated gem.
JACK’S ABBY SMOKE & DAGGER WITH RED BARN COFFEE
On tap at Doherty’s, cask conditioned black lager integrates light and dark roasted Red Barn coffee with soured lemon rind bittering and wispy yellow grapefruit peel subtlety. Hickory-singed hop char aids polite bitterness of soft-toned burnt coffee finish.
JACK’S ABBY SIBLING RYE-VALRY
On tap at Julian’s, crisply clean medium body places yellow grapefruit spicing atop piney Simcoe-Chinook-Columbus hop resin and biscuity rye-toasted spine. Ancillary lemon zest, navel orange, tangerine, mango and pineapple illusions provide delightful accessory.
JACK’S ABBY SOUR BARREL PROJECT ABS
Winningly sharp Flanders Brown Ale-like sour ale (whose ABS moniker stands for Almost Brown Sour) utilizes residual wild yeast bacteria in red and white wine barrels to promote vinous green grape tannins, dry cider pucker and raspberry vinaigrette acidity.
JACK’S ABBY SUNNY RIDGE PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, pungently embittered straw-cleared Czech-styled pilsner brings dry Noble hop herbage to balmy grapefruit-orange-lemon sequence above soft oats-flaked pilsner malt base. Alkaline-like alcohol acidity intensifies musty raw-grained pungency. Light pilsner fans may be put-off by ruggedly coarse scour.
JACK’S ABBY HOPSTITUTION #7 OIL
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, crisply polished moderate-bodied pale lager utilizes highly concentrated citric hop oiling to ‘up’ the sour saison-like yellow fruiting. As gentle as a lamb, its floral-wafted German Polaris hop strain provides light lemony pineapple, papaya and guava illusions over soft pine tones and distant earthen musk.
JACK’S ABBY HOPSTITUTION #3 CALYPTRA
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, wonderful citrus-crisped pale lager hybrid utilizes alpha-acidic calypso and citra hops to beguile the senses. Wafting lemon zest briskness informs up-front yellow grapefruit tang and subsequent orange rind bittering, pineapple tartness, mango tropicalia and tangerine sweetness. Dry woody tones and grassy hemp reminder reinforce zesty yellow-orange fruiting. Beats original Hopstitution hands down.
JACK’S ABBY JABBY BRAU
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, top-notch sessionable pale lager contrasts daintily peat-smoked German pilsner malts with wood-dried American citrus hops. Fresh-cut grass waft affects raw-honeyed grapefruit, lemon and lime wisps to its doughy white bread spine.
JACK’S ABBY COFFEE BARREL-AGED FRAMINGHAMMER BALTIC PORTER
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, aggressive mocha-rich full body layers dry black coffee bittering atop hop-charred oaken bourbon soothe and sugared oats spine with tremendous results. Majestic chocolate-fudged vanilla bean, espresso, hazelnut and molasses undertones reinforce jolly java theme of enviable bourbon-aged coffee porter that’s an absolute must. On tap at Beef Trust, 2020 version retained creamy milk-sugared coffee rampage and all pertaining references, gaining sweet rum influence.
