Jack’s Abby Mom & Pop’s Pumpkin Crop Lager

Brewed by Jack’s Abby Brewing
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Framingham, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Bottle:   Deep amber, hazy, large frothy sandy head, nice lacing.   Nose of nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and perhaps a hint of clove.   Smooth on the tongue, all the aformentiond spices albeit no clove is coming through.   Simple yet clean.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Starts out slight sweet, but loses it sweetness quickly.   Finishes with subtles spices.   Nice example, would be a bit better had it been a bit sweeter on the backside.

Pours deep slightly hazed amber into a Sam glass. White head with little retention recedes to mottle surface. Cinnamon, pumpkin and nutmeg aromas. Soft with sweet caramel upfront turning to pumpkin and spice in the dry, medium length finish.

500mL Bottle, purchased at Provisions - Northampton, MA. Aromatics centered on roasted vegetables and baked pumpkin flesh, accented with rendered cinnamon quality. Flavors pick up way too much cinnamon, burying a detectable signal of orange starchiness beneath a sheen of spice. This feels very watery and one note, with the sugar subtleties struggling to rise above the lack of sweetness and the overall thinness. Bummer.

500ml bottle, thanks to radarsock. October 2012 version. Nice authentic pumpkin and squash aroma up front. Light nutmeg, cinnamon. Awesome, smooth texture, lighter carbonation. Nice dry texture. Hazy orange - amber color. Good thin off-white head, that has good retention. Nice savory and spice taste, little sweet. Good sections of lace. As far as pumpkin beer goes, this beats most of the ales that I’ve tried that are of similar gravity. Well-done.

bottle. pours a clear copper with a quickly fading dirty white head. notes of sweet cooked pumpkin pie, toasted pumpkin seeds, caramelized brown sugar, with a toasted nuts and marshmallow. okay, touch too sweet for my liking. hits the sweet pumpkin pie drink character up well enough. fine.

Very light super clean background, nice spice and pumpkin flavors, this one is prettytasty

One of the better pumpkin beers out there. Really tasty and crisp with nice spice and pumpkin flavor. The lager body is wonderful and nothing is over done. A subtle easy drinking good beer.

Bottle from Julios. Pours a pumpkinish orange with very little head. Very subtle spice and pumpkin flavors which makes this better than most of the other ones out there in this category than tend to be overly spicy or have artificial pumpkin flavoring.

Single bottle from Julio’s. A clear medium orange color. Thin head, but good carbonation. Aromas of earthy roasted pumpkin and light spice. Flavor is on the dry side, spice is in check. Bitterness on the backside. An interesting take on a pumpkin beer.

a lighter bodied pumpkin. mild spiciness and some roasted gourd. lager body well done as always from jack’s abbey.