Beer Hall Exclusive: Polotmavý

Learn from our Brewers about the style, ingredients, and brewing process behind one of our latest Beer Hall Exclusives. Polotmavý, quite literally meaning “half dark”, is a Czech style of amber lager. Brewed with a mixture of floor-malted bohemian pilsner and floor-malted bohemian dark malt, this beer will finish with a beautiful amber hue. But…

Bierstadt Lagerhaus Collab

With a shared love and respect for German brewing tradition and inspired innovation, a Bierstadt Lagerhaus/Jack’s Abby collaboration is about as lager geeky as you can get: In 2020, Jack’s Abby was named the number one Favorite Lager Brewer by Craft Beer and Brewing; last year, Bierstadt beat us to it. How did a Denver-based…

Wibby Brewing Collab

Our collaboration brew with Wibby Brewing actually started in Longmont, Colorado earlier this year. In Jack’s never-ending thirst for learning everything he can about lager, he headed to Colorado to visit a lager-only brewery he’d found through a bit of research: Wibby Brewing, based in Longmont. “I was so excited when I received his email,…

Lagers of the World: Iceland

The first stop in our 2022 Lagers of the World series is Iceland! We caught up with Gudjon Gudmundsson and Justin Dearborn at Einstök Ölgerð in Akureyri, Iceland to talk about beer and brewing in the Icelandic tradition. Iceland has had a unique history with beer. Like many countries they imposed a prohibition in 1915.…

Shipping Out 2021

SHIPPING OUT SERIES 2021 By Rob Day, Sr. Director of Marketing    Hello, I am Rob Day and this is Shipping Out!  That’s how we introduce each video so it felt appropriate to start at that same place for this blog. Shipping Out is a perpetual series that we launched in 2021 with a simple…

Valley Fest Bier

What’s the best part about working for a brewery? Well, there’s a lot of things actually…but getting the chance to brew your own beer is definitely one of them. That’s what recently happened for Jim Trainor, Western MA and CT Jack’s Abby Brewery Representative. It’s the first time he’s brewed since he joined the team…