What Makes a Hefe Modern? Behind the Brew of Jack’s Abby’s Newest Release Jack’s Abby’s Modern Hefe is a Hefeweizen reimagined through the lens of lager brewing. It’s a part of our Modern Series inspired by global brewing traditions and advanced lagering techniques. Modern Hefe combines the banana and clove character of a classic German…
Written by Claire Adamson, Associate Brand Manager What It Means to Be the Legend: The Story of Our Signature Märzen Every fall, there’s one beer that rises above the rest at Jack’s Abby: Copper Legend. Our Head Brewer, Jack Hendler, reflects fondly on this style: “Copper Legend is a beer we’ve been brewing since the…
Thank you to all those who joined us for our annual German Christmas! It was a week packed full of fun activities, delicious food, and festive drinks for all. We had two unique holiday markets with some amazing local vendors including Matt Fisher Ink, Simply From Within Jewelry, Burning Woman, Kitchen Sink Candle Company, JCD…
Written by Joe Connolly, Sales Director It felt strange, packing our bags full of beer to bring with us to Germany, and not vice versa. Well, I should give them credit; Jack’s daughters packed us a few suitcases worth of our festbiers so we could share them with our friends at Weihenstephan. Strange, of course,…
Jack’s Abby Brewing Company has teamed up with the World’s Oldest Brewery – Weihenstephan – to create a once-in-a-lifetime, fest-inspired collaboration lager. There may be nearly 1,000 years difference in the founding of these breweries, but they are much more alike than they are different. That kindred spirit inspired the collaboration dubbed Fest Of Both…
Thank you to all those who joined us for our second annual Maifest! We had an absolutely beautiful weekend with plenty of sunshine. There was traditional live music, specialty beers, and yummy food specials enjoyed all weekend long. The weekend kicked off with a special cask tapping by Mayor Sisitsky! Once the Maibock was flowing,…
Written by Joe Connolly, Sales Director Last October, Jack and I romped through Germany, Czechia, and Austria for 11 days, the second overseas trip for our upcoming book. As ever, I left thinking I’d find the answer to one set of questions and returned mostly satisfied; though, of course, with a whole new set of…
What a weekend!!! Thank you to all who joined us at our Octoberfest celebration this past weekend! Plenty of Munich Fest and Copper Legend steins were shared (1,600+ to be exact). We enjoyed your great company over delicious German food. And there was plenty of entertainment with oompah music, steinholding competitions, and keg toss throwing!…
What a way to welcome spring! Our first annual Mayfest was filled with beautiful weather, fun activities, and great beer! The weekend kicked off with our Maibock release, a cask tapping, and a cake-cutting ceremony. The fun continued on Saturday with more live music and the crowning of our Mayfest King, Michael S. of Framingham,…
House Lager was born out of trip that Jack took to Germany in the fall of 2014- a trip that he maintains was ‘work related,’…
Jack sits down to talk about (and drink!) our Sunny Ridge Pilsner.
Originally Posted at The Beer Nut The ‘Abby’ in our name is in honor of Jack’s wife, Abby. However, it is also meant to represent the long history of beer being brewed in monasteries. When most people think of abbey beer they refer to the Belgian tradition. In fact, many people after hearing about our…
