Jack’s Abby Announces 2 New Beers – Kiwi Rising & Pumpkin Crop Lager

The Pumpkin Crop Lager is made with 100 fresh pumpkins and 40 squash that were picked on the Hendler brothers’ family farm.

Award for Smoke & Dagger
This past Saturday, October 13, Jack’s Abby’s Smoke & Dagger won the bronze medal in the smoked beer category at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO.

“We had an amazing time at the Great American Beer Festival,” said Hendler. “We’re very excited for this recognition in only our first year of operation.”

Since 1982, The Great American Beer Festival is held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver and is put on by The Brewers Association, a not-for-profit educational and trade organization that is devoted to making quality brewing and beer information. The Great American Beer Festival is the largest competition for commercial beers in the world.

Seasonal Lagers Announced
For Autumn, Jack’s Abby is introducing two new seasonal lagers: Pumpkin Crop Lager and Kiwi Rising.

“The 2012 harvest on our family farm was fruitful. The Pumpkin Crop Lager uses 100 fresh pumpkins and 40 organic squash,” said Hendler. ”We prepared, cooked, and pureed all the gourds. A blend of autumn spices adds to the intense pumpkin flavors. We’re also using locally grown Triticale.” Pumpkin Crop Lager is 5.5% ABV.

Hendler described Kiwi Rising as “an intensely hoppy strong lager that we like to refer to as a Double India Pale Lager. All New Zealand hops (Kiwi hops) were used in progressively larger hop additions throughout the brewing process. Over four pounds of hops per BBL were used to create this specialty beer between four kettle hop additions, the use of our hop back, and three dry hop additions.” Kiwi Rising is 8.5% ABV.

New Tanks
To meet growing demand for its craft lagers, Jack’s Abby Brewing is expanding its production capacity. Jack’s Abby will add two 80 BBL tanks and one 40 BBL tank to bring its total capacity to over 5000 BBLs.

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