Jack's Abby Kicks Off Oktoberfest Events This Week: Lineup, Beer Releases

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Oktoberfest is returning to Framingham for the annual Jack's Abby celebrations starting this weekend.

Across the next two weekends, and with some events in between, the German-inspired brewery will host a lineup of events ranging from the classics to the unique and roll out limited edition beer releases.

Think German beer and food, steinholding competitions and plenty of live music. The week concludes with the US Steinholding Association’s annual Massachusetts State Championship on Oct. 5 at Jack's Abby, 100 Clinton St., in Framingham.

This year's beer releases include:

Copper Legend - 5.7% ABV

Unique style between a Marzen and a modern Festbier. Copper Legend is the perfect marriage of caramel, sweet toasty malts, and infinite drinkability. Raise one this fest season and Be The Legend!

The Modern Series

The Modern series reimagines classic beer styles, drawing from Founder Jack Hendler’s journey through breweries around the world.

Modern Fest - 5.9% ABV

With a style named after the Wiesn, the local nickname for the Theresienwiese fairgrounds where Oktoberfest is held, this beer puts a crisp, modern twist on traditional fest lager. Honey, lightly toasted bread, sourdough, wheat berry, and notes of fresh grass and earl grey tea. Notes of lemon rind. Full body finish compared to most festbiers.

Munich Fest - 5.4% ABV

This golden, unfiltered lager offers a delicious contrast to the amber beers of the season. Expect a slightly sweet, moderately bitter and super crisp beer built for the fest.

Modern Hefe - 5.0% ABV

Modern Hefe is krausened with Jack’s Abby House Lager yeast and can-conditioned for natural carbonation, offering irresistible notes of banana and clove.

A full schedule of events is below:

Sept. 27

6 – 9 p.m. Live Music by TubaFrau

1 p.m.: Cask Tapping

2 p.m.: Pretzel Eating Contest

5 p.m.: Keg Toss

6 p.m.: Stein Hoist

7:30 p.m.: Costume Contest

Sept. 28

1 – 3 p.m. Live Music by Mad Bavarians

1 p.m.: Kids Stein Hoist

2 p.m.: Kids Pretzel Eating Contest

3 p.m.: Kids Keg Toss

4 p.m.: Kids Costume Contest

Sept. 30

Oktoberfest Themed Trivia

Oct. 2

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Bavarian Nights Beer Dinner

Oct. 4

1 – 4 p.m. Live Music by TubaFrau

1 p.m.: Cask Tapping

2 p.m.: Pretzel Eating Contest

3 p.m.: Keg Bowling

5 p.m.: Keg Toss

6 p.m.: Stein Hoist

7:30 p.m.: Costume Contest

8 p.m.: Pits/Prost in the Beer Garden

9 p.m.: Karaoke

Oct. 5

1 – 3 p.m.: Live Music by Mad Bavarians

1 p.m.: Bratwurst Eating Competition

2 p.m.: Sausage Toss

3 p.m.: USSA Steinhoisting Men’s and Women’s Finals

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