Drinking Beer Raises $7,500 for Downtown Framingham

Jack's Abby Brewing announced Friday that sales of its Framingham Lager have raised $7,500 for the Framingham Downtown Renaissance organization.

To celebrate its third anniversary, Jack’s Abby Brewing released Framingham Lager, a new beer that gives back to the Framingham community that embraced the small business.

"We’ve been honored and humbled by the tremendous support the community has shown us over the past three years. We feel that the best way to give back to the community is to invest in it," said Jack Hendler, who founded the brewery with his younger brothers Eric and Sam. 

Framingham Lager was released on Wednesday, June 18. A percentage of the proceeds went to the Framingham Downtown Renaissance organization, and its efforts to revitalize downtown Framingham. 

Framingham Lager is a traditional American style lager brewed with 100 percent 2-row malt and 100 percent real hops, no adjuncts. Draft will only be available in Framingham, 12-packs will be distributed throughout Massachusetts.

"We wanted to brew something that everyone could enjoy. Framingham Lager is a traditional American pale lager, but brewed without any of the adjuncts common to the style," said Hendler.

In 2013, the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce named Jack's Abby Brewing its small business of the year.

Jack's Abby Brewing is a family-owned craft brewery on Morton Street, with more than 20 employees.  The company is known for focusing entirely on craft lagers, using traditional German brewing techniques to create new lagers. 

The name is a nod to Jack's wife, Abby, and also to the traditions of the European monks who handcrafted beer in their abbeys.