In quite a cryptic email, Jester King says last month they added 2,000 lbs of raspberries from Washington state to oak barrels with a ‘wild, sour beer.’ No indication was provided of what this beer was, is, or Continue Reading →
On December 20th Jester King will debut its latest creation, El Cedro, at during the Austin Beer Guide Winter Release party. At 8.0% ABV this farmhouse ale is dry-hopped with Citra hops, aged with Spanish Cedar spirals and bottle conditioned Continue Reading →
Some sour Jester King – RU-55 Barrel Aged Sour Red Ale. A red ale soured in oak barrels. RU has been showing up a festivals, and special brewery tastings.
For generations, the farms of West Flanders have been tended to by Continue Reading →
Jester King is ready to release Funk Metal Sour Barrel-Aged Stout. For this funky release, the brewery took an imperial stout and fermented it with a farmhouse yeast and aged it in oak barrels. The barrels Continue Reading →
Jester King Craft Brewery preps for the release of Gotlandsdricka, a new farmhouse ale. The name means “Drink of the Good Land”, and is purported to be a beer of the Vikings. This beer mimics the farmhouse ales Continue Reading →
Jester King (Austin, TX) has created a new collaboration beer with a local Kombucha tea maker to create Buddha’s Brew. Kombucha is basically sweetened tea, fermented with Kombucha culture. The culture contains much of the same yeasts (brettanomyces, saccromyces) that Continue Reading →
Funk Metal baby. Above is a potential new concoction from the most prolific brewery in Texas. Jester King Funk Metal is a barrel aged imperial stout, soured with that funky brettanomyces and even uses some wild Texas yeast (in the Continue Reading →
In quite a cryptic email, Jester King says last month they added 2,000 lbs of raspberries from Washington state to oak barrels with a ‘wild, sour beer.’ No indication was provided of what this beer was, is, or will be, just that it happened. They aren’t sure how it will turn out or when it will be bottled but “if all goes well, we’ll be able to release our first fruited barrel-aged, sour beer sometime later this year.” Stay tuned for more details…
On December 20th Jester King will debut its latest creation, El Cedro, at during the Austin Beer Guide Winter Release party. At 8.0% ABV this farmhouse ale is dry-hopped with Citra hops, aged with Spanish Cedar spirals and bottle conditioned with Brettanomyces yeast.
“It combines tropical, fruity hop flavor and aroma with funky, barnyard yeast character and the unique flavor and aromatics of Spanish Cedar. El Cedro is brewed with Texas Hill Country well water, 100% organic malt (Two Row, Carapils and Wheat), Millenium, Cascade, Columbus and Citra hops, farmhouse and Brettanomyces yeasts, and Spanish Cedar spirals. After primary fermentation with farmhouse yeast, El Cedro is dry hopped with Citra hops and aged for weeks with Spanish Cedar spirals. It is unfiltered, unpasteurized and naturally carbonated through re-fermentation with Brettanomyces yeast.”
Following the release party, a small number of kegs will be released to the Texas area followed by bottles in 2013.
Styles: Farmhouse Ale (Cedar Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft
Arrival: December 20, 2012
8% ABV
Some sour Jester King – RU-55 Barrel Aged Sour Red Ale. A red ale soured in oak barrels. RU has been showing up a festivals, and special brewery tastings.
For generations, the farms of West Flanders have been tended to by large, anthropomorphic automations. In recent years, many of these farms have been taken over by large, multinational corporations, and their automations replaced by shiny new electronic robots. Scattered about the countryside, however, there are still a few intrepid farmers who insist on doing things the old-fashioned way.
Style: Flanders Red Ale (Oak Barrel Aged)
Hops: Czech Saaz, East Kent Goldings
Malts: Organic Munich, Two-Row, Pilsner. Non-Organic CaraRed, Crystal, Melandoidin, Roasted Barley)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: Distribution – Late Dec/Jan 2013
7.3% ABV, 16 IBUs
Jester King is ready to release Funk Metal Sour Barrel-Aged Stout. For this funky release, the brewery took an imperial stout and fermented it with a farmhouse yeast and aged it in oak barrels. The barrels are full of wild yeast and funky souring bacteria that make this beer a must have.
Down below heavy clouds, swollen and green with electric rain, the two-grinned snake waves at us in the arrythmic symphony. We dance up the leg of a star dusted mountain; from its summit our souls are projected into the darkness of the universe as scattered laser light beams. We seek the taste of eternity. You dig?
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged, Sour)
Hops: Millenium, East Kent Goldings
Malts: Pale malt, Black, Carafa, Dark Crystal
Flavor? Per JK: The finished beer retains aromas of chocolate and roast but takes on a distinct vinous character and sour complexity from extended aging and fermentation in oak barrels.
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: December, 2012
8.2% ABV, 29 IBUs
Jester King Craft Brewery preps for the release of Gotlandsdricka, a new farmhouse ale. The name means “Drink of the Good Land”, and is purported to be a beer of the Vikings. This beer mimics the farmhouse ales traditionally brewed on the island of Gotland in Sweden, using more herbs and berries. (A lot like sahti is.) For this brew, Jester King used birchwood smoked malt, juniper, and sweet gale. Sweet gale (aka myrica gale) has been used as an insect repellent, and a stomach pain remedy.
…From what we can gather, the original beer would likely have been smokey, sour and reeking of juniper and birch. It would not have been the product of fermentation with brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) in a temperature controlled, sanitized stainless steel vessel, which is how our rendition of the style was created. Rather, like all historic beers brewed before the rather recent discovery and harnessing of brewer’s yeast, it would have been the product of fermentation involving wild yeast and bacteria.
Style: Farmhouse Ale (w/ Juniper, Sweet Gale, Smoked)
Availability: The first tapping of Gotlandsdricka will be at the Borefts Beer Festival on September 28th and 29th at Brouwerij de Molen in The Netherlands. It will make its stateside debut a week later at the Texas Craft Brewers Festival in Austin on October 6th and at the Pints for Prostates Denver Rare Beer Tasting IV on October 12th. Following its debut at the festivals, a limited amount of naturally conditioned kegs, casks and gravity kegs will be released in Texas with a wider bottle release to follow. A portion of the bottle release will also be made available through the Rare Beer Club.
Arrival: Late September, 2012
6.6% ABV
Jester King (Austin, TX) has created a new collaboration beer with a local Kombucha tea maker to create Buddha’s Brew. Kombucha is basically sweetened tea, fermented with Kombucha culture. The culture contains much of the same yeasts (brettanomyces, saccromyces) that beer uses.
This is the first time that Jester King fermented a beer entirely in oak. They took sweet wort (just after the boil) and put it into oak barrels, and inoculated it with souring bacteria. After 9 months of aging, JK blended it with live Kombucha culture from Buddha’s Brew Kombucha. The beer is naturally carbonated, thanks to bottle refermentation. (The yeast in the bottle creates CO2.)
Style: Wild Ale (w/ Kombucha, Oak Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: September 15, 2012
4.7% ABV
Funk Metal baby. Above is a potential new concoction from the most prolific brewery in Texas. Jester King Funk Metal is a barrel aged imperial stout, soured with that funky brettanomyces and even uses some wild Texas yeast (in the spirit of Belgian brewing, baby!).
Down below heavy clouds, swollen and green with electric rain, the two-grinned snake waves at us in the arrythmic symphony. We dance up the leg of a star dusted mountain; from its summit our souls are projected into the darkness of the universe as scattered laser light beams. We seek the taste of eternity. You dig?
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged, Sour)
Hops: Millenium, East Kent Goldings
Malts: Pale malt, Black, Carafa, Dark Crystal
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA
8.2% ABV, 29 IBUs
