Jester King Head Brewer Jordan Keeper has resigned from the Austin, Texas based brewery this week. His plan is to open is own brewery in the near future.
Keeper started at Jester King in 2011, and since then has played a Continue Reading →
Jester King will now be sold in Texas through Flood Distribution, a new distributor in the state that is focused just on artisanal beer, wine and spirits.
While Flood Distributing can distribute Jester King beers widely across Texas, the brewery laments it Continue Reading →
Jester King Brewery (Texas) is soon to release their second barrel aged sour- Omniscience & Proselytism. Let’s tackle the big words first. Omniscience means “knowing it all” and Proselytism “is the act of converting one to another religion or opinion.” Perhaps this Continue Reading →
Jester King chose to use an ancient Swedish farmhouse ale recipe calledGotlandsdricka as an inspiration for their latest release Viking Metal. This beer features juniper and Myrica gale. Due to modern brewing methods they don’t claim the recipe Continue Reading →
This past Saturday marked the 4th Annual Brewvival in Charleston, South Carolina. The festival is absolutely laden with some of the best beer you’ll find on American soil. Notable brewers such as Justin Stange (7venth Sun), Ron Extract (Jester King), Continue Reading →
Jester King Brewery just made it easier to know more about your beer. Labels going forward have Batch numbers and Bottle Dates. The more you know.
Jester King (Austin, TX) continues to push the flavor boundaries with Salt Lick, a smoked saison. The beer is a collaboration of sorts. A portion of the malt was smoked over pecan wood at Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood, Texas.
First Continue Reading →
Jester King Head Brewer Jordan Keeper has resigned from the Austin, Texas based brewery this week. His plan is to open is own brewery in the near future.
Keeper started at Jester King in 2011, and since then has played a huge role in the barrel aging, fruit and re-fermentation projects, including Atrial Rubicite.
No announcement has been made in regards to the new head brewer.
Jester King will now be sold in Texas through Flood Distribution, a new distributor in the state that is focused just on artisanal beer, wine and spirits.
While Flood Distributing can distribute Jester King beers widely across Texas, the brewery laments it doesn’t have a lot of product ready. (Hey, it’s small craft brewing.)
Availability in the state will be sporadic for a while. Flood is based in Austin, with a second warehouse in planning in the Houston area. Distribution coverage includes Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and surrounding areas, including Dallas/Fort Worth (limited basis).
Flood Distribution on Facebook and Twitter. For info and inquiries contact Kyle White at (kyle AT flooddistribution.com) or call 512-763-7631.
Jester King Brewery (Texas) is soon to release their second barrel aged sour- Omniscience & Proselytism. Let’s tackle the big words first. Omniscience means “knowing it all” and Proselytism “is the act of converting one to another religion or opinion.” Perhaps this all knowing beer is meant to convert those unknowing to the sour/wild side.
O & P has all Texas fruit, namely strawberries from Fredericksburg, Texas. The fruit was added in April, then refermented in oak ever since. This is important. Jester King wants the strawberries to come in contact with the microorganisms to break down sugars and create new flavors and compounds. These Texas organisms are unique to the brewery and surrounding area. You can’t recreate this beer anywhere else.
Only about 500 bottles of this beer will be made available.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Strawberries)
Availability: 500 ml bottles
Arrival: 10/27/13
5% ABV
Jester King chose to use an ancient Swedish farmhouse ale recipe calledGotlandsdricka as an inspiration for their latest release Viking Metal. This beer features juniper and Myrica gale. Due to modern brewing methods they don’t claim the recipe to be entirely accurate, but they anticipate it to be closer than a test version they brewed last summer.
“After primary fermentation with farmhouse yeast, we racked the beer to oak barrels previously containing Old Tom gin and inoculated it with mature barrel aged beer, containing wild yeast and souring bacteria. After seven months of oak fermentation and maturation, we blended the barrels and naturally conditioned the beer for an additional six weeks prior to release.”
Style: Farmhouse Ale
Availability: 750 mL bottles, Draft
Arrival: April 2013
7.4% ABV
This past Saturday marked the 4th Annual Brewvival in Charleston, South Carolina. The festival is absolutely laden with some of the best beer you’ll find on American soil. Notable brewers such as Justin Stange (7venth Sun), Ron Extract (Jester King), “Spike” Buchowski and John Cochran (Terrapin Beer), Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head), Ken Grossman (Sierra Nevada), & many more were in attendance. Despite an incredible beer lineup, 2013 Brewival may have won the title of “Muddiest Beer Festival in History”. Woodstock ain’t got sh*t on this. It never.stopped.raining.
As you can see – the beer faithful persevered, weather beer damn. There is beer to drink. Brewvival is sponsored by Coast Brewing and The Charleston Beer Exchange.
Jester King Brewery just made it easier to know more about your beer. Labels going forward have Batch numbers and Bottle Dates. The more you know.
Jester King (Austin, TX) continues to push the flavor boundaries with Salt Lick, a smoked saison. The beer is a collaboration of sorts. A portion of the malt was smoked over pecan wood at Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood, Texas.
First came the witches, and soon after there were vampires. They came in droves and each time one popped up it seems to be better looking then the last., each polished to a blinding luster. For a brief moment even werewolves even had there moment in the spotlight, plucked and preened to studio perfection. Then, to our astonishment, monsters comprised of nothing more than smoke joined this pop phenomenon – and that we couldn’t resist.
Style: Saison (Partially Oak Aged, Smoked)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA
6.7% ABV
