Purchased: 750ml (1 pint 9.4oz) bottle bought at West Lakeview Liquors in Chicago, IL; 2013
Style/ABV: Imperial Stout, 9.3%
Reported IBUs: 44
Wooo! Black metal. About Jester King:
Wooo! Black metal. About Jester King:
The Jester King Craft Brewery was founded by brothers Jeff and Michael Steffing in 2010. The brewery is located in Texas Hill Country, outside of Austin. The brewery is an authentic farmhouse brewery that focuses on making artisan/farmhouse ales. The brewery uses its own well water, along with "naturally occurring yeast" from the Texas Hill Country (spontaneous fermentation) to brew their beers. They also emphasis organic ingredients, and age many of their beers on oak. Their website is pretty cool, so check it out.
Black Metal is a Russian Imperial Stout brewed with organic pale malt, roasted barley, black malt, chocolate malt, caramalt, brown malt, carafa, and dark crystal malt. This beer features Millennium and East Kent Goldings hops, and is now brewed with the brewery's Farmhouse Yeast.
The Black Metal pours into a dark obsidian, opaque black body. This one kicks up three to four fingers of dark brown, coffee/mocha-colored head. At least it does when you give it a metal pour. As the head drops off, you're left with a centimeter coating. There's some nice lacing and legs here.
Wow....for the first time maybe ever, I'm reminded of a Fantôme beer from an American brewery. There's lots of chalky cocoa on the aroma, with tons of Brett[???] farmhouse funk. The funk is leathery, butcher shop, burnt grain, and smells like a leather jacket worn by a smoker. Mmmm, cigarette jacket. I'm also getting some molasses and dark fruit on the aroma...raisins, prunes, and berries. There are more subtle nuances of roast, chocolate, coffee, and meat that come and go as well.
This is some refined Stout goodness on the taste. There's a lot going on here...straight away is some tart leather, anise, with berries/prunes/raisins. There's loads of dusty/chalky cocoa, tons of baker's chocolate, chocolate, truffle, M&Ms...that gives way to earthy dirt and coffee, with some burnt sugars, burnt marshmallow, molasses, and roast. The back end hits you up with more tart fruitiness. Dark grains, leather, and cigarette jacket come and go. There's also a smokey barbecue flavor that starts to pop as this warms up, making me think this would pair well with ribs or a pulled pork sandwich. That smokey leather + chocolate = heaven.
The mouthfeel here is medium-full to full-bodied, but this is stupid drinkable at 9.3%. There's lots of supporting carbonation, and the light tart fruity notes and highly attenuated farmhouse goodness get 'er done. Palate depth and complexity are both high. After a blast of tart fruits and leather, this beer kicks into smokey chocolate, dirt, coffee, earth, roast, barbecue, and dusty cocoa; that transitions into lingering roast and trailing tart fruits. Palate duration extends beyond 15-30 seconds, making this a worthy sipper or beer to drink.
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| Jester King Black Metal Farmhouse Imperial Stout |
The Black Metal pours into a dark obsidian, opaque black body. This one kicks up three to four fingers of dark brown, coffee/mocha-colored head. At least it does when you give it a metal pour. As the head drops off, you're left with a centimeter coating. There's some nice lacing and legs here.
Wow....for the first time maybe ever, I'm reminded of a Fantôme beer from an American brewery. There's lots of chalky cocoa on the aroma, with tons of Brett[???] farmhouse funk. The funk is leathery, butcher shop, burnt grain, and smells like a leather jacket worn by a smoker. Mmmm, cigarette jacket. I'm also getting some molasses and dark fruit on the aroma...raisins, prunes, and berries. There are more subtle nuances of roast, chocolate, coffee, and meat that come and go as well.
This is some refined Stout goodness on the taste. There's a lot going on here...straight away is some tart leather, anise, with berries/prunes/raisins. There's loads of dusty/chalky cocoa, tons of baker's chocolate, chocolate, truffle, M&Ms...that gives way to earthy dirt and coffee, with some burnt sugars, burnt marshmallow, molasses, and roast. The back end hits you up with more tart fruitiness. Dark grains, leather, and cigarette jacket come and go. There's also a smokey barbecue flavor that starts to pop as this warms up, making me think this would pair well with ribs or a pulled pork sandwich. That smokey leather + chocolate = heaven.
The mouthfeel here is medium-full to full-bodied, but this is stupid drinkable at 9.3%. There's lots of supporting carbonation, and the light tart fruity notes and highly attenuated farmhouse goodness get 'er done. Palate depth and complexity are both high. After a blast of tart fruits and leather, this beer kicks into smokey chocolate, dirt, coffee, earth, roast, barbecue, and dusty cocoa; that transitions into lingering roast and trailing tart fruits. Palate duration extends beyond 15-30 seconds, making this a worthy sipper or beer to drink.
Rating: Above-Average (4.5/5.0 Untappd)
I'm feeling a Strong Above-Average on this. Really good stuff here, and really refined. This beer strikes the perfect balance between farmhouse funk, rich chocolate, complex roast, and earthy goodness. The hint of barbecue means this would pair marvelously with ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, and anything smoked and/or grilled. I'm about to pair this with homemade barbecue pork sandwiches and slaw. This beer represents Texas pride AND black metal. Fuck yeah, 'MURICA!!!
Random Thought: The pulled pork/barbecue was amazing.
I'm feeling a Strong Above-Average on this. Really good stuff here, and really refined. This beer strikes the perfect balance between farmhouse funk, rich chocolate, complex roast, and earthy goodness. The hint of barbecue means this would pair marvelously with ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, and anything smoked and/or grilled. I'm about to pair this with homemade barbecue pork sandwiches and slaw. This beer represents Texas pride AND black metal. Fuck yeah, 'MURICA!!!
Random Thought: The pulled pork/barbecue was amazing.
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