Jester King Brewery CRU-55

CRU-55

 

Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸

  Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.60
ABV: 6.9% IBU: - Ticks: 5
CRU-55 is our "grand cru" version of RU-55 Barrel Aged Sour Red Ale. For Blend 2, we aged RU-55 for 26 months in Pinot Noir Barrels. Soft, elegant acidity slowly developed over time as the beer took on a vinous character.

This is our second blend of CRU-55. It's 6.9% alcohol by volume and was packaged in August. It's 100% naturally conditioned in kegs and green bottles. It will be available by the glass and at bottles to go (375ml/$14) when our tasting room opens at 4pm this Friday. We have about 2,000 bottle available with a bottle limit of three per customer per day. We do not anticipate any distribution of CRU-55 beyond our tasting room and restaurant.
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at the source. Hazy amber, light beige head. Tart fruit, funk, oak. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2021 at 03:30


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

375 ml bottle. Nose of caramel, vinegar, molasses or brown sugar, cherry, vanilla. A Huge nose, with lots more caramel and toffee notes than any other red I have had. They are surprising and nice. Glowing brown-red-orange color. Dryer flavor than expected, wood, almost some balsalmico, toffee, caramel candy in the background but not so sweet at all. A bit of smokiness from the barrel. This is awesome.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2017 at 23:49


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

[1/29/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at a bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Red. Cellar, wine, red fruits, cobwebs, sour, puckering. Great.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2017 at 06:45


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Pours a cloudy copper with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is leather, oak, funk, dark fruit, vinegar. Thin body, oak, leather, nice sourness, great funk, really enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2017 at 22:12


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

375ml bottle thanks to dj. Pours out amber brown topped with a small head. Nose is amazing fruit lots of barrel sour tart funk. Taste is more of the nice fruit barrels well balanced tartness and light sweetness.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2017 at 22:04