Jester King Brewery Montmorency vs. Balaton

Montmorency vs. Balaton

 

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

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating
Score
7.86
ABV: 5.4% IBU: - Ticks: 77
Montmorency vs. Balaton is our barrel-aged wild ale re-fermented with Montmorency and Balaton cherries. These distinct cherry varieties that are sourced from our friends at King Orchards in Michigan lend their own unique flavor to the final beer. We create a blend of mature barrel-aged beer, add the cherries at a very high ratio (5lb. per gallon), then let the fruit re-ferment to total dryness. To us, we feel "MvB" has a perfect blend of bursting pie cherry flavor and aroma, dry drinkability, and elegant tartness.

Balaton® is a registered trademark of Michigan State University.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours ruby red with a pink head. Cherry aroma. Taste of tart cherries, funk, oak. Nice.

Tried from Bottle from Central Market - Austin (N Lamar) on 23 Jan 2026 at 05:46


8

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 08:00


8

An intense cherry red ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with loads of cherry, light lactic notes, light Epsom salts, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity cherry malt with loads of tart cherries, lactic acid notes, Epsom salts, light buttery notes, excellent. On tap at brewery.

Tried from Draft on 04 Aug 2023 at 19:53


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

2014. It's got a browny purple sort of colour. It has a big cherry character, good complexity. The base beer looks like it'll be murked up but it's not. Slight acidity. Clean, and that let's the fruit come out.

Tried on 27 May 2022 at 03:29


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On draught at Ale Arsenal. What a wonderful beer. Light garnet with limited off-white head. Tart cherries on both the aroma and flavor. Beautiful.

Tried on 17 Jun 2021 at 06:12


7.5

Sharp fresh complex cherry sour

Tried from Draft on 20 Feb 2020 at 17:18


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle split at Himmeriget before day 2 of Coconut/Cinnamon Death 2017. Pours hazy orangey red with a small white head and some chunks. Aromas of spicy cinnamon cherries, light acetone, cherries, lactic, almondy notes. Taste is dry, tart, cinnamon, vanilla, cherries, lactic, light raspberry like sweetness.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:54


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap @Luppolo Station (Rome). Sangue di piccione, intensa, schiuma rosata media. Al naso note di amarena, citriche, botte, leggera vaniglia. In bocca è bella acida, citrica, decisa, secca, tart, fruttata, tanta ciliegia. Corpo medio, carbonazione media. Splendida.

Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2019 at 14:30


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Red colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Acidic, sour, cherries, sour, tart.
Body: Medium body, low to medium carbonation.
Flavour: Sour, cherries, tart, fruit, acidic.

Tried on 31 Aug 2019 at 10:36


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

Bout 6: 6.1% feb 2019. Bottle. Pink color. Cherry and amandelspijs in the aroma. Sour flavor with cherry and amandelspijs. Citrus. Vanilla and oak. Complex.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 08:34