Montmorency vs. Balaton
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.86
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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.
Balaton® is a registered trademark of Michigan State University.
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7.9/10
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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
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2025
at 08:00
8/10
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
7.6/10
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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
8.2/10
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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
7.5/10
Sharp fresh complex cherry sour
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Feb 2020
at 17:18
8.3/10
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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
8.1/10
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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
7.4/10
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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.
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
7.8/10
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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