Montmorency vs. Balaton

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

Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating

Score

7.86

ABV: 5.4%

IBU: -

Ticks: 74

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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8.1

Kermis (23416) reviewed Montmorency vs. Balaton (Bout #6) from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

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

Bottle at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Hazy pink purple with a ring pink head. Aroma of rich cherries, fresh, tart and sweet. Flavour is moderate sweet and sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle at BeerTemple on 23 Jun 2019 at 10:06

caesar (10848) ticked Montmorency vs. Balaton (Bout #6) from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

Kersenpit en marsepein, hoe fijn kan dat zijn

Tried from Bottle at Brewpub De Kromme Haring on 22 Jun 2019 at 11:10

7.4

Weihenweizen (7385) reviewed Montmorency vs. Balaton from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

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

Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle from wchesser poured into a glass. Translucent red with medium light pink head. Aroma is cherry, medium/light body, medium carbonation, and a little lacing. Taste is tart some what light cherry and dryer finish. Hoped for richer cherry.

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2019 at 00:10

8.2

tiong (21350) reviewed Montmorency vs. Balaton from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

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

MBCC 2019. Funky, tart and sour with loads of cherries, berries and farmyardy yeastiness. Pretty good.

Tried on 15 May 2019 at 18:21

8.3

SinH4 (15499) reviewed Montmorency vs. Balaton from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

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

Tap. Hazy pink color with white head. Aroma is light cherry, yoghurt. Taste is super nice cherry funk, but not too much of it, earthy-leathery as well. Dry finish, mineraly mouthfeel fizzy-ish carbonation. Great stuff!

Tried from Draft on 14 May 2019 at 13:15

tiong (21350) ticked Montmorency vs. Balaton (Bout #6) from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

Tried on 10 May 2019 at 13:04

7.8

Back (3589) reviewed Montmorency vs. Balaton from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

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

Rød uklar skum hvid Bær blomst korn gær Bitter lidt sur modtate Cremet

Tried on 10 May 2019 at 10:13

Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Montmorency vs. Balaton (Bout #6) from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

Tried on 10 May 2019 at 10:12

7.4

Meilby (14731) reviewed Montmorency vs. Balaton from Jester King Brewery 6 years ago

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

Draught @ MBCC 2018, Red Session
Pours hazy red with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, cherry, tartness and funk. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium sour with a long dry, fruity, cherry, funky and tart finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 26 Apr 2019 at 20:40

Maurice (8362) ticked Montmorency vs. Balaton (Bout #5) from Jester King Brewery 7 years ago

Tried from Draft on 02 Mar 2019 at 15:26

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