Black Metal Farmhouse Imperial Stout
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Sour Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.32
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Black Metal, a.k.a. Iron Sword, a.k.a. Blackened Death, a.k.a. El Martillo del Muerte, is a cruel and punishing beer fermented by the sheer force of its awesome will. Best enjoyed while pumping out blast beats, summoning trolls, or enjoying a nice, leisurely reading of the Necronomicon.
Black Metal takes inspiration from both the English and Franco-Belgian brewing traditions. We combine English specialty malts with well water, local base malt from our friends at Blacklands, and wild fermentation with our mixed culture of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria.
Admin Note: In 2015, Jester King released the first batch (Batch 16) of Black Metal brewed using the brewery’s house mixed culture of microorganisms consisting of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria harvested from the air and wildflowers around the brewery. The previous batches of Farmhouse Black Metal was brewed using a French Saison yeast.
Black Metal takes inspiration from both the English and Franco-Belgian brewing traditions. We combine English specialty malts with well water, local base malt from our friends at Blacklands, and wild fermentation with our mixed culture of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria.
Admin Note: In 2015, Jester King released the first batch (Batch 16) of Black Metal brewed using the brewery’s house mixed culture of microorganisms consisting of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria harvested from the air and wildflowers around the brewery. The previous batches of Farmhouse Black Metal was brewed using a French Saison yeast.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at Oersoep Craft Beer Festival, Nijmegen. Aroma of sour dark fruits, malt, caramel, chocolate, some roast, light funk, coffee. Flavour is medium sour with a hint of sweetness. Interesting and tasty beer!
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap @Kool Keg in Arlington. Tulip. Not quite black pour with a rich cocoa head. Soft coffee, savory smoke & gentle chocolate. All earth & baker's chocolate upfront. Smooth & sweet coffee, soot, carob, untoasted brown bread. Faint whiskey throughout. Chewy, yeasty, mellow, hidden abv. Not what I expected, but good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2023
at 22:17
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
12-31-20
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Arsenal at Bluejacket
on 01 Jan 2021
at 02:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
10.3 % canned 03/11/20 16oz can from Tavour a gift from my daughter. Nose is lightly smoky dark roasted coffee with a hint of tobacco. Oily black body with a big heavy lacing cinnamon tan head. Flavor is lightly sweet, bitter, coffee with a bit of char.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2020
at 22:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown, not much head. A bit toasty, burnt molasses, on the palate lots of dark fruitiness, plums, again a bit of molasses. Decent.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2020
at 05:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap. Pours black with little head. Aromas and flavors of an acidic dry stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2020
at 05:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Taster on Weathered. Appearance: black, weak dark brown head. Aroma: roasted malts, quite dry. Taste: along the same lines, quite roasty, a bit sour, but mostly on the roasted malt side. Overall: good one.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2020
at 03:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Draught House, Austin, 10th December 19. Pours black. Aroma is ashy, liquorice, dark chocolate. Taste is ashy, roasted malts, liquorice, light tart, a great bitter finish. Lovely stuff
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2019
at 00:03
8/10
Mad coffee flavor, kinda acidic
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2019
at 22:45