SPON Grapefruit (2018)
(Batch of SPON Grapefruit)
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Fruit Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.49
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This Memorial Day weekend, we're releasing a very special beer that we've been working on for over three years. It's the very first SPON beer we added a specialty ingredient to (i.e. an ingredient other than water, grain or hops).
Back on a very cold day in February of 2015, our former Head Brewer Garrett Crowell decided to zest and juice a big bag of Texas grapefruit. He was fueled by Le Petit Prince grapefruit mimosas as he worked! As the sun went down and the coolship filled, he added the fruits of his labor (:laughing:) to the wort. Overnight the Texas grapefruit juice and zest steeped in the wort as it cooled.
Over the next three years, the beer slowly matured in our barrel room, all the while gradually transforming into something we believe is greater than the sum of its parts. The interaction of fruit, particularly citrus, and native yeast is fascinating to us. Bright, fresh aromas and flavors mature into wildly complex, over-ripened notes of fruit and funk that we greatly enjoy.
After racking the three year old beer out of oak and blending, we refermented it with another 160 pounds of Texas grapefruit (zest and juice) from G and S Groves. The result is a beer we couldn't be more excited to share and marks a milestone in our brewery's history. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
2018 SPON Grapefruit is 6.2% abv, has a specific gravity of 1.002, 38.0 IBU’s, and a pH of 3.42.
Back on a very cold day in February of 2015, our former Head Brewer Garrett Crowell decided to zest and juice a big bag of Texas grapefruit. He was fueled by Le Petit Prince grapefruit mimosas as he worked! As the sun went down and the coolship filled, he added the fruits of his labor (:laughing:) to the wort. Overnight the Texas grapefruit juice and zest steeped in the wort as it cooled.
Over the next three years, the beer slowly matured in our barrel room, all the while gradually transforming into something we believe is greater than the sum of its parts. The interaction of fruit, particularly citrus, and native yeast is fascinating to us. Bright, fresh aromas and flavors mature into wildly complex, over-ripened notes of fruit and funk that we greatly enjoy.
After racking the three year old beer out of oak and blending, we refermented it with another 160 pounds of Texas grapefruit (zest and juice) from G and S Groves. The result is a beer we couldn't be more excited to share and marks a milestone in our brewery's history. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
2018 SPON Grapefruit is 6.2% abv, has a specific gravity of 1.002, 38.0 IBU’s, and a pH of 3.42.
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7/10
Tried
on 26 Mar 2025
at 12:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2018 bottle shared at Lucky Bamboo share. Pours a clearish orange gold with a finger of white spritzy foam that dissipates. Oak, white grapefruit and lemon zest aromas with some funk, hay and leather aromas as it warms. Big white grapefruit and iyokan pith on the palate with a dried, funky undertone. Horseblanket, cobwebs and a bit of musty hay as it warms. Tart and a vinegar acidic note underneath as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2019
at 17:17
7/10
Tried
on 11 May 2019
at 13:06
7/10
Hoppy fruity citric dry oak grapefruit i guess
Tried
on 11 May 2019
at 11:36
8/10
Tried
on 11 May 2019
at 10:09
8/10
Damn. Really intense grapefruit, lovely sharp balance
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2018
at 19:20