Demi-Tone
(has 1 batch)
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.31
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Ale Refermented with "Spent" Blueberries
Demi-Tone (blueberries) follows in our lineup of refermentations with spent fruit, which includes La Vie en Rose (raspberries), Detritivore (cherries), and Grim Harvest (blackberries). The result of refermenting on spent fruit is a more subtle fruit character and arguably more complexity in terms of the fermentation profile.
We’ve always been a little cautious when working with blueberries, as we’ve encountered acetic (vinegary) issues in the past, which we’ve always dumped down the drain. Some may recall our Blueberry FAIL of 2014, which resulted in a beer with some very harsh, sharp acidity. We’ve come a long way since our first attempt of working with blueberries, and we believe Demi-Tone is a really great expression of one of our core philosophies — allowing native yeast and bacteria to create interesting flavors and aromas through the fermentation of grains and fruit.
Demi-Tone was made by taking a young (1-2 month old) farmhouse ale brewed with well water, malted barley, malted wheat, oats, and hops, and refermenting it with the spent (or leftover) blueberries from Jester King Colour Five. It is unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. Demi-Tone is 6.3% alcohol by volume, 11 IBU, 3.6 pH, and has a finishing gravity of 1.001 (0.25 Plato). It was packaged on March 7th, 2017. It is our first ever batch.
Demi-Tone (blueberries) follows in our lineup of refermentations with spent fruit, which includes La Vie en Rose (raspberries), Detritivore (cherries), and Grim Harvest (blackberries). The result of refermenting on spent fruit is a more subtle fruit character and arguably more complexity in terms of the fermentation profile.
We’ve always been a little cautious when working with blueberries, as we’ve encountered acetic (vinegary) issues in the past, which we’ve always dumped down the drain. Some may recall our Blueberry FAIL of 2014, which resulted in a beer with some very harsh, sharp acidity. We’ve come a long way since our first attempt of working with blueberries, and we believe Demi-Tone is a really great expression of one of our core philosophies — allowing native yeast and bacteria to create interesting flavors and aromas through the fermentation of grains and fruit.
Demi-Tone was made by taking a young (1-2 month old) farmhouse ale brewed with well water, malted barley, malted wheat, oats, and hops, and refermenting it with the spent (or leftover) blueberries from Jester King Colour Five. It is unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. Demi-Tone is 6.3% alcohol by volume, 11 IBU, 3.6 pH, and has a finishing gravity of 1.001 (0.25 Plato). It was packaged on March 7th, 2017. It is our first ever batch.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle, pours a dark amber orange with a beige head. Aroma brings out lots of funky brett upfront, with red fruits, and some balsamic notes. Flavour is complex and well-balanced, with brett, tart red fruits and balsamic, and some oak to round it off. Oaky and tart. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2019
at 19:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at IMBC. It pours cloudy deep red with a small white head. The aroma is vinous, oily, tart, tangy, loads of tangy berry, blueberry, raspberry, strawberry with balsamic vinegar and jam. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, tangy, blueberry, raspberry, zingy, blackberry, sherbet, funk, kick of acidity, jam, tannin and some acidity. Medium body and fine, foamy carbonation. Fun stuff.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2018
at 17:40