Black Metal
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.67
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Black Metal, a.k.a. Iron Sword, a.k.a. Blackened Death, a.k.a. Suds of Northern Darkness, a.k.a. El Martillo del Muerte, is a cruel and punishing beer fermented by the sheer force of its awesome will.
Brewed with Hill Country well water, Texas-grown pale malt, British caramel, brown, and chocolate malts, and Belgian candi sugar and fermented in with British yeast. 9.3% alcohol by volume.
Note: This entry is the original Black Metal. Beginning around the time of their first anniversary, Jester King switched to a farmhouse yeast for all of their beers. All ratings after this switch should be entered under the Farmhouse Black Metal Imperial Stout entry. The original Black Metal bottles feature a small sticker on the neck; the Farmhouse Black Metal bottles have the word "Farmhouse" in small print on the label.
**Update** In 2023 Jester King has brought back the original "Farmhouse is Dead, Black Is Back"
Brewed with Hill Country well water, Texas-grown pale malt, British caramel, brown, and chocolate malts, and Belgian candi sugar and fermented in with British yeast. 9.3% alcohol by volume.
Note: This entry is the original Black Metal. Beginning around the time of their first anniversary, Jester King switched to a farmhouse yeast for all of their beers. All ratings after this switch should be entered under the Farmhouse Black Metal Imperial Stout entry. The original Black Metal bottles feature a small sticker on the neck; the Farmhouse Black Metal bottles have the word "Farmhouse" in small print on the label.
**Update** In 2023 Jester King has brought back the original "Farmhouse is Dead, Black Is Back"
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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 75cl. A black one, topped by a big, dark tan head. Roasted aroma with chocolate, molasses and some boozy notes. A little vegetal hint too. Lightly farmhousish flavor with roasted malts, chocolated and some molasses. Full body, soft carbonation. Quite bitter in the finish. A nice imperial stout, yet it lacks quite a bit to be world class, but I’m struggling a bit to pinpoint what. 120914
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2013
at 10:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
14th April 2012
Opaque black beer. Massive dark tan head, persistent. Palate is semi dry and pretty well carbonated, perhaps overly so. Dark chocolate with sour wet wood. Whisper of emulsion paint. Pinch of spice. Dry finish with more dark chocolate. Not bad but I like by Impys a little sweeter.
Opaque black beer. Massive dark tan head, persistent. Palate is semi dry and pretty well carbonated, perhaps overly so. Dark chocolate with sour wet wood. Whisper of emulsion paint. Pinch of spice. Dry finish with more dark chocolate. Not bad but I like by Impys a little sweeter.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2013
at 07:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
DC tasting. Roasty fuesal burning aroma. A lot of coffee tones for a beer without coffee. A bad-ass, world class IS. Lots of depth, burnt specialty malt. The hops and dark malts really create some nice toffee tones. I love this beer.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2013
at 16:57
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating (likely bottled in late 2011). Pours dense pitch black color with a nice 1 finger dense dark tan head with nice retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings on the glass, with some moderate streaming carbonation. Aromas of big dark chocolate, roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, light char, toast, molasses, earth, herbal, light anise, and light dark fruitiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark roasted notes. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, light char, toast, toffee, molasses, earth, raisin, smoke, light anise, and herbal. Light roasted coffee bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, cocoa, char, toast, raisin, molasses, smoke, and earth on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity and balance of roasted flavors with light fruitiness; and zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and full bodied; with a very creamy and slick mouthfeel that is fantastic. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic imperial stout! Awesome robust roasted flavor balance and complexity; and extremely smooth to sip on. An extremely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2013
at 19:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle sample @ RBBWG 2013, courtesy of Tderoeck. Noir moteur, col moyen moka laissant filament doré au verre. Arôme profond malté, chocolaté comme je l’aime, caramel riche. Palais est épais et délicieusement chocolaté sur notes de moka, caramel, léger poussiéreux, sec en fin de bouche avec ce profil sucré doux qui accompagne chaque gorgée.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 11:35
9.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Thx. to tderoeck / Tim for this one. 75 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBWG 2013. As Klaas lovely said, produced before Jester King started having issues with infections :) This one is never coming back if I am not mistaken, the original plan was to have everything farmhouse, they made non-farmhouse beers during their first year in order to get enough funds going. All the non-farmhouse beers are retired now. Pours black with a mocha head. Smell is sweet mocha, dark sugar, chocolate, creamy choc. Taste is sweet chocolate, sweet mocha, sweet creamy, toffee, caramel, light roast, molasses, bitter chocolate, light licorice, minor touch of booze. Creamy – very, very good and way better than the Farmhouse version in my opinion. #15 Jester King
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 02:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Jester King Black Metal Imperial Stout (by Jester King Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
19/I/13 -75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2013 - BB: n/a - early 2011 vintage (2013-64) Thanks to Jacob for getting me the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, nice brown head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, mocha, bit dusty, caramel. Mf: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of chocolate, mocha, caramel, vanilla, bit citric, sour touch. Aftertaste: mocha, chocolate, alcohol, caramel, little bitter, roasted stuff, coffee.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
19/I/13 -75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2013 - BB: n/a - early 2011 vintage (2013-64) Thanks to Jacob for getting me the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, nice brown head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, mocha, bit dusty, caramel. Mf: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of chocolate, mocha, caramel, vanilla, bit citric, sour touch. Aftertaste: mocha, chocolate, alcohol, caramel, little bitter, roasted stuff, coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2013
at 10:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is berries, coffee, molasse, roasted malt, caramel, alcohol. Flavour is alcohol, berries, coffee, molasse, roasted malt, caramel. Full body. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2012
at 00:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Flaske hos Ole Anders, des-12: mye kullsyre, mye aroma og mye smak. Ikke la deg skremme av etiketten, dette er imp.stout i ypperste klasse. Ikke et skrik fra the wild side, også metal fans kan ha pene manerer. Herlig med eller uten growling. Kaffe, kakao, litt vanilje. Go get it!
Tried
on 23 Dec 2012
at 14:09
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Shared bottle at local tasting. Pitch black beer with a moderate tan head. Roasty and malty aroma and flavour, with notes of strong coffee, liquorice and dark bitter chocolate. Rich and full mouthfeel, warming, maybe a bit too much carbonation. Medium bitterness in the finish. All in all mighty impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2012
at 16:08