Bière de Merlot
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.30
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We created a soft, drinkable blend of barrel-aged beer, processed the grapes in-house at Jester King, and added them to the beer at a ratio of about 5 pounds per gallon. We let the grapes ferment to total dryness with native yeast in the beer and on the skins of the grapes. We then naturally conditioned the beer in bottles and kegs.
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pictoman (9684) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from 500mL bottle (blend 2 - Sept 2022). Ruby red with small off white head. Oak and vinous grape, great balance, quite nice.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Blend #2. 500mL bottle, pours a clear burgundy with a small off-white head. Aroma is very vinous, with lots of red wine grape skins, plenty of wild bugs, some mustiness, plenty of oak, along with some tannins. Flavour is very vinous, with pretty prominent red grape skins, lots of musty grapes, lots of wild yeast, some oak, and some tannins. Very cohesive, with all flavour elements working well together. Complex and well-designed. Excellent.
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pink-purpleish color with small white head. Aroma is cherries, bubblegum, a bit minerals. Taste is the same. Oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Lovely!
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tip Tap draught, 1/29/23. Clear black raspberry, or I guess merlot. Little/no head. Juicy grape, mineral, chalk, moderate tannin, low to moderate acidity. Clean, grapey, maybe not as complex as one hopes for. Soft, malty, light bodied, perhaps too much so? Holy shit this is 8.5%?! Yeah....definitely not malty enough for its size. Good merlot character, though kind of arbitrary and unremarkable. Really not very jester king-like. No personality, not funky. Odd.
Quick3Beers (3145) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a very nice deep crimson from a bottle. Big funk and grape aroma, even bigger flavor. Balance was good but not great. Good beer.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap at the release. Pours a hazy dark purple with small pinkish head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is strong grape must, vinous, oak, some funk. Thin mouth, nice tartness, boozy, great dark grape flavor, very nice.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at RBWG ’15 Grand Tasting @ Coppertail, thanks to whomever shared this one, 21/02/15. Hazed orange with reddish hues, topped with a moderate off white covering. Nose carries light floral notes, must, funky, wood, pissy berry notes. Taste comrpises tangy dark fruit, musty wood, red berry pangs, light spice, bitter fruit peel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light puckerings. Solid well balanced sour.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Growler shared during the RBWG 2015 Grand Tasting. Pours cloudy purple with a mellow white head. Big tangy berries. Very nice, some jammy aspects to the fruits, moderate tartness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Cleansing finish, tangy, with some puckering grapes and berries. Good stuff.
GenDV138 (9249) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Growler at Coppertail Brewing during the RBWG 2015 Grand Tasting. Brown with off-white head. Aromas of stone fruit, funk, floral, light cheese. Tastes of tart fruit, stone fruit, light vinegar. Medium body with a dry finish.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
RBWG. Pours dark brown. Nose/taste of merlot, sour oak, funky grape and red wine. Medium body.