Boxer's Revenge
(has 3 batches)
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating|
Score
7.49
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Sour-Barrel-Aged Strong Ale
Boxer’s Revenge is a simple beer at heart. It’s a high gravity wort composed of malted barley, a little raw wheat, and just enough hops for balance. After primary fermentation in stainless steel with our mixed culture, we sent it to oak barrels for long term aging. Our latest batch spent 25 months in oak prior to blending and packaging. Our high gravity barrel-aged beers see extended time in oak to allow the flavors to mellow and integrate.
Fun fact — Boxer’s Revenge is the first beer we ever brewed in September of 2010. We released other beers before it since it’s barrel aged, but it was our first brew.
Another fun fact — the label art for Boxer’s Revenge was inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm. We like to pretend that Boxer the Horse escaped to open a brewery!
Boxer’s Revenge is a simple beer at heart. It’s a high gravity wort composed of malted barley, a little raw wheat, and just enough hops for balance. After primary fermentation in stainless steel with our mixed culture, we sent it to oak barrels for long term aging. Our latest batch spent 25 months in oak prior to blending and packaging. Our high gravity barrel-aged beers see extended time in oak to allow the flavors to mellow and integrate.
Fun fact — Boxer’s Revenge is the first beer we ever brewed in September of 2010. We released other beers before it since it’s barrel aged, but it was our first brew.
Another fun fact — the label art for Boxer’s Revenge was inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm. We like to pretend that Boxer the Horse escaped to open a brewery!
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Churchkey for the Craft Brewers Conference. Poured a nice cloudy golden straw color. Aroma was latic, tartness, yeast and some light woody notes. Flavor was plenty of tartness, yeast and some tropical fruits. Very refreshing, very vibrant and very bold.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2013
at 22:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Acquired in a trade, enjoyed at 55F in a wine glass
A - Impossible to get any sort of head even on a vigorous pour. Looks like still Lambic with a reddish brown hue.
S - Hint of vinegar, cherries and peaches. Some burnt notes and lots of acidic tones.
T - Tangerine / Grapefruit acidity up front followed by cherries and figs and the finish is a watery vinegar with peaches and oak.
M - Completely still, medium body
O - The 9% is so well hidden. It’s a great tasting beer and really enjoyable. Just wishing it was carbonated.
A - Impossible to get any sort of head even on a vigorous pour. Looks like still Lambic with a reddish brown hue.
S - Hint of vinegar, cherries and peaches. Some burnt notes and lots of acidic tones.
T - Tangerine / Grapefruit acidity up front followed by cherries and figs and the finish is a watery vinegar with peaches and oak.
M - Completely still, medium body
O - The 9% is so well hidden. It’s a great tasting beer and really enjoyable. Just wishing it was carbonated.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2013
at 14:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From 0.75l bottle @ Borefts 2012. This is a honey colored light hazy one with a small bubbly and sidesticking just off-white head. It has a vinegar-sour and fruity aroma with a little bit of farm, citrus fruits and a slight sweetens as well. It has a soft carbonation level and a oily mouthfeel. Soft sour with apple vine vinegar and citrus up front. It gives of a little burn in the throat. Suppose it's the vinegar, not the alcohol. I also get tones of sour white currants and wood. Not a favorite from Jester King, but quite tasty. Leaving my mouth quite astringent and dry. Don't think I could drink lot's of this. 28.09.2012
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2013
at 02:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. @ 4th Borefts Beer Festival 2012, Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands.ABV: 10.2% (Program) Light unclear medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, funky, tart, cask wood, oak, moderate to heavy alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet, light to moderate acidic and bitter with a long duration, tart, funky, fruity - berry. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20120928]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2013
at 08:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
29th September 2012
Borefts Beer Festival IV. Day 2. Hazy gold beer, residual white head. Light semi crisp palate. Sourness held in check but what tastes like some BA. Bourbon, wood and a little vanilla, Some sour citrus underneath. Semi dry finish.
Borefts Beer Festival IV. Day 2. Hazy gold beer, residual white head. Light semi crisp palate. Sourness held in check but what tastes like some BA. Bourbon, wood and a little vanilla, Some sour citrus underneath. Semi dry finish.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2012
at 03:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled at GABF. Pours a hazy gold with some spitty, white head. Grassy nose, lemons, dandelion greens, herbal, band aid, lightly floral. Flavor is sweet, tart, grass, pithy, medicine cabinet, bandages. Full, tart, dry finish. Another home run. Big but an easy drinker.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2012
at 09:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of citrus, lactic acid, sour apple and pepper. Quite sour flavour, lactic acid, brett, light vinous, some wood. Quite fresh. Sour finish, lime and citrus. Very drinkable and fresh, nothing too special but definitely not lacking anything either.
(Served from 75cL bottle @ 4th BBF, Bodegraven 2012)
(Served from 75cL bottle @ 4th BBF, Bodegraven 2012)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2012
at 10:53