Funk Metal
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Sour Rotating|
Score
7.32
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Funk Metal is an unfiltered, unpasteurized, naturally conditioned imperial stout fermented with farmhouse yeast, aged for months in oak barrels with wild yeast and souring bacteria, and then hand-blended with other barrel-aged beer to round out the palate. The finished beer retains aromas of chocolate and roast but takes on a distinct vinous character and sour complexity from extended aging and fermentation in oak barrels.
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7/10
Poured brownish black from can. Funky tart sour and some chocolate notes. Fine enough
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap at Boreft Beer Festival ’12, Bodegraven: Black coloured brew with an fine sour taste and sweetness too. They called this beer style "Sour Stout".
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught@CBC2016. Black colour with a small head. Aroma is tart fruits, vanilla and some slight liquorice tones. Flavour is liquorice, vanilla, some tart wooden and fruity elements with a wee bit of strange spiciness. Rather mouthdrying.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2023
at 17:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.75l bottle, Blend #9 - March 2018, huge thanks Vojta for sharing it! Pitch black body, brownish head. Minty saliva, cocoa and other malty notes in the aroma, maybe wine notes, light raisins. Lean taste, dry, cocoa, red grapes, fresh tartness, simple, well balanced, not aggro at all, just so well made, lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2023
at 21:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Beavertown Extravaganza, day two, 09/09/2017. A jet black brown coloured pour with a loose cherry tan head. Aroma is big liquorice, burnt black sugars, marmite, wood, sour lacto. Flavour is composed of sour woody, tangy green apple, lacto, berry, burnt sugars. Palate is tart, highish carbonation, lingering tart.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2020
at 19:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Borefts 2012. Deep dark brown color. Vinous aroma with licorice, caramel and roast. Pleasant sour flavor. Acidic with winevinegar notes. Sour berry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster at Weathered. Appearence: dark brown Aroma: sour, roasted malt Taste: similar with fruity notes Body: medium to high Overall: pretty good imperial sour stout
Tried
on 13 Jan 2019
at 04:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml bottle A sour dark more like an Oud Bruin but unfortunately does not cross over to make impressive. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2019
at 04:27
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, 750 ml, shared with JFK10000, Max, kajser27. Black with light brownish head. Malty, chocolate, beries, sour cherries, funk, brett, some cherries, sweet, medium sourness, juicy. Smooth. Medium bodied. Loved the fruit and chocolate combination.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2019
at 15:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ BXL Beer Fest. Black colour, brown foam. Nose of coffee, roasted malts, caramel, lemin, citrus, vinegar. Very roasty and sour. Strange combination, doesn't work very well
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Sep 2018
at 11:38