Abscission
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Scratch Brewing CompanySour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special Out of Production
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Score
7.34
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Abscission is a 100% spontaneously fermented beer with grapevines, fallen leaves, spicebush, juniper branches, laurel and sassafras steeped overnight in the coolship as the wort chilled. It was brewed in February, 2016 when our wonderful friends Marika Josephson and Aaron Kleidon of Scratch rounded up a “winter harvest” from their farm, drove it to Texas, and added it to our coolship. The result is a beer unlike anything we’ve ever tasted before that’s uniquely tied to time, place and people.
Abscission is the scientific term for the process of leaves being dropped from a tree, as well as for a state of cell division. It comes from the Latin for “to cut away”.
Abscission is the scientific term for the process of leaves being dropped from a tree, as well as for a state of cell division. It comes from the Latin for “to cut away”.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught@TCBW2018. Goldeny amber colour with a small head. Aroma is sour wood, some herbs, mild acidic notes with some zest and mild funk. Flavour is funk, some earthy and sour wooden tones with some zesty and lemongrassy notes to it.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 01:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Churchkey. Hazy gold, white head. Tart fruit, juniper, weeds, herbs, oak, white grapes. Interesting stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2019
at 17:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden colour, white head. Spicy aroma, juniper, ginger, forrest, pine. Spicy, light sour flavour, tart, lots of spices, green notes. Spicy finish, juniper, forrest floor, green.
(from 75cL bottle @ Grand Old Lambic Tasting, Jtclockwork's place, NJ. Thanks for sharing, guys!)
(from 75cL bottle @ Grand Old Lambic Tasting, Jtclockwork's place, NJ. Thanks for sharing, guys!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2018
at 06:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - pours gold white head - nose and taste of spicebush, juniper, florals, sassafras and light funk - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2018
at 23:53
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Arrogant Sour Festival 2018. Hazy orange, medium white head. Beautiful complex aroma, funk, some herbs, juniper, musty, fruit. Medium sourness. Very interesting, usually not a fan of herbal beers, but this one is quite good. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2018
at 22:35
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
Sampled draft @ TCBW 2018. Orange, little creamy white head. Nose is sour, funky with complimentary green mint. Acidic lemon, interesting medicinal funk, mint, juicy, very drinkable, very unique profile, very tasty. Wonderful.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2018
at 07:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at TCBW 2018. Pours golden-amber. Aroma is sour, fruits, musty, oak, herbal. Flavor follows the nose. Overall: good. --- Beer merged from original tick of Abscission - on 05 May 2018 at 19:34 - Score: 7
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2018
at 12:57
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at TCBW 2018 courtesy of Juks, thanks! Hazy yellow color. Stonefruit and damp basement aroma. Taste is softly sour mixed fruits. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 May 2018
at 08:39
6/10
Tried
on 05 May 2018
at 19:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at TCBW 2018, Tallinn. Color is slightly cloudy light orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors Fruits, musty yeasts, sourness and some berries. Dry woody sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2018
at 17:49