Black Metal Farmhouse Imperial Stout (Batches #1 - #15)
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Sour Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.52
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English Imperial Stout meets the Franco-Belgian Farmhouse tradition in this dry, drinkable beer; Pitch black in color with notes of chocolate, roasted and black malts coupled with earthy, peppery and floral farmhouse esters.
Admin Note: Through Batch #15 (released in 2013), Black Metal Farmhouse was brewed with a French Saison yeast.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Odense catch-up from the cellar. Black with a small tan head. Aroma of licorice, hay and bready malt. Sweet licorice, malty flavour with salty and yeasty notes
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2012 vintage 750 ml bottle, thanks to Phatdog1. Dark black with incredible tan head with great retention. Nose is strong roasted malt with a nice Belgian yeast funk. Taste is rich dark chocolate, espresso bean, light vanilla, earthy funky yeast. Subtle funk. Secondary fruitiness and residual sugars. Mouthfeel has a creamy texture. Great stout to sip.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Shared at a small tasting. Enjoyed in a snifter, 2012 vintage and 75CL split 4 ways.
A - Pitch black, oily and nice 2 finger coffee coloured head.
S - Smells very nice.You get a standard stout of coffee, chocolate and roasted coffee. Green pepper nose and the farmhouse yeast adds a belgian orval nose to it
T - Taste is pretty standard. There’s licorice, smoke, chocolate and dry oaky notes. The flavor is spicy, bread and sadly the two styles just don’t meld too well
M - Big body, sticky flavors that hang out for a long time. Creamy and heavy carbonation
O - Good beer, the original I still think is better than this one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle - thanks Brian! Pours pitch black, medium tan head, dissipates fairly quickly, some lacing. Aroma is roasty, anise, chocolate. Flavor is lightly tart, typical JK funk going on, roasty, anise again, somewhat medicinal. Fairly bitter and acidic. Medium light body overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle, 0.75 l - Batch #15, Aug 27 2013, at Kitty’s, 20140104) The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized and light brown. Aroma had vanilla, mild sourness, roasted malts and wood. Palate was full bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were wood, vanilla, roasted malts, mild sourness, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was roasty, woody, sour and bitter. Not bad but somewhat confusing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle @ Malja, Kuopio
Pours pitch black with a smooth white head. Aroma of roasted malts, hints of yeast, licorice, spices and dark chocolate. Taste is smooth, slightly roasty and funky yeasty with earthy notes and some licorice, cocoa and dark chocolate. Finish is sweetish, roasty and spicy with notes of funky yeast, dark chocolate and ripe fruits. Okay Belgian style IS.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg@CBC2013 Opaque black color, small brown head. A bit woody, toasted-roasted aroma, maybe some milky notes too. Full-bodied. Milky, roasted, kind of shorty finish. Not much farmhouse found.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From a 75 cl bottle shared in Avon NC. Pours black with a tan head. Flavors of licorice, chocolate and coffee. Heavy bodied, moderate carbonation. Smooth smoky finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; pitch black pour with thin tan head, yeast and roast malt aroma, taste is rich roasted malts, chocolate some, bread with some saison notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at SBWF 2013. Taste of rosted malts, chcolate, dark fruits and some tartness