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 - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thx. to Dylan / Kraddel for sharing this one - reasonable amount of a 750 ml drank whilst ’At the Hearth of Winter’ by Immortal was playing which was for me always the only way I ever should drink this one - I am still convinced the guy on the label is Abboth - Farmhouse tag is not really all that visible on the label - it is like they are hiding it - looks beautiful - dark brown with a big lovely mocha head - smell is top as well with mocha, sweet coffee, chocolate, mellower sweeter dark malts and some ground coffee as well - lovely - taste carries some light weird off touches which sort of lessens the impact - it is the farmhouse yeast, not entirely working I presume - bitter roast, roasted grounds, lightly off-roast, even touch floral, light creamy coffee, lightly musty, cocoa, reasonable sweetness blended in - it is good but feels lightly off, which are the farmhouse ester I assume. still quite interesting - body-wise definetly and taste-wise I would say as well this is a fine stout but doesn’t feel like the usual impy one but first right in with the regular stout category where it shines a bit brighter
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
pitch dark, large smooth brown head. arooma is roasted malts,flowers. flavor is roasted malts, dry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a huge dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, and straw, leading to a dry roasted finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and toffee malty. Herbal, dark roasted malty and toffee malty. Chocolate and light bitter. Toasted. Chocolate and sweet malty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 75 cl. Pours an opaque black with a rich, dense and lacing beige head. Sweet heavy roast in the nose. Rich body, heavy carbonation, loads of roast, dark dried fruit, somewhat rustic with a malt bitter finish. Nice, but not really all that much farmhouse character. 100912
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering Ulfborg, 2012. Pours black with a small creamy head. Roast, ashes and dark fruit. Lively carbonation. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle 750ml @ TFODRBSG12
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate and herbs, floral hops. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle @ Summer Gathering, Ulfborg. Huge creamy head with excellent duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich licorice, roast malt, chocolate, coffee, alcohol and hops. Long bitter warming finish.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, 75cl, at TFODRBSG 2012. A big, tan head forms over a black, body. Lacings. Roasted, slightly yeasty and spiced aroma with some pine cones and grassy hints. Soft on the palate, lightly roasted, quite chocolatey and coffee-ish flavor, maybe a bit too heavy on carbonation. A touch of licorice and some roasted black peppercorn too. Lasting roasted finish. Certainly a nice one, but still... Maybe it’s lacking a bit on complexity or punch, it might be the yeast used, not really sure. 120818
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ FOneFan, Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2012. Black with medium brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, little coffee and a little liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, little liquorice, high carbonation, hops, little sweet and medium bitter.