Bitter Death
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating|
Score
6.83
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For over a decade, we've had a great affinity for well-attenuated, crisp, hoppy, herbal ales with subtle but interesting pure culture fermentation character.
Bitter Death was brewed with Texas malted barley and malted wheat from TexMalt and a touch of flaked oats. It was hopped aggressively at nearly 3 pounds per barrel with Perle, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, and Tettnanger. We probably were more aggressive with the hopping than tradition would dictate, but dry, herbal, and bitter was our M.O. here. 100% naturally conditioned.
We get notes of white tea, dried hydrangea petals, bread dough, Texas toast, Euro-skunk, cannabis, dehydrated lime citrus wheels, caraway, and walking through the Hill Country on a spring day after it rains.
Bitter Death was brewed with Texas malted barley and malted wheat from TexMalt and a touch of flaked oats. It was hopped aggressively at nearly 3 pounds per barrel with Perle, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, and Tettnanger. We probably were more aggressive with the hopping than tradition would dictate, but dry, herbal, and bitter was our M.O. here. 100% naturally conditioned.
We get notes of white tea, dried hydrangea petals, bread dough, Texas toast, Euro-skunk, cannabis, dehydrated lime citrus wheels, caraway, and walking through the Hill Country on a spring day after it rains.
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7/10
Canned from DBW. Pours clouded yellow gold - funky yeast, sugar, band aid, citrus
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 02:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
The local beer shop keeps a steady stream of Jester King beers coming through. Fine by me. I picked up a 16 oz can of Sudden Death a month back. And today my ABGB tulip glass is prepared to catch a pour. The liquid is an interesting amber-gold and the persistent ice white head is fed by a furious carbonation. With a sniff I determine citrus, hops and yellow fruit. Lift to take a drink. The taste follows the scent, lemon rind, grass, a hint of apricots, crackers and a mild hoppy bitterness. At only 5% abv, the sensation is deeper than I anticipated. A pleasant beer to drink on an unseasonably nice early spring day.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2025
at 23:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared at the August 2024 PS tasting, 8/17/24. Hazy amber, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of yeast, grapefruit, lemon. Taste is lemon, pine, pale malt. Lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2025
at 02:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gold pour. Thin lace. Spotted lace. Apple, honey, and lemon flavor with apple notes. Light bodied and light carbonation.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2024
at 23:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Honey and grass nose. Deep amber, medium head. Lemongrass, biscuit, stewed apples. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Tangy.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2024
at 23:26
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Pours hazy gold with an off-white head. Light malt, yeast, herbs, lemon notes, dried weeds.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2024
at 04:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap. Pours amber with light head. Aromas of sweet bubblegum and dried fruit. Flavors of sweet dried fruit, sins floral hops and toasted malts. Ok but not Jester King
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2024
at 03:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Perfume and lemongrass. Biscuit. Clear golden pour with pretty good head, not much lacing. End is only a little bitter, was hoping for more deathly bitterness. Pleasant though.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2024
at 20:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle, batch 1, April 2021, drunk 6/9/23. Clear brass-copper. Small, white head, moderate retention. Tart culture with creamy, nutty wheat and oat. Biscuity, nutty malts, seemingly high attenuation. Hmmm there's tartness pitted against heavy, heavy, butter. Tastes like tart butter! Sour cream? Peppery hops are lovely on the finish and it's soft, deeply malted and well attenuated but it's just massively buttery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2023
at 20:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden with a white head - Herbal aroma - Malt body with a citrus herbal flavour that gives bitterness - Citrus flavor goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 09 May 2022
at 19:31