SPON flor
(has 1 batch)
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Gueuze Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.64
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2016 SPON flor represents a curious case in our spontaneous fermentation program. The "flor" found in our sherry barrels migrated to some adjacent barrels containing 100% spontaneously fermented beer and impacted the fermentation. The result is a unique testament to the unpredictable and resilient nature of microorganisms.
2016 SPON flor was brewed in early 2014 using a turbid mash of 60% malted barley and 40% raw wheat, boiled for four hours with aged hops, cooled and innoculated overnight in our coolship with naturally occurring yeast and bacteria. 100% spontaneously fermented in oak barrels (no yeast or bacteria pitched), blended across the same vintage, and naturally conditioned for months in bottles resting on their side.
Bottled on February 15, 2016.
2016 SPON flor was brewed in early 2014 using a turbid mash of 60% malted barley and 40% raw wheat, boiled for four hours with aged hops, cooled and innoculated overnight in our coolship with naturally occurring yeast and bacteria. 100% spontaneously fermented in oak barrels (no yeast or bacteria pitched), blended across the same vintage, and naturally conditioned for months in bottles resting on their side.
Bottled on February 15, 2016.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375mL bottle, pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma reveals fairly subdued sherry barrels, light funk and some leather. Flavour is a more subdued beast than the regular SPON, with subtle sherry barrels, light funk and a touch of leather. Very pleasant, but not all that unique. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2017
at 22:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to Borken! Pours hazy golden, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is funky, basement, floral, earthy, grass. Flavor is light tart, medium funk, citrus, odd. Nolen says its skunked and Broken agrees. I have no experience, but the cork certainly has an odd smell to it. Light body, soft mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2017
at 00:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Beer Temple. A bit unclear yellow color, small off-white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, wheat, sourish, sourish tart citrus, but with nice sweet peachy hints. Pretty nice! 7-4-8-4-15.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2017
at 12:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
8 3 8 4 16 Bottle shared at Beer Temple, Amsterdam. Hazy golden light orange with a white head. Aroma has a nice slightly cheesy, meaty funk, leather, citrus, light peaches, oak and citrus. Flavour is above light sweet and moderate sour. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2017
at 12:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks James for sharing the bottle! Poured into a snifter showing well filtered neon yellow with no head. The nose shows moderately intense and moderately tart notes of sherry, nuts, and bretty funk. The palate is light bodied and moderately carbonated. Highly tart with light sherry biscuit notes in between bretty funk and subtle notes of horse blanket.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2017
at 13:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Dunkbar. Thanks to Orla , Rekvium and Vindueskigger. Pours Hazy Golden with a collapsing head. Slight fruit and acidic dry Bode and flavor. Tasty okay, But No Real complexity. Rather tame. Missing barnyard and funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2017
at 12:24
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Head gone in seconds over golden-orange beer. Sherry (fino), bit lactic, point of acetic. Dry sherry, horseblanket, straw, dried wheat. Lots of lactic acid. Light body, bit acidthinning. Aftertaste is rather empty; low carbonation. ’Interesting’ doesn’t come even close. Thanks, M & L V.! 9/4/8/3/18
Tried
on 23 Jul 2017
at 00:52
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle 375ml. @ Himmeriget, Aaboulevard 27, Copenhagen, Denmark 1960. [ As Jester King 2016 SPON Flor ].Unclear matt medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy yeasty, barnyard, leather, farmyard, citric, grapes, lemon, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart, faermyard, dry, grapes, lemon, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170510] 8-3-9-3-17
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2017
at 11:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375 ml bottle. Bretty nose, grapefruit, lots of horse blanket, very dry. Hazy golden-orange color with lace. Flavor is grapefruit, some cheese, nicely tart with medium acidity, some lactic acid and sharp citrus flavor. Quite authentic, though not up there with the best from Belgium.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2017
at 23:43