Jester King Brewery

Microbrewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Jester King Brewery

Established in 2010

Contact
13187 Fitzhugh Rd, Austin, TX, 78736, United States
Description
Jester King is an authentic brewer of farmhouse ales connected to a time, place and people. Our philosophy is to work in partnership with nature to create beer unique to our natural surroundings. Over the years, we've grown into a welcoming destination for people of all ages to enjoy food, drink, friends, family and community. We invite you to visit us and enjoy all that our brewery, restaurant, farm, event hall and 165 acres of preserved land has to offer!

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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours clear light gold into a willi. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Straw and hay aromas. Crisp with sweet straw, toasted cornbread and biscuit front to back. Medium length Euro hop finish.
Tried on 24 Jan 2025 at 02:29

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours clear pale yellow into a willi. Bright white head with good retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Yuzu and citrus aromas. Medium bodied with sweet rice and hay upfront turning to mild earthy citrus in the dry, sweet finish. Liked it more than I thought I would.
Tried on 24 Jan 2025 at 02:27

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours murky light gold into a tulip. White head with little retention recedes to pool surface. Mango, passion fruit and apricot aromas. Medium bodied with sweet white grape, apricot and white smarties upfront turning to hot resin and pith in the dry, medium length finish.
Tried on 24 Jan 2025 at 01:51

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Pint can for 5.99 - thank you, Jester King for not selling this for 12 bucks a can like every other brewery in the universe - mostly black pour - thick, but fizzy and short-lived tan head - nose is simultaneously cloyingly sweet but also with moderate umami - some coffee and cream - medium-full body, though the finish is lightly thin - fairly sweet, especially in the finish - chocolate, coffee, light smoke, light umami - finish brings some bitterness and light tannic character - it has it’s weaknesses but is overall solid, especially at the price point.
Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2025 at 00:28

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
This will be my last rating on RateBeer unless it is resuscitated. I want it to be a Texas beer and I have one from Jester King, purchased at Mr. T's across town. My ABGB snifter is receiving the pour from a 16 oz can of Ghost Cannon. I do the pour to see an unclear, light yellow body with a persistent head of absolutely snow white foam. The nose gives a lot of tropical and a bare hint of hoppiness. The drink is good in the style. Honeydew melon, kiwi fruit, crackers, citrus and a light bitterness concluding. A decent beer at a sad time.
Tried from Can on 22 Jan 2025 at 23:50

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 21:16

2.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 6 Overall 1
Light gold in color with a three-finger head. Aroma was grains and funk. Taste is nasty, basement, barnyard funk.
Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:38

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear gold in color with a three-finger, white fluffy head. Aroma is grains, biscuit, bread and is well-balanced. Taste is grains, crackers and is well-balanced.
Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:38

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 9 Overall 6
Aroma has a weird burnt quality to it, along with overripe tropical fruit, candy orange circus peanuts, coconut, buttery popcorn. Taste has a moderate bitterness and typical NEIPA sweetness. Thankfully the weird off-notes fade away after a few minutes, leaving a decent smelling and great tasting beer. Edit: tastes great while it’s cold, but goes downhill fast as it warms in the glass, leaving those horrible buttery off-notes all too readily apparent.
Tried from Can from Tavour on 20 Jan 2025 at 01:49

8.3/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
1500mL bottle at LC member party, 1/17/25.
Clear brass-golden. Well carbonated.
Nose is very lambic-like. Fruity Brett, soft horse blanket, mild oak and tons of stone fruit. Lean malts with biscuity/nutty wheat. Clean presentation, very bright.
A bit less impressive in the flavor with more lactic acid than Brett and other random notes that are interesting but move the beer farther away from a true lambic. More American sour notes in flavor, I suppose youd say. Still, nothing to scoff at, and in excellent shape with great body, texture and good attenuation.
Tried from Bottle at Side Project Brewing on 18 Jan 2025 at 17:44