CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed West Coast IPA from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Can at home from HOTM, 12th October 24. Pours a dark caramel and fairly clear beer. Aroma is caramel and malty, resinous pine. Taste is proper old skool, west coast, bitter and resinous, assertive caramel maltiness, long bitter and resinous finish. I like it, as it’s a change from the flood of NEIPAs
wombat23 (6032) reviewed Ice Grip from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pours hazy pale gold with a white head. Tropical fruit, citrus, pine notes. Good.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from 500mL bottle (blend 2 - Sept 2022). Ruby red with small off white head. Oak and vinous grape, great balance, quite nice.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Bière de Merlot from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Blend #2. 500mL bottle, pours a clear burgundy with a small off-white head. Aroma is very vinous, with lots of red wine grape skins, plenty of wild bugs, some mustiness, plenty of oak, along with some tannins. Flavour is very vinous, with pretty prominent red grape skins, lots of musty grapes, lots of wild yeast, some oak, and some tannins. Very cohesive, with all flavour elements working well together. Complex and well-designed. Excellent.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Italian Style Pilsner from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Lemon, biscuit malt, lemon peel and grass aroma. Slightly hazy pale yellow with moderate white head. Moderately sweet lemon-lime, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter lemon peel and grass flavor. Good body.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Atrial Rubicite from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
500mL bottle. Pours murky mahagony with minimal white head. Aroma has fermented raspberry (not jammy), musty wood. Flavour has a ton of intense raspberry, punchy wild yeast, barnyard funk. The amount of raspberry flavour they've packed into this without comprimising the intense wild yeast is insane. This is phenomenal.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Atrial Rubicite from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Reddish purple colour. No head. Great aroma, just big raspberry, bright. I mean you can smell that for days, it's so bright and intense. There's a fair bit of tartness, and then bright, juicy raspberry comes through. The wildness is decent, and helps to carry the raspberry, which is some of the most intense raspberry I've ever experienced in a beer.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Bug Farm from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
4oz pour at Ridgewood. Pours clear blonde with white head. Aroma has moldy fruit and saison yeast. Flavour has moldy citrus, saison yeast, some wood. Not great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
4oz pour at Ridgewood. Pours clear blonde with white head. Aroma has some saison yeast and an earthy character. Flavour has saison yeast, moldy citrus. This is fine.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Coolship Bloodbath from Jester King Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Canned 6/5/24, drunk 10/1/24. Clear, pinkish-cranberry. Large, pinkish-cranberry head fades steadily to ring. Round coffee notes are mild, alongside earthy, lightly juicy beats and a mild, somewhat hard-to-pin-down culture that is neither very tart nor very expressive. Just a lot of earthiness, all around, I guess. But competent and aromatic. In the mouth it's mildly tart, very earthy with lots of gentle beet softness and a mildly savory, rather dry coffee character leading to moderate coffee and mixed culture acidity on the finish. Malts are fairly supportive, though I think could be a bit deeper to provide even better support to all of these dry, earthy, bitter, acidic components. Very ambitious, interesting and unique, as always, though, from JK.