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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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 750ml.Clear medium amber colour with a large to huge, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, toasted, caramel, moderate to heavy, citrus, grapefruit, orange - hoppy, citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120202]
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2012 at 06:19

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Pours with a hazed golden yellow hued body with a small white head that lasts. Aromas are strongly esters, apple, pear, mild herbal hops notes, grassy, medium citrus and spice. Low malt notes. Flavors are again strongly estery and a bit distracting. Apple, dried pear. Hop flavors show themselves as citrus, spicy, and grassy. Very estery. A bit high on carbonation, pretty dry with a medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2012 at 17:44

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Cask at Texas Beerfest. Pours a black with medium tan head that lasts awhile leaving sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is smoke and pepper. Thin mouthfeel with smokey malt and roast with a sweet finish. Really enjoye this one, a very impressive Imperial stout from JK/Mikkeller.
Tried from Cask on 28 May 2012 at 15:14

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours golden orange with white head. Nose/taste of orange peel, saison yeast, citrus, hops and lemongrass. Lots of grassy hops. Finishes dry orange peel and grass. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2012 at 13:38

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
CBC. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and cocoa. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with a light chili bite. 120512
Tried on 28 May 2012 at 12:02

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma roasted malts, wheat, dark coffee, light smoke, dark chocolate. Taste is malts, wheat, coffee, dark chocolate, raisins, light smoke and a hint of chilly. Medium body, average carbonation, finishes with a light chilly burn. 120512
Tried from Draft on 28 May 2012 at 11:19

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12th May 2012
On tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration.
Opaque dark brown beer, tidy dark tan head. Rich dark malt with a little coffee.Tiny bit of peppery spice. Very mild smoke. More pepper comes through and leads to a spicy warm dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 26 May 2012 at 08:19

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy grapefruit with white head. Lively carbonation. Nose/taste of citrus, light bready malts, lemons, yeast and spicy herbal hops. Lighter bodied. Finishes herbal citrus.
Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2012 at 15:14

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
750ml bottle. Pitch black with small foamy brown lacing head. Intense aroma with roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, a hop note resembling acerb vegetables like spring onion or shallot. Taste repeats the dark flavours, a somewhat mealy touch crops up in between.
Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2012 at 15:09

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours black with dark brown head. Nose/taste of smoked black malt, fresh coffee, dark heavily roasted and burnt chocolate malt, flaked oats, mocha, chipotle pepper char and ash. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2012 at 17:06