Black Metal Farmhouse Imperial Stout - Jester King Craft Brewery

DavidST

Texas

4.3/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured from a 22oz bottle into a snifter. This pours a semi-thick pitch black color with a massive (especially for the abv) mocha colored head which has good retention and leaves a lacing. The smells are of dark roasted malts, dark chocolate, hops and a bit of alcohol. The feel is nice and thick. The taste is pretty good, a load of dark chocolate, roasted malts and a nice bitter finish. Good stuff.

Serving type: bottle

10-02-2012 02:50:21 | More by DavidST

metter98

New York

3.99/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

A: The beer is jet black in color. It poured with a finger high dark tan head that has excellent retention properties and consistently left a thin head covering the surface.
S: Moderate aromas of dark roasted malts and chocolate are present in the nose, although these are subdued a bit by the presence of farmhouse yeast.
T: Like the smell, the taste has flavors of chocolate malts along with notes of earthy yeast and roasted malts. A light to moderate amount of bitterness is present.
M: It feels a bit more than medium-bodied and somewhat airy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation. The yeast and roast make your mouth a little chalky and dry.
O: I really enjoyed this stout because it offered some of the qualities you would expect from a Russian Imperial Stout but was significantly easier to drink because it wasn't as full-bodied. The use of farmhouse yeast adds some interesting qualities.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2013 19:30:16 | More by metter98

smithj4

New York

4/5  rDev +1%

06-16-2013 19:14:19 | More by smithj4

zonker17

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

06-15-2013 23:01:50 | More by zonker17

dwoolley1

New York

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

06-15-2013 13:04:34 | More by dwoolley1

n2185

North Carolina

2.75/5  rDev -30.6%

06-14-2013 01:36:29 | More by n2185

djre4orm

Virginia

4/5  rDev +1%

06-13-2013 19:57:19 | More by djre4orm

RayOhioFelton

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

06-11-2013 04:49:13 | More by RayOhioFelton

backphish

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -11.6%

06-10-2013 03:57:30 | More by backphish

Douvalis

Texas

4/5  rDev +1%

06-09-2013 04:00:11 | More by Douvalis

MNPikey

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

06-07-2013 21:34:55 | More by MNPikey

rdooley

Texas

4/5  rDev +1%

06-04-2013 00:06:49 | More by rdooley

Isotope

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

06-03-2013 01:43:44 | More by Isotope

J_Dub

Texas

4/5  rDev +1%

06-01-2013 19:31:53 | More by J_Dub

MarioM

California

4.21/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

750 ml poured into SN snifter.

A: Pure black opaque with a huge dark brown head. Creamy bubbles floating on top of larger bubbles, dissipated after a min with good lacing.

S: Hint of dark fruits with a toasty character with some booziness. There's a strange aroma, most likely from the farmhouse yeast, but slight citrusi and licorice like. Definitely different but interesting.

T: That strange aroma comes through at the beginning as yeasty fruitiness mixed with roastiness, coffee and a little chocolate. I also want to say citrus but prolly confusing it for yeast hard tee coming through in a style, RiS, which I would not normally expect. Also get a lot of dark fruits from the large amount of roasted malts, which explain the ausome hugely brown head.

M: Medium body from the high attenuation, a bit dry and bitter. Medium carbonation and small hints of alcohol considering the 9% abv tag. Also, a big roasty coffee aftertaste from all that dark roasted malt dominates at the end and lingers for a while, which I'm enjoying quite a bit, yum!

O: A must have brew by Jester King. I really like the creativity of using a farmhouse year in an imperial stout. Very interesting and will have more.

Serving type: bottle

06-01-2013 05:04:33 | More by MarioM

FUwolfpacker

South Carolina

4/5  rDev +1%

06-01-2013 03:19:19 | More by FUwolfpacker

canders0927

Texas

3/5  rDev -24.2%

05-31-2013 17:08:35 | More by canders0927

jasonycurtis

Oklahoma

4/5  rDev +1%

05-30-2013 20:59:44 | More by jasonycurtis

MammothTarantula

Oklahoma

4.5/5  rDev +13.6%

05-27-2013 01:59:28 | More by MammothTarantula

raffy313

Texas

4/5  rDev +1%

05-26-2013 17:30:41 | More by raffy313

vande

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

05-26-2013 00:28:53 | More by vande

zillo043068

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

05-25-2013 00:17:28 | More by zillo043068

ADZA

Australia

4.09/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5

Pours the blackest dark as night hue with a chocolate laced three finger head and lacing everywhere,the smell is dark chocolate,roasted malts,booze and Irish coffee,the mouthfeel is full bodied with moderate carbonation and has tastes of dark chocolate,toasty roasty malts,Irish coffee,a touch of funky tartness and finished choc dryness and overall very nice for a night like tonight and would buy again cheers.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 12:38:32 | More by ADZA

e30todamax

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

05-22-2013 22:20:35 | More by e30todamax

Immortale25

Florida

3.68/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a Saint Somewhere wine-style glass.

A-Pours as black as a thousand midnights with a 3/4 inch brown head that retains a long while before gradually descending to a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a full sheet of surface foam. Resilient lacing slides slowly down the glass.

S- Very glassy aroma with some strong underlying chocolate tones and just a bit of funk.

T- A bright tangy flavor comes on at first before a heavy dark roasted malt presence washes over bringing notes of milk chocolate, caramel and vanilla. The flavors clash though and bring about an awkward profile.

M- My biggest problem with "dark saisons" is the chalky and endlessly dry mouthfeel. The high carbonation just does not go well with the highly viscous nature of a stout, porter, black ale, what-have-you. I definitely prefer my farmhouse ales to have a light body.

O- While I admire them for their risk-taking approach to brewing and their labels' sick artwork, the folks at Jester King just have not done it for me yet. An example of when a brewery is just a bit too extreme.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 23:58:54 | More by Immortale25