Black Metal Farmhouse Imperial Stout - Jester King Craft Brewery

Durge

Connecticut

4.16/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Another magnificent brew found on tap at The Draught House Pub in Austin, this stout shows a pitch black color with a modest tan ring on top and no signs of lace. The aroma brings intense malt with pleasant grass charcoal. Clearly a quality brew is evidenced. The flavor delivers deep raisin and heavy charcoal malt with lemony edges. Beautifully blended, yet intense in its sensory reward! It's pretty much full bodied with an easy, velvety feel. It offers a very subtle carbonation but it's more than adequate for this style. A great imperial stout!

Serving type: on-tap

01-27-2013 18:06:23 | More by Durge

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

dcloeren

Texas

4/5  rDev +1%

05-21-2013 21:57:43 | More by dcloeren

ilikebeer03

Texas

4/5  rDev +1%

05-20-2013 23:03:24 | More by ilikebeer03

JamLand

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

05-19-2013 17:07:00 | More by JamLand

Photekut

Azerbaijan

3.25/5  rDev -17.9%

05-19-2013 12:56:50 | More by Photekut

cosmonick

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -11.6%

05-19-2013 00:56:41 | More by cosmonick

jl28r1

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

05-18-2013 16:13:35 | More by jl28r1

HevvyMetalHippie

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

05-12-2013 02:59:59 | More by HevvyMetalHippie

JoninVT

New Hampshire

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

05-10-2013 23:57:24 | More by JoninVT

RandyKemka

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

05-10-2013 18:20:17 | More by RandyKemka

Compton25

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

05-10-2013 17:52:19 | More by Compton25

Claytonbrewsby

Virginia

3.8/5  rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is an interesting one... Especially the farmhouse/stout combination. I was expecting this brew to be heavy as hell since it is called metal and all. But upo pouring it, it did come out very brown, almost black with a tan head. It has a mild spicy smell about it. The mild spicy smell does follow in taste, slightly. It definitely has farmhouse characteristics with a light stouty taste behind it. It's hard to describe, it's worth a drink so give it a try!

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2013 21:57:52 | More by Claytonbrewsby

deadliest

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

05-08-2013 00:01:03 | More by deadliest

Auror

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +1%

05-03-2013 18:04:20 | More by Auror

jaasen64

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -11.6%

05-03-2013 11:41:50 | More by jaasen64

ThreeFishes

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

04-29-2013 20:53:03 | More by ThreeFishes

lilnicky068

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +1%

04-29-2013 19:38:48 | More by lilnicky068

craftbrew502

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +1%

04-29-2013 00:05:33 | More by craftbrew502

CanisMajor

Indiana

3.25/5  rDev -17.9%

04-28-2013 19:22:36 | More by CanisMajor

JohnBender

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +13.6%

04-28-2013 02:02:56 | More by JohnBender

BlackBelt5112203

South Carolina

4.15/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

750 mL bottle poured into a snifter at cellar temperature.

L – Black color with a 3-finger bubbly, frothy, brown head. Great retention and some nice patchy lacing.

S – Lots of coffee, licorice, molasses, and chocolate with touches of a yeasty, vinous, almost vinegary aroma.

T – It starts off sweet with molasses, caramel, chocolate, and licorice. Spicy phenols and tart dark fruit esters come through next. Interestingly, there isn’t as much of a bitter roasted finish here as the nose suggested – it’s mostly taken over by the vinous dark fruits.

F – Full-bodied with good carbonation, a somewhat sharp mouthfeel from the carbonation and mildly tart acidity, and a bitter, spicy, somewhat tart, and dry finish. A conglomerate of all of those flavors mixed with a bit of alcohol warmth lingers for a bit. The ABV is very well-hidden.

O – This is an interesting beer for sure. The marriage of a stout and a farmhouse beer is a very intriguing idea. They seem to pull it off pretty well here, but I’m just not sure that the styles fit together well. I don’t get much farmhouse funk but rather a vinous tart flavor that blends with the dark fruits that are sometimes found in some stouts – which, now that I think about it, sounds like the styles blend together pretty well. Anyway, this is a nice beer from Jester King. I’ll see another great example of the blend later on with Funk Metal.

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2013 23:43:01 | More by BlackBelt5112203

bmurray10

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

04-22-2013 01:52:19 | More by bmurray10

tvl89

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +19.9%

04-21-2013 21:36:31 | More by tvl89

notchucknorris

California

4/5  rDev +1%

04-18-2013 01:56:45 | More by notchucknorris