Commercial Suicide Oaked Farmhouse Mild - Jester King Craft Brewery

purdueflyguy

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -9.5%

01-27-2013 05:15:21 | More by purdueflyguy

bluejacket74

Ohio

3.99/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

750 ml bottle. Served in a tulip-like glass, the beer pours a reddish/brown color with an inch and a half light tan head that stayed around for a while. There's also a good amount of lacing. The brew smells like bready and caramel malt, chocolate, oak, dark fruit (cherries), and some spice. Taste is similar to the aroma, but there's the addition of some nuts, vanilla and dark bread. Also, the chocolate is stronger in the taste than it is compared to the aroma. I thought the taste of this brew got better the longer it warmed up. Mouthfeel/body is light/medium, it's easy to drink and is well carbonated. This is the 2nd Jester King brew I've tried, and I've liked them both so far. I'd like to try this one again in the future. $7.99 a bottle.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2013 01:29:38 | More by bluejacket74

Paccamacca

California

3.75/5  rDev +4.5%

06-13-2013 05:13:48 | More by Paccamacca

Ted

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +4.5%

06-13-2013 02:10:34 | More by Ted

angrybabboon

Rhode Island

3.74/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Consumed 6/9/13

Split with Goblinmunkey7

Appearance: Unexpectedly, interestingly dark - a solid brown from a distance, some lighter tones when held up to the light - some clarity - pours with a big, creamy, beige head - keeps a borderline solid cap, leaves some decent streaks of lacing

Smell: Remarkably strange, even considering how weird this beer should be - some serious, ripe oak - like, fresh wood (not old barrels) - some strange saison notes - lightly floral - lightly tart and lightly acidic - some dark malts - very mild overall (intentional)

Taste: Weird and flavorful - loads of fresh oak - some dark malts, baker's chocolate - lightly tart with some yeasty funk, a touch sour - earthy, lightly grassy - mild but very flavorful considering the super-low ABV

Mouthfeel: Light, very drinkable, nicely carbonated

Overall: Clearly not worth drinking because it has less alcohol than Bud Light

This is a weird beer. But I like it. The oak is very interesting. And there is a lot of flavor in this beer, especially considering how mild it is. Definitely worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 05:18:49 | More by angrybabboon

Goblinmunkey7

Massachusetts

3.64/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Thanks to angrybabboon for splitting the bottle.

Appearance: Hazed brown. Some dark red and lighter browns at the edges when held to direct light. Head is a dirty off-white. Big carbonation on the pour. Head drops to a thin cap with a small smooth collar.

Smell: Light bready malts. A hint of chocolate malt. Some underlying funk. A touch of cherry. Oak and slight fruitiness. Musty hay and something almost like rocks. Minerals with some herbal elements. Very mild.

Taste: Clean oak and a very faint tart cherry. Mostly oak. Women slight funky elements. Herbal with a powdery yeast. Some grass and damp hay. Starts a bit more tart than it actually is. Mellows out through the sip. Did I mention oak? Malted seltzer water. Vague spicy and mineral element. Hits similar to an English mild.

Mouthfeel: Medium to light body with an effervescent moderate to high carbonation. A bit dry to start, but finishes super clean and mellow.

Overall: Commercial success.

Not the most interesting beer out there, but it's novel and tasty for what it is. Light and easy drinking but carries enough flavor to keep me sipping. A good, if not great bottle.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 05:04:32 | More by Goblinmunkey7

Gatordaddy

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -9.5%

06-09-2013 03:48:46 | More by Gatordaddy

rdooley

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -9.5%

06-08-2013 18:34:13 | More by rdooley

oldp0rt

Quebec (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -9.5%

06-08-2013 13:31:34 | More by oldp0rt

patrick802

Vermont

4.25/5  rDev +18.4%

06-07-2013 23:35:59 | More by patrick802

joshbrink

Alabama

3.75/5  rDev +4.5%

06-03-2013 20:37:05 | More by joshbrink

J_Dub

Texas

3/5  rDev -16.4%

06-01-2013 19:32:42 | More by J_Dub

Plonk

Alabama

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%

05-29-2013 17:56:04 | More by Plonk

ilikebeer03

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -9.5%

05-27-2013 19:49:30 | More by ilikebeer03

raffy313

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%

05-26-2013 17:31:13 | More by raffy313

GPHarris

Alabama

4.01/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

a - poured a two-fingers thick light tan head into a tulip glass that left a thick ring of lace throughout. the body was a deep mahogany color.
s - wheat and oak dominate the aroma.
t - oak, spicy, with a sweet cherry flavor.
m - medium and bubbly.
o - lots going on here for a 3.5% beer. really nice one.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 15:32:52 | More by GPHarris

MRsojourner

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4

Appearance is dark brown with a off white almost tan head.
Aroma is initially oaky and caramel and Munich notes.
Taste is woody and winey and a bit of smoke and some strange phenols from the yeast but its not off putting in any way. A little thin but that was to be expected. Nice session beer that I'm glad I bought. Leaves you thinking but gives you room to move around and drink the whole bottle. Valient effort. Don't understand the low scores(

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 14:26:50 | More by MRsojourner

Compton25

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%

05-10-2013 17:55:10 | More by Compton25

NateMac13

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +4.5%

05-09-2013 23:36:33 | More by NateMac13

dunix

Vermont

3.75/5  rDev +4.5%

05-07-2013 14:27:23 | More by dunix

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured out as a murky brown color with a light tan head on top. The retention is and lacing on this beer were impressive and long lasting. The smell gives off earthy toasted malt aromas as well as some subtle oak in there as well. The taste is malty and dry, slightly bitter but a bit one dimensional. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied, good level of carbonation but very dry. Overall it's a decent beer but nothing I'd seek out again.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2013 16:33:10 | More by Knapp85

Tiernan

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%

05-04-2013 18:19:38 | More by Tiernan

jlindros

Massachusetts

3.51/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a nice fluffy 1.5 finger head that fades pretty quickly initially, but then slows and maintains a nice almost 1 finger head with nice lacing, very dark molasses brown colored beer with some ruby light sneaking through.

Nose is unique, it has some English red ale like aromas, with red malts, caramel, toffee, toasty, candy malts, with some herbal hops, slight vegetal and earthy, but that all quickly fades to tons and tons of buttery oak, and light toasted oak that just overpowers everything else quickly and after a few seconds you can't even tell there's a beer under there.

Taste starts with a caramel sweet candy malt, molasses as well, with a light sour malt flavor in the middle, reddish malts mostly, little toasty and candy flavored, and light buttery toffee, faint yeasty. Then into hops, light herbal hops, little earthy, mild bitterness. Then again just overpowered by oak, toasty buttery oak, as well as a slight medicinal flavor that I can't put a finger on what the real off flavor is... the sour malt flavor increases the more I sip it, a bit yeasty, and just a touch of an earthy farmhouse flavor. Finish is dry, very dry, lingering bitterness from light earthy hops, a bit of a candy flavor, with some yeasty flavors, and a bit more buttery oak.

Mouth is med to lighter bodied, plenty of carb.

Overall meh, nothing really special, I like that they tried something new but this doesn't go far, malts are meh, hops are even more meh, yeast could be nice if it brought more flavor other than the yeasty flavor, and oak just overpowers everything to the point where all you really get is oak and light sour candy malts.

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 22:01:32 | More by jlindros

Gobzilla

California

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%

04-28-2013 17:39:04 | More by Gobzilla

elNopalero

Texas

4.35/5  rDev +21.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75

I managed to score this on a recent visit to Tejas. Cracked it open during a marathon viewing session of season two of Game of Thrones. Seemed appropriate for the series!

I love this beer. And the fact that it is what, 3.5%, for something so flavorful? Sign me up for more.
This bottle lacks the new logo caps and the bottled date, so I’m assuming it was on the shelves for a while.

It poured “normally,” which is to say that my pour was 90% beer and 10% foam—unlike those first batches where that was reversed. Great looking in the glass, with an amber-ruby-caramel hue that glows like stained glass in the right light.

I get a mild aroma on this (pun intended). Some light caramel, a hint of oak, a light cardboard note as well.

The flavor has a lightly roasted malt undertone with some caramel flavors coming across. There’s just a slightest hint of new oak as well. Thinly bodied, it is nonetheless crisp yet rounded, with a pleasing effervescence that keeps it light and shippable. Not hopping in the least, with a quick finish. In its previous iteration this was one of the first or second Jester King beers I had the opportunity to try and I’m glad I was able to revisit it. A hint of things to come!

Serving type: bottle

04-19-2013 07:21:56 | More by elNopalero