Das Überkind Organic Vieille Saison - Jester King Craft Brewery

RoastBeef

Texas

2.98/5  rDev -28%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Tasting glass
A- lightly carbonated, head disappears quickly.
S- sour apple
T- SOUR apple,
M- it will make you pucker, followed by a long-lasting oak barrel aftertaste.

Vielle saison, unfiltered bottle-conditioned aged in oak barrels. 6.5% ABV. Jester King's notes were "Funk and tartness abound in this dry, golden, old saison aged for months in oak barrels." Tart is accurate.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2012 02:59:18 | More by RoastBeef

thagr81us

South Carolina

3.39/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Big thanks goes out to funkydelic for sharing this one at one of our Random Sunday Tastings! Served from bottle into a Mikkeller taster flute. Poured golden yellow-orange with a half finger white head that subsided to a minimal amount quickly. Maintained excellent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, butterscotch, butter, earth, funk, and mint. The flavor was of sweet malt, mint, butter, earth, fruit, and funk. It had a light feel on the palate with high carbonation. Overall this was a fairly decent brew. I have to be honest that this one was my least favorite brew from the tasting. The butterscotch note on the nose was very evident throughout the glass and this was a bit of a turn-off to me. The flavor however was comprised mostly of butter and mint. Not sure that was the best combination that is possible for a beer, but they certainly did it with this one. While I can say this was decent, I can also say that it was very close to be a complete disaster if a few more elements had gone wrong. Really glad that they blend this usually instead of leaving it straight.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2013 14:35:33 | More by thagr81us

champ103

Texas

3.43/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

A: Pours a chilled hazed, golden/orange color. At first a two finger head bubbles up, then gently and nosily fizzles out. Some nice lace is left behind.
S: I like the nose. Musky, funky yeast up front. Acidic and tart, sour over ripped green apple skins.
T: Basically all that is here is slightly acidic and sour green apple skin. Everything is very quick as well. There is no finish, everything vanishes in a second.
M/D: A thin and light body. Light carbonation, and dry. Nothing lasts here, everything vanishes on the tongue. I wish there was more body and crisper carbonation. With the simple drying acidic bite, this is not hard to drink at all. Though not a lot of substance.

I really liked the nose, even though it was just a bit simplistic. There really is nothing else after a tart acidic bite up front, that just vanishes. A good effort, but not one of the more interesting wilds. Especially with the cost.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2013 00:06:35 | More by champ103

jeonseh

Indiana

3.51/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Bottle shared by leftyhyzer as part of NWI Tasting Group Bottle Share

A - Hazy golden yellow with no head. Small amount of foam on the sides

S - Lemon, grassy, slight Brett funk with it. Light oak and apple juice

T - Tart vinegar up front with light green apple juice. Light lemon on the finish as well as oak. Light flavor over all

MF - Light carbonation with light oak on the end

O - More of a sour than a Saison as a light tart vinegar is the main taste profile. Good flavor but not too complex overall

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2013 03:50:04 | More by jeonseh

LeeryLeprechaun

Colorado

3.65/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Beer pours a golden orange with a slight haze. A small amount of white head soon falls into a lace around the glass.

Aroma is a mixture of funk and fruit. I get some barnyard aromas, lemon grass, ripe fruit, pineapple. All playing around and moving into and out of the background. Also so honey.

The taste is sweet and funky. It certainly has a barnyard/lemoney finish. The finish is also on the sweet side over a sour finish. Although the beer does have a sour quality.

Mouthfeel is thin and crisp, as can be expected from a sourish beer.

Overall a very unique beer. It is full of a great range of flavors and aromas that make it really great to sip and savor over an extended drinking session.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2012 19:42:56 | More by LeeryLeprechaun

lokieman

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from 750ml bottle to tulip

A: Cloudy, haze...a whimper of head that slowly fizzles away to a glimmer of white around the edge of your glass.

S: Tart fruit with wood undertones. Under ripe green apple

T: First you are smacked with tart...then fruity sweetness followed by another round of sour, tartness. Finishes with a lingering sweetness and wood.

M: Dry with enough viscosity for the ale to linger for a few seconds after each sip. Not the highlight but also not a negative.

O: Another nice sour from the JK guys. Probably my third favorite next to Funk Metal and Das Wunderkind! batch 1. Easy to drink and keeps you coming back...very tart yet quite quaffable.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2012 03:19:53 | More by lokieman

UCLABrewN84

California

3.76/5  rDev -9.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Thanks to JustXBeer for sharing this one at Retsinis' tasting.

Pours a murky orange with a foamy bone colored head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is slightly sour and tart with some malt, grain, fruity, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with fruity and wood flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is refreshing and easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2013 04:15:14 | More by UCLABrewN84

EgadBananas

Louisiana

3.8/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: sunny, hazy, medium orange, minimal white head, soapy.

Aroma: white wine musk, subtle tart, citrus, pear, earth, Brett funk, hay, sweet apple.

Taste: light acid sour, tart citrus, grapefruit, herbal, wine-like, funk, musk.

***Good flavors and aromas, but they aren't too forward as a whole. A bit more tart and funky would make it great. Still, it's a good refreshing and drinkable Saison.

Serving type: bottle

02-18-2013 23:20:43 | More by EgadBananas

MattSweatshirt

Texas

4/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a bright hazy golden colored body with a thin white head.

Lots of lemon and oak. Some mustiness hanging behind that. Wheat, apple skin, pear, and melon. Also some sweeter pineapple tropical fruit.

Lots of lemony tartness on the taste. Vinegar, white grape, green apple, wheat, and melon. Love the must and oak going on in it.

Light bodied with a crisp mouthfeel. Finishes dry.

A little more subtle than I was expecting but really nice. You can drink it slow and savor it and also down it fairly fast which I did on each of my two glasses from the bottle. Stoked to see what happens to my next bottle over time with the Brett.

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2012 01:00:44 | More by MattSweatshirt

inlimbo77

Delaware

4.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750ml, winter '12
Lost Abbey TEKU

A: Slightly hazy, golden orange color. Half finger of bright white head. Stuck around for a little bit, then faded into a thick ring. Good carbonation from bottom of glass.

S: Could smell it as soon as I opened it. Actually getting Gueuze like funk, although mild, upfront. Then some of that barnyard wet hay like stuff. Crisp white grape and green apple.

T: Nice tartness up front. Definitely NOT Gueuze like here. Less funky that that. You get some vinous notes from the barrel, oakiness. It rounds and softens the beer. Get that barnyard wet hay like character, and grassy hop flavors too. That wheat flavor. Dry champagne like finish. Petrus Aged Pale almost?

M: Light bodied and highly carbonated.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2013 18:02:49 | More by inlimbo77

ColdPoncho

Ohio

4.09/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Many thanks to H0rnedFr0gs for this bottle

A - A clouded golden straw body with ample white head. Very good look.

S - Fruity, acidic, tart, woody, a bit of earth, some nice funk. A bit placid, but interesting and good smell.

T - Dry, light tartness, wood, a bit of citrus. There's a certain amount of wheatiness to it. The funk, wood, and tartness really excel on the front of the tongue, but its fairly neutral elsewhere.

M - Dry, smooth, medium body

O - a nice beer, some good funky notes to it, Seems like a good candidate for aging.

Serving type: bottle

02-18-2013 01:21:48 | More by ColdPoncho

ngeunit1

California

4.16/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Hazy golden-orange with a finger of frothy white head. Fades fairly quickly.

S - Wheat, sweet grainy malts, lemon zest, tart green fruits, lactic acid, funky yeasts, Belgian yeast, Brett.

T - Wheat, sweet grainy malts, tart green fruits, lemon zest, lactic acid, funky Brett, Belgian yeast, some coriander and other spices, citrus hops.

M - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Smooth with a tart, funky, and dry finish.

D - Nice sour saison. Good overall balance and complexity.

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2013 22:16:33 | More by ngeunit1

davewlfpckfan29

Connecticut

4.3/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

My buddy acquired this beer in a trade.
This is a beautiful beer. Wonderful lacing leads me to believe that this would be a nice beer to age.

I love the smell of this beer. slightly sour, tart fruit smell, you can also smell the Brett!

Green apple taste, very soft drinkable mouthfeel considering how tart it is.
Well done Jesterking, by far the best beer I have ever tried from a Texas brewery.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2013 17:35:31 | More by davewlfpckfan29

tectactoe

Michigan

4.34/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

EDIT: I incorrectly mistook this for "Das Wunderkind!" so I am moving the review to the right location.

Big thanks to huskermike for throwing this in as an extra. Pours a light-orange sunburst, hazy and cloudy like any saison ought to be, with a a big-bubbled, light white head that grows big and settles quick with some wet legging left behind.

A big cloud of funk blankets the entire aroma, under which lies a collage of tart fruits; apples, grape, maybe even some lemon zest. The fruits have a tartness to them, as well as a light vinous character that's floating around somewhere.

Slightly vinegary and acidic on the aroma as well - this one definitely smells like it's gonna be tart. The funk overcast is comprised of some oak, wet hay, musk, cork, and a solid handful of yeast. Pretty spot on for a saison, I'm really digging the way this smells.

The taste starts off with some damp and musky cellar-like funk at first, but a sharp tartness quickly escalates and takes over; sour apple, grapes, lemons - very acidic and vinegar like, not as vinous as the nose suggested, but there's still a bit of oak and tannin notes to be had.

There's a nice harmoniousness between the funk and the tart, masterfully balanced here, making this one super drinkable. I guess the fact that it's only 6.5% ABV helps a bit, too. The aftertaste is made up of some fading tart-turned-sweet fruits, along with a mildly wet, oaky and funky finish, dry and full of yeast. Light-medium bodied with higher carbonation.

Didn't know what to expect from this one, but I've heard good things about Jester King. So I was definitely pleasantly surprised. This was a damn good and easily drinkable saison with lots of tartness and lots of funk, especially at the moderately low ABV tag. Hell yeah!

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 14:04:37 | More by tectactoe

gtermi

Texas

4.54/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: The beer pours a cloudy golden body with a thin white head that quickly disappears to nothing.

S: To me this smells freaking amazing. I get that strong amount of sourness, some wheat and a little bit of sweet fruitiness.

T: Like the smell, I am getting a strong amount of sourness, a decent amount of wheat and a little bit of sweetness.

M: There is a strong amount of carbonation on the back of the tongue and the tip of the tongue. Sort of has a champagne type mouthfeel.

O: Just another great beer by Jester King!

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2012 05:02:41 | More by gtermi

Drezzok

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +14.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Cloudy, Dirty Golden, almost no carbonation or lacing

Smell: Beautiful, Floral is an understatement, Potpourri, Like Michaels Art Store, Like a Comfortable old musty hobbit hole you never want to leave

Taste: Once it reached 54 degrees it was like Fireworks on the tongue, Subtle Explosions in my mouth of fruity tartness. A Beautiful mustiness, Rustic Glory, Lemony, hints of green apple

Mouthfeel: Little to no Carbonation, Light

Overall: This one is up there with Boxers revenge but so subtle and elegant need more than a bottle to be pick up all the subtle flavors. Just let it warm and open up and it is a beautiful sipper

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2012 04:50:09 | More by Drezzok