Jester King Commercial Suicide Dark Mild

Formerly brewed at Jester King Craft Brewing
Style: Mild Ale
Austin, Texas USA

Serve in English pint

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i loved this beer, but on tap only, the bottles seemed to varied. wish it was still around

Sweet malts with a touch of oak comprise the aroma. Dark cloudy brown pour with a quickly disisapating white head which forms a lasting ring. Taste is lightly sweet. Sweet malts, hints of chocolate, subtle sourness and a pleasing nutty finish combined with a slight hoppy aftertaste. Mouthfeel and carbonation are both medium. Overall, this is a winner compared to the only other mild ale I’ve ever had. Cains Dark Mild had a pleasing aroma but not much taste. This mild has plenty of taste to spare. Good work Jester King.

Hazy dark brown pour with a thin cream head. Earthy woody slightly sour aroma with hints of chocolate. Taste is wood, some funk, earthy, and baking cocoa. Little astringent. Enjoyable.

Bottle shared at the Richmond Industry Gathering. Pours a hazy dark brown color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of toffee, eggnog-like spice, nutty notes. The taste is herbal notes, pale bready malts, caramel, spice. Medium bodied, fairly dry.

Dark amber pour, qhick off-white head. Nose is wood, barnyard, yeast and slight cocco. Medium sweet. In the middle there is faint chcolate, hard cherries, and a drying yeast finish. Intersting, if not great.

On draft at GABF. Pours a hazy brown with an off-white head. Nose is some light biscuity malt, some earth, some wood, and some light vanilla and maybe a hint of unsweet cocoa. Flavor is similar some almost biscuity malt, light wood, light cocoa, some earth, and some dryness in the finish. If this is their core beer, then this is a brewery I can get into.

Caramel malt and yeast aroma. Pours a very dark amber with minimal head. Very light bodied. Woody, slight coffee and a little bit of toffee. A very light hoppy finish and some earthiness. Really too light to be good but not bad enough to pour out.

I guess there are several versions of this beer but i had this from a bottle in thetasting room. Nice and woody aroma with some herbal hop taste and caramel wood and some dark fruits. Pretty nice low alcohol beer.

Draught at the Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar, Austin, Oct. 18. Pours black with a small lasting creamy/frothy beige head. Mild aroma of lightly toasted caramel malt, light leafy hops, fruit and a hint of vanilla. Flavour of chocolate malt, lightly roasty, along with a hint of coffee and light leafy hops. Average to medium bodied. Really good for a Mild, well done.

750ml bottle from West Lakeview Liquors. Pours a clear, deep, ruby-brown colored body with a finger-width, frothy, beige head that dissipates slowly and leaves a nice lacing. Aroma is oaky with some earth, berry fruits, grain, touches of caramel and chocolate, and a hint of roast. Flavor is similar. Pretty oaky with some grainy, very lightly sweetened caramels and hints of chocolate. Some berry fruits, touches of nuts, and a very light roast note towards the end. Finishes clean, woody, and dry with a very light bitterness. Lengthy aftertaste following a light body and a moderate carbonation. Overall, I was a bit nervous after reading about the gushers in some of the other reviews, but this bottle wasn’t over-carbonated at all...so it must be a newer batch. This was a decent mild with a few nice things going on, especially the slight chocolate note towards the end, but there’s a bit too much dry wood on this for me. Not bad though.