Jester King Farmhouse Black Metal Imperial Stout

Brewed by Jester King Craft Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Austin, Texas USA

Serve in Snifter

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Black, dense brown head. Smells like coffee, prune, dark chocolate and black pepper. Nice thick, rich palate. I get a lot of coffee and prune, but also dry, woody flavors like cedar. Plus some black pepper, too. Dry, woody finish. Thanks to rougeau13 for the trade!

750 ml bottle to taster (side-by-side the Funk Metal). Looks good; black with ample mocha head and lively carbonation. Smells solid; malty with roast and a little spice. Tastes good! Like it smells with chocolate notes. Nice on the palate too. Impressive!

Malty coffee aroma. Pours black with a dark brown head that sticks around forever. Caramel and molasses sweetness. Roasty. Slight bitterness and a hint of sour.

Draft sample at the brewery. Pours a deep opaque brown with a small beige head. Aroma of rich chocolate, roast, earthy funk, mild peppery spice, wood, and nuts. Flavor is equally rich and chocolaty. Medium-full bodied, with moderate carbonation and a rich, funky, sweet, and roasty mouthfeel. I’d give the slight edge to the earlier version but it’s been a while. Still very good.

WOW! Not for the, this faint of heart, this stout doesn’t pour it oozes into the glass like oil filling the glass with a dense black liquid topped with a dark dense head. The initial aroma is reminiscent of soy sauce but its full of roasted malt character and complexity. For its size this stout drinks very easily with a full pallette and rich maltiness. Hops are present but only enough to balance but not detract from the stunning malt profile. I picked up a couple of other beers from Jester King on a trip to Austin earlier this summer and now I am eagerly looking forward to tasting them.

Appearance: Pours a dark brown with a subsided tan head.

Aroma: Roasted dark malt, coffee, mineral.

Taste: Burnt roast, dark chocolate, black coffee, peppery hops, finishes burnt roasty.

Mouthfeel: Rough lively carb. Full bodied.

Overall: I was amazed at how much changing the yeast changed this particular beer. I think I like the original better, but by no means is this inferior.

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2012 take a really nice beer, loose control of the yeast in your brewhouse, sell it even though you messed it up, and then sell it as a new product... and you have this beer....

750 ml bottle into a tulip. Thanks a ton to gtermi for the bottle! Opening causing an initial gush. A - Pours a pitch black body with an insane amount of dense mocha foam. S - Crazy blast of farmhouse yeast. Sour and lactic acid, cherries, and spices. On the end is some light roast and intense coffee. One of the most interesting stout aromas. T - Sour cherries, super bitter coffee beans, milk chocolate and roasted malts, coriander and spices. Becomes a bit too "mineraly" towards the end, but this is very unique and flavorful. Mouth feel is super creamy and silky, a swish in the mouth cause sit to foam up. O - A very unique and delicious stout. Despite the mediocre reviews I really like this beer. Belgian yeast notes intertwined with traditional stout notes. Awesome stuff!

Black tar with a tan foamy head. Aroma of dark chocolate, roast malt and floral hops. Quite bitter and dry, a little farmhouse yeast, apretty interesting beer.

bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan lacing ... soft roast soft chocolate ... lightest funk nose ... little too fizzy .. dark malts ... solid roats ... big big roast ... dark malts ... rich chocolate ... little bitter roast ... dark chocalate ... .