Jester King/Mikkeller Whiskey Barrel Rodeo

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle @ BBF’12
Oily black, very small fading brown head. Aroma is bourbon. Taste a lot of whiskey and some coffee. It’s rather sharp and high on carbo.

Bottle at Borefts BeerFest 2012. Pitch black - small brown head. Chocolate, fruity, high malty, coffee, light boozy, light light chili, whiskey, coconut, vanilla, cocopowder, oakey. Super fantastic.

75 cl bottle at Borefts. Pours pitch black with a small tan to brown head. Aroma is dense malty and whiskey. Thick malty, light fruity and caameoish to breadish, mld choclate note too. Bitter and dry roasted malty finish.

Bottle at Borefts 2012, Bodegraven. Pours oily black with a fine brown cream head. Aroma holds peat, dark wood, sugary chocolate, burnt wood. Big sweet flavor, light alcohol, burnt grass, charred wood, dark chocolate. Full bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Hot finish, a bit of mild pepper sting, further burnt wood, light earth, some mellow dark chocolate. Very good stuff.

Bottle @ 4th Borefts 2012. A pitch black colored beer, with a dark beige head. The aroma of wood, vanilla, dark fruits, roasted malt. The taste of wood, vanilla, roasted malt, dark fruits and alcohol. The aftertaste is bitter of roasted malt, burny of alcohol.

From bottle @ Borefts 2012. The pour’s deep brown with no head whatsoever. The nose is big time whiskey, strong wood, sugar and light vanilla. Boozy sweetness. The taste is much the same, with strong wood, shocks of vanilla bean and roasted chocolate malts. Nice. Big body, oily. Overall, a pretty good imperial stout. I just think that the whiskey dominates this beer a bit too much. It’s hard to discern more subtle flavors.

750 ml. bottle sampled @ Borefts 2012 - clearly better than the regular Weasel Rodea - the whiskey completes it - dark brown black with little mocha head - sweet mocha, vinous coffee, coconut + vanilla nose, light roast - sweet mocha, coconut and vanilla flavour, bitter lightly vinous coffee, tad berries. cocoa powder, some warming chili in the back and light wood and touch of whiskey - fuller, richer, nice full stout not impy body - neat stuff

I like this better at the onset. A great chili beer but with each sip the chipotle starts to take overpower the coffee and whisky notes. they hold their own though. Nice creamy & smooth mouthfeel. Subtle character for the individual components. Now I need to find a regular Rodeo to compare.

Bottle at Borefts Bier Festival 2012. Pitch black coloured with a small beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of dark choclate with notes of vanilla and cocoa powder. Sweet and roasted flavour of dark chocolate and cocoa powder with notes of oak. Roasted finish.

Poured from a 75 cl bottle at Borefts beer festival, de Molen, day two. Pours almost black with a thin tan head. SImilar to the non barrel aged version - chocolate, coffed and chili - but with a soft oak overlay. Chili is more pronounced.