Jester King Wytchmaker Rye IPA

Brewed by Jester King Craft Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Austin, Texas USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Sample thanks to Caleb. Hazy light brown pour, lasting lacing and an aroma of lemongrass/hay. Flavor was also a little hoppy hay and finished dry and herbal. Ok beer, average at best.

Bottle. Thanks to Caleb. Really cool and creepy label all at the same time. Poured a slightly murky copper amber color with a light tan head. Sweet apricot and orange notes in the nose. Really don’t pick up any rye at all. Light mouthfeel with carbonation. Slightly sweet start with citrus and a touch of tropical fruit notes. I like the aroma better than the taste. The light mouthfeel to me isn’t all that appealing.

Poured cloudy. The nose was citrus, rye, and had bready malts. Taste had the same citrus, bready malts, and the rye added a perceived firm bitterness. Not bad.

750 ml bottle from a recent trade. Pours a murky dark amber hue with some brown, orange glow, a darker glow, well hazed, with a big cakey tannish head atop, stays bigger but laces smaller than expected. Aromas are cereal grains, cheerios, some rye, wet bread, decent floral and citrusy grapefruit hops with some lemon, some grass, and touches of dry hops, dry toast. Perhaps lacking a little life and vibrancy, not too sweet, but malt slanted. Initial is lighter side of medium bodied with some bread, toast, and rye. Biscuits move into florals and decent citrusy hops. Dry grass, some lemons, and dry florals. The hops are in the middle, some dry earthy hops moreso with touches of spice. Some more green hops, touches of grapefruit step in, but subtle. More floral and grassy hops. Into the backend the spice remains, a solid dryness cleans up the bready and biscuity malts, a touch of toast. Fairly neutral. Meh. Lacks oomph. Very pretty pour, ok beer overall. Could use more vibrant and powerful hop experience. Solid beer.. Nothing more, nothing less. Would like to see the hop profile reworked personally.

Bottle thanks to Caleb, pours hazy reddish with white creamy head. Aroma has notes of rye spice, some slight citrus and pine with a touch of biscuit and caramel. Taste is a bit faded, but has notes of citrus and pine with a nice dry finish, clean and tasty.

Bottle… Murky caramel-colored ale with a small, creamy, everlasting, white head. The fruity, spicy bouquet offers boatloads of mango and rye malt. Full-bodied with tingly carbonation. The flavor presents tannic, rindy, woody bitterness and a notation of toffee. Finishes crisp and modestly bitter. Overall, the beer is bitter, but not silly bitter. Works for me. Bottle courtesy of BgThang!

75cl bottle, RBSG grand tasting, thanks Bu11zeye. Medium beige head, cloudy amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, grapefruit, some rye, light bread. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, rye, light bread. Medium body, some resin.

750ml bottle-thanks to jtclockwork for sharing–pours a dissipating light tan head and hazy orange/brown color. Aroma is resin/tropical fruit-pineapple, some medium malt. Taste is resin/pine hops bite, secondary medium malt. Grainy mouth feel. OK carbonation.

deep ruby with an off white head. fresh fruity, sticky hops, very floral, and a hint of rye. easy on the palate, flavor is smooth fruity hops, lightly bitter rye finish.

Poured into a snifter. Big thanks to twiggamortis420 for this. 4.0 A: Deep orange, nearly amber color. Seems to be a bit overcarbed as the first pour yielded a good four fingers of head. Second pour gave me two and a half fingers of creamy, pillowy white head with good retention and glass covering lacing. 4.5 S: Good mixture of barley, rye, and hops. Surprisingly strong caramel backbone with perhaps a light toastiness. Hops work really well with the malts and add a mostly citrus vibe. Mango and orange are at the forefront. Rye completes what turned out to be a wonderful nose with an earthy spiciness. 4.0 T: Taste is a lot like the nose, but the proportions are much different. Much less caramel in the taste and less malty sweetness in general. Hops give a moderate, but soft bitterness and orange, mango, a light earthiness, and an even lighter piny-ness. Rye could be a bit stronger, but as it stands, it complements the other flavors well. Light breadiness from the yeast. This would be much better if the caramel was maintained for this to be a malt first IPA. At least a 4.5 here with more maltiness. 3.5 M: Medium body. Good moderate carbonation. Good creaminess and a light chewiness from the yeast. 4.0 D: For a malty IPA like this, a thicker body would have made this one hell of a beer. Despite this complaint, it still is mighty tasty and Jester King does a great job at balancing the three main ingredients (rye, barley, hops). This is still a good beer and one worth getting a hold of. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 06-14-2011 18:13:52