We went down to Jester King this weekend. Saw the barn they brew in, conicals, fermentation barrels, talked to one of the owners and drank some RU-55. They said the next batch is due for release in a few months.
They just started distributing here. Every beer i've had by JK so far has been an instant drain pour. Then again, I don't understand people's obsessions with sours. Cool that they brew in a dusty barn, I guess.
When RU55 was out I saw it at a few places in Houston. Specs, HEB's and my small, local gas station craft store.
D and Q right? Wish that was local for me
I was fortunate to be one of the first 200 folks to their open house. Their beers then were what put them on the map. I still enjoy the black metal but some of the stranger things they've been brewing have turned me away. Thirsty Planet is just around the corner.
D and Q right? Wish that was local for me
The people that own Nobi Public House also own a Vietnamese restaurant called Nobi Asian Grill on 528 near Blackhawk. At this location, they also own a Shell gas station that has a ton of craft beer. Definitely check them out if you're out that way.
El Cedro was absolutely amazing. Next time I see it I'm buying them out!
Sounds like Midway in Denton. It's a craft beer store disguised as a gas station.
I've been to Central Market, World Market and Specs; all my go to places for JK. It's hen's teeth. CM said JK is no longer selling to them. The others had only one variety. I'll try a bigger Specs.
One of my absolute favorite beers, Boxer's Revenge, disappeared from store shelves a while back. Then it disappeared from the brewery menu. Now it appears to be back on a limited release basis (or at least it was). Same with RU55, which both my wife and I like a lot.
I understand that they're a small brewery trying to do things naturally "the right way," but it's getting hard to predict what they will have on tap when and even harder to predict what they will release to who in terms of making their products available in stores.
On the topic of the difficulty of finding their beers: does anyone know where I could get a Black Metal?
I haven't seen it for months.
Same. And the original/non-farmhouse version even longer.
I was trying to find a history or consolidated log of their batch numbers/releases and came up with nothing. Anyone know of anything like that?
Am I just noticing or is "farmhouse" getting more common and popular? Shiner and Rahr have farmhouse offerings. They're good. I'm drinking Boulevard's Tank No. 7 now. It's good.
Am I just noticing or is "farmhouse" getting more common and popular? Shiner and Rahr have farmhouse offerings. They're good. I'm drinking Boulevard's Tank No. 7 now. It's good.
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