Jester King Thread

[mattchow]

JK can charge what they want, but I feel $16 is fair and anything more is delving into a realm that I may not be willing to pay, though others will. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

$16 is great, but a single $20 bill is for the sake of speed of transaction.

 

[BusinessSloth]

$16 is great, but a single $20 bill is for the sake of speed of transaction.

Because handing someone $4 change takes too long

 

[mattchow]

Because handing someone $4 change takes too long

in the scope of repetition and making change for people that get multiple bottles, it is.

 

[cfh64]

I'd think they would rather give change anyways to encourage tipping the volunteers.

 

[Hookemhops13]

in the scope of repetition and making change for people that get multiple bottles, it is.

I thought you were kidding but you really want a 25% increase in price just so that they don't have to give change?

 

[drgarage1]

I thought you were kidding but you really want a 25% increase in price just so that they don't have to give change?

I'd think cutting to $15 would be simplest...

 

[Indytruks1381]

I have asked at JK and they advised the people working are not volunteers, they are employees. The only volunteers are the ones who help bottle. Was I lied to or do y'all have some other information? I am pretty sure they are employees as it is always the exact same crew.

 

[Heretic]

I have asked at JK and they advised the people working are not volunteers, they are employees. The only volunteers are the ones who help bottle. Was I lied to or do y'all have some other information? I am pretty sure they are employees as it is always the exact same crew.

I've heard the same though I didn't realize there was a distinction between bottlers and normal staff (there's certainly an overlap).

 

[mattchow]

I thought you were kidding but you really want a 25% increase in price just so that they don't have to give change?

Simple answer? Yes.

 

[mattchow]

I'd think they would rather give change anyways to encourage tipping the volunteers.

Who says it can't be built into the price already?

 

[Lutter]

I liked the idea of handing out a $4 coin for credit at the bar/outside station. Make that **** last in perpetuity and you'll get people coming back on slower weekends to redeem.

As someone who handles a cash transactions (and change) for a $25m business, the thought of giving out $4 change for every transaction gives me a headache (and believe me, lots will only have 20s). You'd need to have $5000 (or more) upfront in singles for a single day.

I dunno if you've ever laid it out... But $5000 in singles is quite unwieldy. That's like a 4' stack, lol.

 

[cfh64]

Who says it can't be built into the price already?

No one, but I think that's a slippery slope JK doesn't want to get involved with.

 

[BusinessSloth]

If I somehow convince the girlfriend to go out multiple times with me, I got choo broooo.

I'm coming down friday I think, and probably crashing overnight. Hope to see you at the inevitable bottle share.

 

[BusinessSloth]

You'd need to have $5000 (or more) upfront in singles for a single day.

I dunno if you've ever laid it out... But $5000 in singles is quite unwieldy. That's like a 4' stack, lol.

That is one helluva time at a strip club. Just remember, no matter what a stripper tells you, there's no sex in the champagne room.

 

[wolfman1201]

That is one helluva time at a strip club. Just remember, no matter what a stripper tells you, there's no sex in the champagne room.

Thats the truth. But she will bite your neck and the inside of your arm leaving marks you have to explain later.

 

[BusinessSloth]

Thats the truth. But she will bite your neck and the inside of your arm leaving marks you have to explain later.

Bite marks? What da fuq kind of strip club are YOU going to?

 

[Touch_My_BrettSacch]

I liked the idea of handing out a $4 coin for credit at the bar/outside station. Make that **** last in perpetuity and you'll get people coming back on slower weekends to redeem.

As someone who handles a cash transactions (and change) for a $25m business, the thought of giving out $4 change for every transaction gives me a headache (and believe me, lots will only have 20s). You'd need to have $5000 (or more) upfront in singles for a single day.

I dunno if you've ever laid it out... But $5000 in singles is quite unwieldy. That's like a 4' stack, lol.

You've obviously never been to a strip club with me...I'll show you how to do it right lutty. Stacks on stacks

 

[cfh64]

Bite marks? What da fuq kind of strip club are YOU going to?

F'in amateur! You've never been to a nudie bar if you haven't left with bite marks.

 

[BusinessSloth]

I want to make a rap video and title it, "These Mules Ain't Loyal".

 

[MChand2]

F'in amateur! You've never been to a nudie bar if you haven't left with bite marks.

Bingo!!

 

[wolfman1201]

Bingo!!

Glad I'm not the only deliquent here.

 

[THRILLHOUSE1]

 

[BusinessSloth]

ElkSherpa must be stalking my suggestions

First the new batch of Biere de Blanc du Bois, and then a b2 Foudreweizen. Two of my favorites!

I hear speculation that Foudreweizen may even be a semi-regular draft/bottle offering, which would amazing if that's true.

Anyone else find it really cool that Jeff is getting closer to his goal of always having a fruit sour for sale/on draft? It's pretty exciting. I hope everyone is tuckered out from Atrial and it's a slow weekend. Meeting/bringing some friends to Jester King. Hope there's still some Whiskey Rodeo lying around!

 

[Lutter]

ElkSherpa must be stalking my suggestions

First the new batch of Biere de Blanc du Bois, and then a b2 Foudreweizen. Two of my favorites!

I hear speculation that Foudreweizen may even be a semi-regular draft/bottle offering, which would amazing if that's true.

Anyone else find it really cool that Jeff is getting closer to his goal of always having a fruit sour for sale/on draft? It's pretty exciting. I hope everyone is tuckered out from Atrial and it's a slow weekend. Meeting/bringing some friends to Jester King. Hope there's still some Whiskey Rodeo lying around!

I just hope that they made a FUCKTON of BdBdBdBdBdB this go around. I'm excited because I actually missed the first time go around (I was out of town that weekend).

ElkSherpa, this gonna be a 5000-7000 bottle release? You can tell us, no one reads TalkBeer.

 

[ElkSherpa1]

I just hope that they made a FUCKTON of BdBdBdBdBdB this go around. I'm excited because I actually missed the first time go around (I was out of town that weekend).

ElkSherpa, this gonna be a 5000-7000 bottle release? You can tell us, no one reads TalkBeer.

We're not quite sure of bottle counts yet. It'll be a bit bigger than the release last year...that is, if fermentation goes well and we're happy with the outcome of the beer.

 

[BusinessSloth]

Introducing Jester King Bière de Syrah
27 minutes ago

We are pleased to introduce Jester King Bière de Syrah — a barrel-aged sour beer refermented with Syrah grapes. Bière de Syrah consists of a blend of beer fermented in oak barrels for nine to twelve months with our mixed culture of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria harvested from the air and wildflowers around our brewery. The blend was then refermented with Syrah grapes for about two weeks, transferred off of the fruit, then aged for an additional nine months in oak barrels. After packaging, the beer naturally conditioned for an additional two months prior to release. Altogether, Bière de Syrah is roughly two years old.


Bière de Syrah spent considerably more time aging than most of our other fruited sour beers. This is due to the fact that our Barrel Program Head Adrienne Ballou likes the practice of racking (transferring) beer refermented with wine grapes back into oak barrels for further maturation. Adrienne came to Jester King from the wine world and brought several winemaking techniques with her. According to Adrienne, maturation in oak barrels following fruit refermentation allows the beer to take on more complex characteristics than just bright fruit character and acidity.


The grapes used in the refermentation of Bière de Syrah came from the 2014 harvest in California. We attempt to use native Texas fruit whenever possible, but in this case, we had difficultly sourcing Texas grapes last year. Most of the grapes from the 2014 Texas harvest went to winemakers. Fortunately, we’ve developed some great relationships with wineries in our area, so hopefully this will be the last time we source grapes from California, or anywhere outside of Texas.


Bière de Syrah was brewed with Hill Country well water, barley, wheat, oats, and hops. It was fermented with our mixed culture of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria harvested from the Texas Hill Country prior to refermentation with Syrah grapes. It is unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned in bottles, kegs, and casks. Bière de Syrah is 7.3% alcohol by volume, 9 IBU, 3.2 pH at the time of packaging in June 2015, and has a finishing gravity of 1.001 (0.25 degrees Plato).


Bière de Syrah will be released at Jester King when our tasting room opens at 4pm on Friday, July 31st. It will be available to go in 500ml bottles ($16/bottle, limit 1 per customer per day, approximately 2,700 bottles available). A very limited amount of Bière de Syrah will be available by the glass at our tasting room. We’ll be tapping one gravity keg (20L) of Bière de Syrah at 4pm on Friday, 1pm on Saturday, and 1pm on Sunday and selling 4 ounce pours while supplies last. Outside of special events, Bière de Syrah will only be available at our tasting room. The label art was created by our own Josh Cockrell.




All of a sudden I'm glad I planned a trip this weekend. Good timing!

 

[Lutter]

All of a sudden I'm glad I planned a trip this weekend. Good timing!

I need to find a snow cone machine so we can make Atrial snow cones!

 

[Indytruks1381]

Can they just put out a beer that doesn't even sound good so I can be less upset about missing all of this? I am so ISO of this but I just don't think I have the ammo to get a trade done. No way I can do a cannonball on Sunday either as Saturday is the Lakewood 3rd anniversary party then the 311 show...

 

[MChand2]

Guess I'll see you boys tomorrow!!

 

[TxUltraRunner]

See ya at the taproom.

I'll bring some Brash if y'all wanna try it.