Jester King Thread

[wolfman1201]

Well that sounds good. Plus some Cantillon to go this weekend. Nice combo.

 

[Lutter]

I really like the label art/name.

Those Freigeist guys must be a party and a half when they come into town if the packaging is to be believed, lol.

 

[SirDickButts]

I like the color on that beer.

 

[Persdawg]

Sounds like Figlet's upper-middle class cuz

 

[pldevo]

This new release sounds great, but will there be any green beer at the brewery today?

 

[Chadzero1]

This new release sounds great, but will there be any green beer at the brewery today?

I'm surprised they haven't done a kale saison yet. Just a touch of kale juice is almost like food coloring.

 

[jeffstuffingsjk]

I really like the label art/name.

Those Freigeist guys must be a party and a half when they come into town if the packaging is to be believed, lol.

Sebastian Sauer is a trip.

 

[wolfman1201]

Color 5 this weekend.

http://jesterkingbrewery.com/colour-five-released-this-friday

 

[wolfman1201]

How's the bottle count looking for tomorrow AM? Planning on driving up and back. Getting there around 11:30ish.

 

[Hookemhops13]

How's the bottle count looking for tomorrow AM? Planning on driving up and back. Getting there around 11:30ish.

What, no invitation for the inside the loop folk?

 

[IndianaJones]

How's the bottle count looking for tomorrow AM? Planning on driving up and back. Getting there around 11:30ish.

Let's grab a beer at opening man

What, no invitation for the inside the loop folk?

You inside the loop? I'm at 610 and San Felipe

 

[Hookemhops13]

Let's grab a beer at opening man



You inside the loop? I'm at 610 and San Felipe

NW heights. Close to petrol but inside the loop.

 

[wolfman1201]

What, no invitation for the inside the loop folk?

I texted you. You didn't answer. No beer for you.

 

[jacobbocce72]

Anyone got any insider info on the next batch of RU55? I've been saving up all my JK money...

 

[wolfman1201]

jeffstuffingsjk Not sure if this has been asked but can you give us some info on the different blends of SPON. What's the difference? What's your take on the blends and how they are developing? What characteristics changed blend to blend?

We drank a bottle of Blend 1 at the brewery today and it was great. Very soft, lemony, nice mouthfeel, slightly carbonated and a nice dry finish. All 4 of us that split it thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[thebeerhaul]

Visited Jester King for the first time since moving from Texas back in 2014 and lucked out by being in town when Colour Five was released. I miss it so much and it's still my favorite brewery. That new coolship room is beautiful. Thanks again to jeffstuffingsjk for showing me around! Grabbed a quick aerial video of the property on Friday.

 

[Chadzero1]

Have I just been too drunk to notice the solar panels on my last few visits?

 

[Lutter]

Have I just been too drunk to notice the solar panels on my last few visits?

They've been there for a month or two.

Sooo, yes?

 

[wolfman1201]

Dang - got excited to see Jeff in my notifications, but no answer. Either way the beer is delicious.

The new beer this weekend sounds like it'll be a nice tropical inspired beer.

 

[jeffstuffingsjk]

jeffstuffingsjk Not sure if this has been asked but can you give us some info on the different blends of SPON. What's the difference? What's your take on the blends and how they are developing? What characteristics changed blend to blend?

We drank a bottle of Blend 1 at the brewery today and it was great. Very soft, lemony, nice mouthfeel, slightly carbonated and a nice dry finish. All 4 of us that split it thoroughly enjoyed it.

The blends are all the same as far as the year and proportions. 10% 2013, 30% 2014, 60% 2015. From there, it's just a matter of the dozens or perhaps hundreds of variables that effect the fermentation, blending, and conditioning. I try not to weigh in too much on my opinion about how any of our beers tastes, smells, is presenting, because I don't want to create any preconceived notions. I will say that in my opinion, all four blends, are different, but not by a whole lot. Cheers, Jeff

 

[jeffstuffingsjk]

They've been there for a month or two.

Sooo, yes?

Yes, the solar panels have been up for a few months. We're still waiting on a new interconnection agreement from PEC to turn them on. Our system has about 150% the capacity of PEC's largest agreement. We're negotiating a new agreement with PEC before flipping the switch, so to speak.

 

[Lutter]

Yes, the solar panels have been up for a few months. We're still waiting on a new interconnection agreement from PEC to turn them on. Our system has about 150% the capacity of PEC's largest agreement. We're negotiating a new agreement with PEC before flipping the switch, so to speak.

How much of the brewery's electric needs can those panels handle, may I ask?

Seeing as half the place is climate controlled/cellar temp I'm guessing your power bill must be the literal worst in August.

 

[JGlitz87]

jeffstuffingsjk do you now normally keep some Fredrikscal available to go? I noticed it on the to go list when I looked online today

 

[wolfman1201]

The blends are all the same as far as the year and proportions. 10% 2013, 30% 2014, 60% 2015. From there, it's just a matter of the dozens or perhaps hundreds of variables that effect the fermentation, blending, and conditioning. I try not to weigh in too much on my opinion about how any of our beers tastes, smells, is presenting, because I don't want to create any preconceived notions. I will say that in my opinion, all four blends, are different, but not by a whole lot. Cheers, Jeff

Thanks for the answer Jeff. If the blends are all the same percentage, can you give any indication on any specific differences between Blend 1, 2, 3, and 4? Any chance of doing a 4 year blend this year?

Looking forward to getting into these bottles a few years from now and seeing how each year develops over time.

Cheers.

 

[ChaQuiseman]

If the blends are all the same percentage, can you give any indication on any specific differences between Blend 1, 2, 3, and 4?

He already did, really. "From there, it's just a matter of the dozens or perhaps hundreds of variables that effect the fermentation, blending, and conditioning."

The best way to think about the different blends is in terms of packaging. During the aging process, each vintage is spread through many 55 gallon barrels. Based on this blog post it sounds like their coolship grosses about 15 barrels of spontaneously fermented ale per batch, and I'm assuming there are multiple batches done for each vintage, because on the grand scheme of things 15 barrels at 55 gallons each (855 gallons) isn't all that much. So that's multiple batches that could all have slightly different grain bills, different water conditions, different mash parameters, all going into the coolship on different nights being exposed to wildly different microbes, all going into a multitude of different barrels that all come from different places, have been handled and stored differently, etc. In other words, if we guess that their 2013 vintage consisted of 90 barrels, you're really talking about 90 different beers in essence, all with their own unique character.

When they go to bottle their blends, the size of each blend is limited by their brite tank (or whatever the equivalent of a brite tank is in the wild beer end of the spectrum). Let's assume they have capacity to bottle 550 gallons at a time for simplicity's sake, that means in each blend there is 1 barrel (55 gallons) from 2013, three barrels from 2014, 6 barrels from 2016. But keep in mind each of these barrels will be wildly different. Each time they blend these different beers there are a million variables that change things ever so slightly.

They really have no way of giving any concise definition to the differences between batches, it's all spontaneous and completely unpredictable. That's what makes lambic-style beer and their various blends so interesting.

 

[thejukes]

He already did, really. "From there, it's just a matter of the dozens or perhaps hundreds of variables that effect the fermentation, blending, and conditioning."

The best way to think about the different blends is in terms of packaging. During the aging process, each vintage is spread through many 55 gallon barrels. Based on this blog post it sounds like their coolship grosses about 15 barrels of spontaneously fermented ale per batch, and I'm assuming there are multiple batches done for each vintage, because on the grand scheme of things 15 barrels at 55 gallons each (855 gallons) isn't all that much. So that's multiple batches that could all have slightly different grain bills, different water conditions, different mash parameters, all going into the coolship on different nights being exposed to wildly different microbes, all going into a multitude of different barrels that all come from different places, have been handled and stored differently, etc. In other words, if we guess that their 2013 vintage consisted of 90 barrels, you're really talking about 90 different beers in essence, all with their own unique character.

When they go to bottle their blends, the size of each blend is limited by their brite tank (or whatever the equivalent of a brite tank is in the wild beer end of the spectrum). Let's assume they have capacity to bottle 550 gallons at a time for simplicity's sake, that means in each blend there is 1 barrel (55 gallons) from 2013, three barrels from 2014, 6 barrels from 2016. But keep in mind each of these barrels will be wildly different. Each time they blend these different beers there are a million variables that change things ever so slightly.

They really have no way of giving any concise definition to the differences between batches, it's all spontaneous and completely unpredictable. That's what makes lambic-style beer and their various blends so interesting.

Not that it really makes any difference, but a beer barrel is 31 gallons.

 

[SirDickButts]

Not that it really makes any difference, but a beer barrel is 31 gallons.

wine/oak barrels, fam.

 

[thejukes]

wine/oak barrels, fam.

Damn, of course. I should know better than to correct people while in the grips of the devil's nectar.

 

[Chadzero1]

I'm really curious how the bananas and cantaloupe were handled in fermenting Rare Corals.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

I'm really curious how the bananas and cantaloupe were handled in fermenting Rare Corals.

Rarely