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Jester King Brewery

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Jester King Brewery
 
Texas, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
6.7%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.65 | pDev: 17.53%
Reviews:
34
Ratings:
264
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 02, 2022
Added:
Mar 04, 2013
Wants:
  15
Gots:
  33
Pecan Wood Smoked Saison Crafted in the once commonplace, Old World tradition of bière de coupage, young, dry hopped ale is blended with old, barrel-aged sour beer fermented with native yeast. A portion of the malt was smoked over pecan wood at The Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood, Texas. Unfiltered, unpasteurized and naturally conditioned.

Update: Our original label application for Salt Lick Pecan Wood Smoked Saison was rejected by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), after having been approved by the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB). We have renamed this beer "Censored" for sale in Texas.
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Ratings by smweir:
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Rated by smweir from South Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +30.1%

Apr 03, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.71 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Mar 02, 2022
 
Rated: 2.77 by MrHolden from Texas

Mar 29, 2016
 
Rated: 2.58 by Whatup14 from Canada (QC)

Mar 07, 2016
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Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania

3.66/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
2013 750ml bottle poured into a tulip appears a hazy golden color with a white head that persists.

The aroma kinda reminds me of chew spit at first than tangy citrus brett and smoked meats. Almost has a strange toothpaste character to it? Very unique.

It tastes earthy and yeasty with citrus and smoke thats mildly phenolic like plastic with some strange fruited aspect to the finish. So much going on in this brew, taking it in so many directions that I cant tell if I like it or if im just confused by it.

It is light in body with modest carbonation. A very interesting brew that I understand what they were shooting for and it sounds good but holy hell the flavors are all over the place. Yup, id drink it again.
Dec 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4.56 by SveNss0N from Massachusetts

Sep 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.4 by dcmchew from Romania

Sep 09, 2015
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania

4.35/5  rDev +19.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Hazy yellow color with white head. Aroma reminds of a brett heavy saison. Taste is very similar to a lichtenhainer with the smokey-sour combination. The smokey flavors remind me of the traditional german rauchbiers. Very nice combination overall.
Aug 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.71 by imperialking from Illinois

Aug 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4.43 by gilgar from Texas

Aug 21, 2015
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Reviewed by acbrews from Texas

3.61/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Bottle is labeled from January 2013.

Look : Hazy sunny, deep yellow. Pours with good head. (Bottle left out on counter, uncapped, for about fifteen minutes, very slow foamy head developed out of bottle.

Smell : Light smoky nose, slight sour at end.
Taste : Starts light carbonation at front, transitions to a malty, wild yeast middle, then progresses to a smokey, sweet finish.
Feel : Light carbonation up front, medium body.
Finish: A little slow to roll off tongue: light pecan smoke finish .

Overall: Generally do not like saisons or extremely smokey beers; however, light pecan sweet smoke paired semi-sour beer paired pretty well. Definitely an unusual beer to try!
Jun 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by BMart from Pennsylvania

Apr 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.24 by dfhhead25 from Pennsylvania

Apr 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Jpepe08 from Vermont

Mar 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.63 by wethorseblanket from California

Mar 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.31 by Lare453 from Florida

Feb 13, 2015
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Rated by AlexFields from Tennessee

2.46/5  rDev -32.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
Pretty rough. Bad smoke, mild bandaid.
Jan 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by diamondlie from Connecticut

Dec 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by WCW from Michigan

Dec 10, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Nov 27, 2014
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Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 264 ratings