Fair Voyage
Jester King Brewery

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From:
Jester King Brewery
 
Texas, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
4.9%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.98 | pDev: 6.03%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
24
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 16, 2020
Added:
Feb 17, 2017
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
Back in November, 2016, Andrew Pogue and Geoffrey Barker of Fair Isle came to brew with us at Jester King. They brought fireweed foraged from around their area in Seattle. Fireweed is native to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska and is known for its culinary and medicinal uses. Andrew and Geoffrey dried the fireweed, which we steeped in the wort at the end of the boil.

After steeping, we cooled the wort and inoculated it with a blend of our respective mixed cultures. We added our mixed culture of native yeast and bacteria from the Texas Hill Country, and Andrew & Geoff brought their mixed culture with them from Washington. We pitched the blended cultures into the wort and allowed it to ferment in stainless steel for about two months before bottling the beer in early January.

Fair Voyage was 100% naturally refermented in bottles and kegs, unfiltered, and unpasteurized. At the time of bottling, it was 4.9% alcohol by volume, 1.002 specific gravity, 28 IBU, and 3.8 pH.
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Ratings by thebeers:
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Reviewed by thebeers from Pennsylvania

4.06/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazed pale yellow with a massive, airy white head. Spotty, soapy lacing.

Wood, yeast, floral notes, hints of banana and green apple in the nose.

Sharp taste. Light green apple tartness and lemon is cut by a little soap, floral notes and more wood. They all combine with a metallic element in the aftertaste.

Medium bodied with prickly carbonation.

Sharp tartness up front is softened on the backend making for a pleasant sipper. Good stuff.
Oct 07, 2018
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.5 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 16, 2020
 
Rated: 4.21 by BeerBeast from Florida

Apr 04, 2019
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Reviewed by zonker17 from Texas

4.12/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a straw yellow, some haze from the sediment, minimal head and lacing. Herbal and lemon nose more like a tea than beer. Taste brings the JK bugs and compliments the nose components well. Sourness present but not overly so.
Jul 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Keith_R from Georgia

Apr 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.19 by Kurmaraja from California

Apr 01, 2018
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Reviewed by moose1980 from Germany

4.03/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aromas of blood orange, signature JK funk, slightly herbal, and a hint of spice at the end that is faintly reminiscent of cinnamon. Taste is funky citrus with a nice malty/tart interplay.
Oct 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by acurtis from New Jersey

Sep 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.13 by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

Sep 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.09 by mattreitz49 from Florida

Aug 11, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Mattias from Sweden

Aug 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by kjkinsey from Texas

Jun 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.15 by thatche2 from Georgia

Jun 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.52 by Best_Enjoyed_In_Texas from Texas

May 24, 2017
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Rated by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

4.27/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
05/19/2017
May 20, 2017
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Reviewed by Premo88 from Texas

4.06/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75
12 oz. poured from bottle into snifter at Jester King (May 14, 2017)

L: cloudy pale yellow, pushes up 3/4-inch head of fluffy white foam; no stick or lace, very thin collar; 100% opaque

S: lemon, lemon peel and sweet honeyed JK yeast; JK's dead hops are in there and alive enough to give off a slight cilantro aroma; as it warms, sweet enough to smell like candied lemon; loads of yeast

T: YEAST! earthy lemon peel, tart lemon, pinch of grain, no sweetness but the earthy flavor is tame enough to fall short of bitter; lemon peel lingers in aftertaste; some barn must

F: standard-issue JK perfection, light but loaded up with fluffy carbonation

O: great view into JK's yeast, simple and lemony and very yeasty; the fireweed may be adding to the hops in the aroma but otherwise hard to say if they're detectable; nothing elaborate but well made and tasty
May 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Matt141 from Texas

Apr 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.65 by sd123 from Georgia

Apr 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.04 by Texasfan549 from Texas

Mar 25, 2017
 
Rated: 4.1 by mig100 from Texas

Mar 25, 2017
Fair Voyage from Jester King Brewery
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 24 ratings