Funk Metal
Jester King Brewery

Funk MetalFunk Metal
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From:
Jester King Brewery
 
Texas, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #337
ABV:
7%
Score:
93
Ranked #3,742
Avg:
4.17 | pDev: 11.03%
Reviews:
88
Ratings:
759
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 21, 2024
Added:
Feb 04, 2012
Wants:
  309
Gots:
  179
Shut up and listen. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and naturally conditioned.

Previously known as Barrel Aged Sour Black Metal Imperial Stout.
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Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Feb 21, 2024
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Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts

4.07/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Canned 12/27/23

I’ve wanted to try this beer for quite some time now, so naturally when I saw it on Tavour I had to go for it. Sour Stouts are always interesting to me and I like to try the limited examples I find of them. Let’s crack it open and find out what it has to offer

Pours almost completely pitch black with a finger of creamy tan head that quickly fades to a ring and leaves minimal lacing

The nose shows a great balance between rich sweetness and fruity funk. I’m picking up on aromas of tannic red wine, milk chocolate, black cherry, old leather, dates, sweet caramel, sharp oak, burnt toast, and jammy raspberry

It’s a bit less nuanced in taste but I still dig it. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting black cherry, sharp oak, old leather, apple cider vinegar, cocoa powder, caramel, tannic red wine, and plum. The swallow brings notes of black cherry, molasses, tannic red wine, brown sugar, caramel, smooth oak, plum, old leather, and burnt toast

A medium body pairs with gentle tingling carbonation, resulting in a slick beer. Finishes rather neutral and thin but it works for this

It’s not what I built it upcto be in my head, but it’s pretty samn good regardless
Feb 19, 2024
 
Rated: 4.12 by AGoodStout from Kansas

Jan 14, 2024
 
Rated: 3.71 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Dec 16, 2021
 
Rated: 5 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 16, 2020
 
Rated: 4.21 by ckeegan04 from Texas

Jan 19, 2020
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Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)

3.98/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Jester King Brewery 'Funk Metal' @ 9.5% , served from a 750 ml bottle
A-pour is cola brown from the bottle to almost black in the glass with a small tan head , dissipating into a spotty lace along the tulip
S-BA stout meets wild ale
T-sour , tart , complex
MF-fizzy carbonation , full bodied
Ov-interesting beer
prost LampertLand
Jan 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4.04 by Duncian from Pennsylvania

Aug 14, 2019
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Reviewed by Benish from Utah

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Draft pour. Poured pitch black with a layer of brown head. Aroma was spectacular with notes of cherries, chocolate, oak, tannins, and red wine. The taste is just the same, lots of tart cherries, oak, chocolate, leather, and of course vinous notes of red wine. It’s sour but doesn’t distract from all the complex flavors I’m picking up. Mouthfeel is medium to full body. Not really any acidic harshness like other sours. Overall, surprised considering the rating. Much better than I expected!!
Mar 28, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by crob3888 from California

Feb 16, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by bigred89 from Maryland

Feb 03, 2019
 
Rated: 4.33 by Eman17 from Illinois

Dec 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by schopenhauerale from Arizona

Dec 02, 2018
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Reviewed by HattedClassic from Virginia

4.23/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
The beer pours a nice looking brown head that dissipates at a moderate pace but doesn't do so all the way and leaving some on the surface. The beer itself has a nice chocolate black color to it.

The smell is very good and enjoyable. It has a good funk note to it along with a decent cherry tartness to it. The stout notes are comparatively weaker compared to the wild ale notes since they are either covered or blended into. There is a good wood notes that mixes with wild ale notes while the roasted and chocolate notes barely come out.

The taste is also very good. The beer has a good tart note that mixes well with a light cherry and a good wood note. The stout notes are once again muted with a light sweet chocolate in the finish.

The feel is good. It has a medium body to and fairly fluffy carbonation. There is also a nice lightly acidic finish.

Overall, this is definitely a good. The blend of different notes that manage to stay distinct and noticeable while blending well and supporting each other.
Nov 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by teamwiggum from Wisconsin

Nov 11, 2018
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from 750ml bottle into glass. Identified on label as 'Blend #9 -March 2018'. Alc/Vol 9.5%.

"Down below heavy clouds, swollen and green with electric rain, the two-grinned snake waves at us in arrhythmic symphony. We dance up the leg of a star dusted mountain; from its summit, our souls are projected into the darkness of the universe as scattered laser light beams. We seek the taste of eternity. You dig?"

Dark cola colored body, no light leaks through. A finger of tan, creamy head forms upon pouring, and sticks around as thick cap. Leaves behind some irregular shapes of lacing.
Aroma has dark roasted malts and chocolate, with sour notes intruding.
Taste is a sour expression of tasty stout with dark roasted malts. Cherry in the sour and chocolate in the stout. Oak and slight char. Funk is minimal, but the finish is dry.
Has a bifurcated mouth feel, with the sour seeming to be cooler in temperature and flowing faster, and the stout seeming to be warmer in temperature and flowing slower. This must be a sensation based on the smell and flavors. Good carbonation. Smooth mouth feel but an abrupt dry finish.
This beer expresses as described on the label - as a sour barrel-aged stout. I like the beer a lot. The components blend so well together, even though the blend is perceived as two or more separate flows working together. The appearance looks like a stout but the head and slight garnet hint at something else, and the flavor and taste brings out all aspects of the differing active components.
Nov 11, 2018
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Reviewed by macrosmatic from Florida

3.92/5  rDev -6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Thanks to Daemose for sending this one! Reviewed from notes. 2013 vintage bottle, consumed 9.23.18. Poured from a 750 mL bottle into an El Catador Barrel-Aged glass.

A: Very dark brown, with maybe a reddish undertone. Nearly opaque. Forms a half-finger of dense tan head with good retention. Fairly low amount of visible carbonation.

S: Chocolate and dry tobacco. Milder malic acid and sour cherries. Some oak, and a touch of char that I wonder if from the barrel or the malts. Nice, not overly sour and I get no acetic character on the nose at all, which is a frequent interloper for the “sour stouts” in my experience.

T: Dark roasted malts, sour dark cherries and the malic tartness without coming across as overly acidic. Some citric lemony tart, dark chocolate malts, and the mild char. Oak tannin dryness in the back end. Maybe a mild Lactobacillus and Pediococcus funk – but it stays fairly low. Citric and malic acid tartness linger after the swallow.

M: A fairly light body for anything calling itself a stout – perhaps this would have been better labeled as a “dark sour”. The malts are roasted, but this just doesn’t have the body to be a stout. Low alcohol presence. Fairly low carbonation sensation, but certainly not flat.

O: This loses some points with me in regards to the body. Otherwise, this was pretty good. Not much funk to speak of – not in any significant manner anyway. But I enjoy the absence of the acetic acid, and the sour/tart flavors are well-balanced with the roasted malts, which is nice. Good, but not great.
Nov 02, 2018
 
Rated: 4.02 by goalie35 from Canada (AB)

Oct 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.92 by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee

Sep 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.02 by hopkrid from Florida

Sep 24, 2018
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