Doom Slayer
The Collective Brewing Project

 

Had on tap. Tons of sweet and tart cherry up front and unrelenting the entire time. Smell and taste are the same, tons of cherry, some yogurt sweetness, touch of wheat and dank cheese, but mostly cherry. Pour is golden, not red, kind of jarring with the cherry dominance, but not bad just amusing. Could be refined a bit, but I get the feeling a beer named doom slayer has no interest in being delicate

It is tough for me to be the first review in a style I simply cannot get comfortable with (I've had 46, so maybe I'm a slow learner.) Instead, let me offer two comments about the style.

First, Wilds really are an acquired taste... that also takes a lot to acquire as many Wilds are priced like Doom Slayer. Because of the pricey-ness, I get much, much better value from a go-to saison.

Second, I find it interesting that more and more Wilds seem to be in large states (California, Illinois and now Texas) that can survive the early years with distribution in their state alone. That, too, is an interesting beer culture.

For a review for Doom Slayer... I had a saison last night that was the same color and similar enough taste. I drank it because it was so expensive.... and I would drink all of Doom Slayer except that we have people over for dinner and, maybe, I can introduce them to something that has not yet grown on me.

I will say two things positive about this experience. First, Doom Slayer is wonderfully dry (and thankfully, not sour!).
Second, I'm glad that the tastes of Weird Austin (Jester King) have finally spread to conservative Fort Worth.