Jester King Mezcal Metal. (unofficial)

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  1. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    Anyone who's been to the brewery in the past year has seen the Mezcal barrels. Jeff said it should be coming out soon. It's gonna be horrible. Don't buy any. Just let me have your allocation.
     
    #1 Daemose, Jan 6, 2014
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  2. cmoody91

    cmoody91 Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2010 Illinois

    Is it black metal base? I was under the impression it was a Mad Meg similar base..
     
    #2 cmoody91, Jan 6, 2014
  3. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    You are correct as far as I know. It's an amber color. That's just my name for it. Gotslandricka wasn't black metal and they used metal in the name still. I'm 100% sure this beer will have nothing to do with metal. That's just my nickname for it.
     
    #3 Daemose, Jan 6, 2014
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  4. thewrongtone

    thewrongtone Zealot (743) Oct 15, 2006 Arkansas

    I understand there will be chiles involved. Ancho, I think.
     
    #4 thewrongtone, Jan 6, 2014
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  5. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    And another one I can't remember.
     
    #5 Daemose, Jan 6, 2014
  6. thewrongtone

    thewrongtone Zealot (743) Oct 15, 2006 Arkansas

    Ill name some, maybe it'll come back to you.

    Guajillo, mulato, pasilla, cascabel. Hopefully nothing hotter than ancho. My guess would be guajillo. They have great color and fruity flavor.
     
    #6 thewrongtone, Jan 6, 2014
  7. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    It might have pasilla. It started with a p. The peppers have faded in heat but still lend a slightly vegetable note like bell peppers to the mezcal presence. Tastes like a margarita. Lol
     
    #7 Daemose, Jan 6, 2014
  8. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    Hopefully jester king doesn't mind me talking about this since the barrels aren't hidden and it's close to release.
     
    #8 Daemose, Jan 6, 2014
  9. E-DUBB

    E-DUBB Initiate (0) Nov 21, 2012 Texas

    in before mango or prickly pear refermentation.
     
    #9 E-DUBB, Jan 6, 2014
  10. alexg32

    alexg32 Initiate (0) Oct 25, 2010 New York

    Oh god yes.
     
    #10 alexg32, Jan 6, 2014
  11. tx_beer_man

    tx_beer_man Pundit (902) Jan 22, 2013 Texas
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    CAN'T WAIT
     
    #11 tx_beer_man, Jan 6, 2014
  12. UtisTheLaw

    UtisTheLaw Pundit (876) Jul 26, 2012 Texas

    I was told it was made for a Chicago retailer, no idea which, or what type. Heard it on the tour a a couple weekends ago.
     
    #12 UtisTheLaw, Jan 6, 2014
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  13. jesterkingbeer

    jesterkingbeer Pundit (865) Jun 28, 2010 Texas

    In February, 2013, we sent a high gravity wort brewed with a fair amount of caramel malt, ancho chilies, and epazote to Mezcal barrels from Oaxaca, Mexico. We're scheduled to bottle/keg/cask this beer next month. The recipe was written and the beer was brewed with our friend Kristina who owns West Lakeview Liquors in Chicago. We have no name or artwork for this beer yet, and there's no release date set. I'm pretty sure it won't be a metal themed beer.

    - Jeff
     
    #13 jesterkingbeer, Jan 6, 2014
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  14. HopAG

    HopAG Savant (1,137) Sep 22, 2012 Texas

    Please make sure the artwork is mesoamerican, it be baller as hell! Aztec or Mayan themed! I really want to try this however! Never had anything aged in Mezcal barrels yet.
     
    #14 HopAG, Jan 6, 2014
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  15. tx_beer_man

    tx_beer_man Pundit (902) Jan 22, 2013 Texas
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    Para todo mal, mezcal, y para todo bien tambien!
     
    #15 tx_beer_man, Jan 6, 2014
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  16. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas

    Stop it. That sounds amazing.
     
    #16 Lutter, Jan 6, 2014
  17. WTKeene

    WTKeene Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2013 New Mexico

    When I was down there in mid December I was told that there would be a bourbon barrel aged cherry sour coming out soon. This "Mezcal Metal" sounds pretty interesting, though.
     
    #17 WTKeene, Jan 7, 2014
  18. jesterkingbeer

    jesterkingbeer Pundit (865) Jun 28, 2010 Texas

    We have taken mature, barrel aged wild beer and refermented it with sour cherries from Michigan. The barrels used in the fermentation were neutral ones, not Bourbon barrels. We're scheduled to bottle/keg/cask this beer late this month.
     
    #18 jesterkingbeer, Jan 7, 2014
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  19. WTKeene

    WTKeene Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2013 New Mexico

    Hmm, my mistake. Well I'm very excited about it, cherries do fantastically in beer. Any word on what size bottles these will be? 500ml or 750ml?
     
    #19 WTKeene, Jan 7, 2014
  20. jesterkingbeer

    jesterkingbeer Pundit (865) Jun 28, 2010 Texas

    Some of the barrels used in the fermentation were whiskey barrels originally, but those barrels are pretty neutral now. The bottles will be 500ml.
     
    #20 jesterkingbeer, Jan 7, 2014
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