Jester King Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite

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  1. EyePeeAyBryan

    EyePeeAyBryan Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2011 Arizona
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    We’re excited to introduce Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite. As the name suggests, it’s our Atrial Rubicite (blend #4) aged for 15 months in a Spanish sherry barrel!

    A lot of time went into making this beer. This isn’t to suggest that very long periods of maturation in oak automatically leads to good beer. Far from it. In fact, some of our favorite beers we’ve made have achieved some really nice characteristics in just a few months. However, we’re really pleased with the way Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite turned out and are happy it received all the time it did.

    The base beer for Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite was brewed in 2013. After maturing in oak barrels for about a year, it was blended during the spring of 2014 and refermented with raspberries. It was then racked to a single 500 liter Spanish sherry barrel for further aging and maturation. In July of 2015, fifteen months later, we racked the beer out of the sherry barrel and bottled it. All together, Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite took a little over two years to make. Again, this isn’t to suggest that long periods of fermentation and maturation necessarily equate to enjoyable beer, but in this case, we think it does.

    Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite was brewed with Hill Country well water, barley, wheat, oats, and hops. It was fermented with our mixed culture of microorganisms consisting of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria harvested from the air and wildflowers around our brewery, and refermented with raspberries grown in Washington. Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite was pakagd in July of 2015 and is unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. At the time of bottling, it was 7.0% alcohol by volume, 1.003 specific gravity (0.75 degrees Plato), 7 IBU, and 3.3 pH.

    Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite will be released when our tasting room opens earlier for Labor Day weekend at Noon on Friday, September 4th. It is our first beer packaged in 330ml bottles. We chose a smaller bottle size simply so that there are more bottles to go around. About 1,000 bottles will be available ($12/bottle) with a limit of one per customer per day. We do not anticipate it being available beyond Jester King, aside from a few special events. The label art for Sherry Barrel Atrial Rubicite was created by our in-house artist Josh Cockrell.
     
    #1 EyePeeAyBryan, Sep 3, 2015
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  2. A_Rad

    A_Rad Initiate (0) May 8, 2015 Wisconsin

    Damn! I have a good friend who lives in Austin but I definitely used my favor on the last Atrial release. He waited in line 2 hours to get me a bottle. There is no way I can convince him to do it again for this one! JK has been making me pretty jealous of the Austin locals lately.
     
    #2 A_Rad, Sep 3, 2015
  3. putonyourwalkingshoes

    putonyourwalkingshoes Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jul 31, 2013 California
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    Limit 1 ugh. Gonna take some ammo to land one.
     
    #3 putonyourwalkingshoes, Sep 3, 2015
  4. Karibourgeois

    Karibourgeois Initiate (0) Jul 28, 2013 Texas

    I'd love to grab a bottle but fear it will be gone by the time I fight ATX traffic Friday evening getting there.
     
    #4 Karibourgeois, Sep 3, 2015
  5. mhenson42

    mhenson42 Maven (1,409) Nov 20, 2011 Texas
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    They sure sell it for on premise consumption only. Would kill all the pre-trades. Lol
     
    #5 mhenson42, Sep 3, 2015
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  6. GoPokes

    GoPokes Zealot (508) Nov 9, 2013 Texas
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    I assume no draught for this?
     
    #6 GoPokes, Sep 3, 2015
  7. erushing

    erushing Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2014 Texas

    I have to say, I've been reading a lot of the trades today and kind of living vicariously through these people. I can't imagine not just drinking it though.
     
    #7 erushing, Sep 3, 2015
  8. Heretic42

    Heretic42 Savant (1,118) Aug 31, 2011 Texas

    Bottles only
     
    #8 Heretic42, Sep 3, 2015
  9. greenspointexas

    greenspointexas Pooh-Bah (2,075) Jan 16, 2011 Texas
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    Jeez these threads get more pathetic and formulaic with each release
     
    #9 greenspointexas, Sep 3, 2015
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  10. mph005

    mph005 Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2013 Texas
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    This post proves exactly that.
     
    #10 mph005, Sep 3, 2015
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  11. jesterkingbeer

    jesterkingbeer Pundit (865) Jun 28, 2010 Texas

    Yes, no draught for this release.
     
    #11 jesterkingbeer, Sep 3, 2015
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  12. bccocx

    bccocx Pooh-Bah (1,576) Jan 13, 2007 Texas
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    I would love for this to happen, but I can also understand $12,000 in 4-8 hours versus $12,000 over a weekend or two...
     
    #12 bccocx, Sep 3, 2015
  13. UHCougar12

    UHCougar12 Initiate (0) Feb 21, 2011 Texas

    #13 UHCougar12, Sep 4, 2015
  14. ATA1K

    ATA1K Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2013 Texas

    They mentioned 1per in the other Atrial thread.
     
    #14 ATA1K, Sep 4, 2015
  15. TomTown

    TomTown Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2011 Texas

    Haven't been to a release at JK in a long time. Think they're expecting over 1000 people on the first day? Might last until Saturday?
     
    #15 TomTown, Sep 4, 2015
  16. michael78747

    michael78747 Devotee (363) Jan 13, 2011 Texas
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    What would be the point of bottling it then? They could just serve it on draft.
     
    #16 michael78747, Sep 4, 2015
  17. MLDucky

    MLDucky Maven (1,344) Oct 12, 2013 Texas
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    No, even jester king said they expected it to sell out that first day. Attach atrial to it and it sells 2x faster than anything else.
     
    #17 MLDucky, Sep 4, 2015
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  18. texascheesemonger

    texascheesemonger Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2014 Texas

    What time do you need to get there for this? I can't get there till noon.
     
    #18 texascheesemonger, Sep 4, 2015
  19. LittleDog

    LittleDog Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2014 Texas

    Everyone who had been to a hot jk release knows how long it takes to check out.
    1000 bottles. If they sell a bottle a minute, it will be their record pace per my calculations.

    1000 minutes divided by 60 is the number of hours to sell out. 16.6 if my math is correct.

    8.3 if they somehow sell 2 per minute.


    They are open noon to, what? 10. 600 minutes. So at 1 per minute, Saturday gets some.

    2 per minute and the cupboard runs bare about 8:20 pm.


    YMMV
     
    #19 LittleDog, Sep 4, 2015
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  20. erushing

    erushing Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2014 Texas

    If there are a thousand people in line already at noon on a Friday......then you'll be too late. :wink:
     
    #20 erushing, Sep 4, 2015
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