Jester King Bière de Miel

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  1. elbrooksie

    elbrooksie Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2013 Texas

    Seems quite interesting, has anyone tried it yet?

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    We’re excited to introduce our lastest beer — Jester King Bière de Miel. Named after the classic style (honey beer), Jester King Bière de Miel was brewed, fermented, and naturally conditioned with raw, Texas wildflower honey. We sought to take the classic style and impart a sense of place in the beer through wild fermentation with naturally occurring yeast and souring bacteria harvested from the Texas Hill Country.

    Jester King Bière de Miel is the product of a very long, slow fermentation during which the diversity of microorganisms in the beer were allowed sufficient time to impart unique aromas and flavors. Originally brewed on December 3rd, 2013, Bière de Miel spent approximately five months in a stainless steel tank slowly fermenting and maturing. With wild fermentation at our brewery, we don’t always know when a beer will be ready. The analogy we like to use is that a farmer can’t plant her/his crops in the spring and say, “I’m going to harvest them on the third Monday in September.” Nature doesn’t behave that way. We give the microorganisms all the time they need, then they tell us when the beer is ready, not the other way around.

    On brewday, we added raw, Texas wildflower honey from Good Flow Honey Co. in Austin, Texas late in the boil. After the first several weeks of fermentation, we added more honey to the beer. Finally, the beer was 100% naturally refermented in bottles, kegs, and casks using more of the raw, Texas wildflower honey. In addition to the honey, Bière de Miel was brewed with Hill Country well water, malted barley, malted wheat, and hops. It is 5.8% alcohol by volume, 3.2 pH, has a finishing gravity of 1.003, and is suitable for vegetarians but not vegans. It was bottled on April 24, 2014.

    The artwork for Bière de Miel was done in-house by Josh Cockrell of Jester King. It features our Head Brewer Garrett Crowell riding over the Texas Hill Country on a giant bee. The verse on the back of the label for this beer was written by Garrett as well.

    Jester King Bière de Miel will be released at Jester King Brewery this coming weekend. It will go on sale when we open on Friday, June 6th at 4pm. It will remain on sale by the glass and in 750ml bottles ($12 per bottle, limit 3 bottles per customer per day) all weekend long. It should remain available at the brewery during the following weeks while supplies last. We have approximately 250 cases of bottles to sell (12 × 750ml). While we don’t anticipate having enough of the first batch of Bière de Miel available for it to go into statewide distribution, we will send some outside our brewery for special events and to select bars and restaurants. We currently have our second batch of Bière de Miel already fermenting.
     
    #1 elbrooksie, Jun 4, 2014
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  2. mph005

    mph005 Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2013 Texas
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    $12, niiiiice
     
    #2 mph005, Jun 4, 2014
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  3. bccocx

    bccocx Pooh-Bah (1,576) Jan 13, 2007 Texas
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    Awesome artwork as usual!
     
    #3 bccocx, Jun 4, 2014
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  4. JDV

    JDV Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2007 Texas

    Cool, sounds interesting!
     
    #4 JDV, Jun 4, 2014
  5. kmello69

    kmello69 Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2011 Texas

    It's delicious. Lightly tart, and the honey adds a little sweetness and body to it. A refreshing, easy drinker for the summer.
     
    #5 kmello69, Jun 4, 2014
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  6. porter0209

    porter0209 Zealot (677) Mar 22, 2008 Texas

    Was holding out hope for Atrial when I head up there this weekend, but can't say I'm disappointed that I'll get to try this!
     
    #6 porter0209, Jun 4, 2014
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  7. WTKeene

    WTKeene Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2013 New Mexico

    If anyone from Dallas is heading down this weekend, let me know.
     
    #7 WTKeene, Jun 4, 2014
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  8. Brvn

    Brvn Initiate (0) Jul 24, 2008 Oklahoma

    Do they usually post the new to go list Wednesday or Thursday?
     
    #8 Brvn, Jun 4, 2014
  9. jesterkingbeer

    jesterkingbeer Pundit (865) Jun 28, 2010 Texas

    We'll post it Thursday this week. Hibernal Dichotomous is sold out. We still have Encendia and Nocturn Chrysalis.
     
    #9 jesterkingbeer, Jun 4, 2014
  10. thewrongtone

    thewrongtone Zealot (743) Oct 15, 2006 Arkansas

    Sounds tasty. Initiating pickitupformebro sequence.
     
    #10 thewrongtone, Jun 4, 2014
  11. DrunkJoeNamath

    DrunkJoeNamath Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2013 Texas

    Ugh. Estimate as to how much Nocturn is left?
     
    #11 DrunkJoeNamath, Jun 4, 2014
  12. Brvn

    Brvn Initiate (0) Jul 24, 2008 Oklahoma

    @jesterkingbeer , are there the year round JKs available, or is it only going to be 3 limited bottles this week of JK fares? Having a friend grab me things (hopefully)
     
    #12 Brvn, Jun 4, 2014
  13. air

    air Zealot (671) Mar 28, 2007 Texas

    Also would like a #gopickitupformebro
     
    #13 air, Jun 4, 2014
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  14. rainerschuhsler

    rainerschuhsler Initiate (0) May 17, 2012 Texas

    How about Atrial too? :slight_smile:

    It's a bit rough traveling to Austin every other weekend for new releases.
     
    #14 rainerschuhsler, Jun 4, 2014
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  15. E-DUBB

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

    very interested in trying this beer. honey ferments completely out of the beer, barely leaving any traces of sweetness or aroma behind. im guessing the late addition in cask/kegs/bottles is what brings out the sweetness and body. best consumed fresh?
     
    #15 E-DUBB, Jun 4, 2014
  16. peachsheep

    peachsheep Initiate (0) Aug 15, 2013 Texas

    Anyone interested in carpooling from Houston for this weekend?
     
    #16 peachsheep, Jun 4, 2014
  17. nathanmiller

    nathanmiller Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2009 New York

    Man I want this one a lot. Kinda wish I had held off on my trip last week. Anyone in Houston who's going and wants to bring a bottle back for me, I'd greatly appreciate it. I don't think I can justify three trips to that area in such short time.
     
    #17 nathanmiller, Jun 4, 2014
  18. canadianghetto

    canadianghetto Initiate (0) Oct 15, 2011 Texas
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    Ill be going next weekend most likely. Can get you a bottle.
     
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  19. jesterkingbeer

    jesterkingbeer Pundit (865) Jun 28, 2010 Texas

    We add honey to Biere de Miel during the fermentation, but I wouldn't at all call it back sweetened. Back sweetening involves, as I understand it, adding sugar to filtered, pasteurized beer to make a sweeter product. Non-traditional Lambic involves back sweetening to make a beer with more mass, commercial appeal. We add honey, but then give the beer all the time it needs to ferment to dryness. Our Biere de Miel, like all our beer, finishes exceedingly dry. The same principle applies to our fruit refermentations. We add fruit to the beer, which contains sugar, but then give the beer plenty of time for all of the sugars from the fruit to be fully fermented out.

    I'm not sure you were actually saying our Biere de Miel is back sweetened, but I still wanted to make these points just to be sure.

    - Jeff
     
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  20. Theortiz01

    Theortiz01 Initiate (0) Jun 7, 2013 Texas

    Back sweetening would actually incorporate an unfermentable sugar (like xylitol) to sweeten something, or adding a fermentable sugar before it gets a chance to ferment (right before drinking).
     
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