Good to be the King

Wow, so last Saturday was Jester King's grand opening. Situated on a little dirt road in the middle of nowhere in Bee Caves territory, Jester King's grand opening drew a ridiculous crowd, even burgeoning to the point where the roadway was becoming a hazard and local authorities had to step in and turn people away. Jester King's blog reports that the crowd might have reached 5,000 people.

The event was still small when I arrived at 1:00 to report to my assigned table to pour beers. Less than 100 people were there, some up the hill at the Beer Advocate tasting on the brewery patio.




(Left to right)
Struise Cuvee Delphine, Lost Abbey Judgement Day, Cascade the Vine, Rochefort 10, Pliny the Elder, New Glarus Belgian Red, Cantillon Gueuze, Cascade Bourbonic Plague, Westvleteren 12, Bell's Hopslam, Bourbon County Rare, Coton, Imperial Stout Trooper, Ivan The Terrible, Three Floyds Dreadnaught, Jackie O's Dark Apparition, The Bruery Loakal Red, New Glarus Rasberry Tart, COAST Event Horizon, Hoppin' Frog Bodacious Black and Tan, Southern Tier Choklat, Struise Black Albert '0', New Glarus Cherry Stout, Fantome Black Ghost.

Jester King used this opportunity to introduce their newest beer, Boxer's Revenge, a Farmhouse, or Saison style beer aged in french wine barrels. The taste is warm and bright with some fruitiness to it. Smells great, with a hint of hops. I'll admit to having a little buzz at the time I tasted this, so I'll have to give it a full review soon. I enjoyed it a lot, and it's a great addition to the already solid lineup.

Though there were kegs upon kegs lined up, it just wasn't enough for the thirsty crowd. The Boxer's Revenge was the first to kick at about 4, then the Wytchmaker bit the dust, and within another hour, the last of the Black Metal had been poured, and only Commercial Suicide was left. (The firkins of whiskey barrel Commercial Suicide finished somewhat early, too, but not before i had a couple of tastes.)

Having spilled beer all over my shoes and pants from the hysteria that was the beer line, I was relieved of my duties at about 5:30 when the next shift of volunteers filtered in. I grabbed my snifter and had a few delicious beers while walking the grounds and bullshitting around with the other BAs that I know. We took a little look around the brewery, then sobered up and drove home for a couple more beers.



Thanks again to Jester King for hosting this event, and everybody who came out. You're awesome! I hope to review all of your beers on this blog in the future.