Jester King Snörkel
We’re pleased to introduce our latest beer: Jester King Snörkel — a farmhouse ale brewed with alderwood smoked sea salt and oyster mushrooms grown by our neighbor Logro Farms. Logro Farms is located just a few hundred yards from Jester King Brewery at Ceres Park Ranch. They use spent grain from our beer to sustainably grow delicious oyster mushrooms. We’re excited to have now come full circle by using their mushrooms grown from our spent grain to make a new beer.
Snörkel takes partial inspiration from traditional German Gose. Like Gose, it’s moderate in alcohol (~4.5% ABV), brewed with malted wheat and salt, and has some acidity or sourness in the flavor profile. We specifically used both sea salt and alderwood smoked sea salt, and fermented Snörkel (like all our beer) with a blend of brewers yeast, naturally occurring wild yeast, and native souring bacteria, the last of which lends the beer its acidity. But Gose only served as a jumping off point. From there, we set out to explore the savory characteristics of umami through use of the oyster mushrooms.
Snörkel takes partial inspiration from traditional German Gose. Like Gose, it’s moderate in alcohol (~4.5% ABV), brewed with malted wheat and salt, and has some acidity or sourness in the flavor profile. We specifically used both sea salt and alderwood smoked sea salt, and fermented Snörkel (like all our beer) with a blend of brewers yeast, naturally occurring wild yeast, and native souring bacteria, the last of which lends the beer its acidity. But Gose only served as a jumping off point. From there, we set out to explore the savory characteristics of umami through use of the oyster mushrooms.
3.6
175 reviews
Austin, United States
Community reviews
(Draught at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 26 Feb 2020) Hazy pale yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, sourish nose with notes of citrus, funky yeast, white bread and flowers. Fruity, tart taste with citrus, grapefruit, hay, bread, oak wood, grapes, a touch of salt and a fresh acidity in the finish. Medium body, dry. Fresh, complex and well made gose. Very nice.
Refrigerated 75 cL brown bottle, bottled June 2019 poured into a glass. Hazy golden with light white head. Aroma is light lemon, medium/light body, well carbonated, and little lacing. Taste is mushrooms, light lemon, and salt.
With A and Z at the sprawling brewery outside of Austin on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Pours a cloudy hazy pour with a white head. Nose is grainy, salty with good funk. Taste is wheaty and grainy , salty funk . Ends on the grainy notes.
On tap at Jester King. Pours a hazy light lime with a dissipating head and aroma funk. Taste is of funk and wild earthy notes with barnyard notes into the finish.
Draft. Aroma of lemon and cereal grain. Flavors are vaguely reminiscent of grodziskie, only with a bit less smoke. Wheaty, bit of lemon. Some mineral. Rich!
light but complex salt and smoke really come through not too sour amazing balance ethereal floats away pleasant finish
Salty,easy to drink.very mildly bitter.
September 2019 backlog. Draft at Craft Pride during Andrew's BP. Pours a hazy golden yellow body with white lace. Mouthfeel is medium to light bodied with nice tartness and notes of tart lime, nice salinity and Jester funk.
Hazy yellow pour. Savory and a touch salty, a little funky but that's expected from JK. Yeast driven and tasty.
750ml bottle from bridge and tunnel in Astoria. The saltiness really hits you right up front. Nice lemon and Belgian yeast comes in next. Didn’t get any mushroom flavor but maybe that’s my pallet. Alcohol is really low which make it a nice on a warm day.
Really nice beer. Picked up a bottle at Beertopia the week JK arrived in NE. Poured golden and has a spicy dank aroma. Nice pepper and bold salty-sour body. Wish these beers weren’t so expensive, but they’re a nice treat.
Murky golden yellow. Free sample at CC, huge thanks for this oyster mushroom gose style. Salt, lemon lime, funky bugs, and a touch of 🍄 boomer earth
750 ml bottle. Aroma is earthy, lacto, salty, coriander, lemon, basement. Pours hazy golden with a thin bone white head with decent retention. Taste is moderately sour, dry, earthy, lightly salty. I’m liking the aroma more than the flavor, but this is good.
Rating #5004. $11.99 bomber, Wine Warehouse. Pours clear gold with a small white head. Lots of carbonation. Aroma is wet dirt, funk, must, white grape. Flavor is earth, funk, wheat, bread crust. Light saltiness in the end. Not loving this one.
Pours a hazy straw yellow from the bottle with bubbly white head that leaves moderate lace. Aroma of musty funk, a touch of acidity, a hint of earth and salt. Taste is more of the funk and acidity, no real mushroom, a hint of smoke and salt. Delicate and light, but clean and well done.
750ml bottle at The Sovereign in DC (as Batch 4). Poured a mostly clear yellowish color with a small, mostly wispy white head. Aroma was kind of light funky notes. Pretty mellow really, light tartness, not a whole lot of mushroom or any other character here. Light salt, but not overly tart or too full of salinity. Actually pretty good.
Bottle pour at Salud. Hazy pale yellow color white head. Earthy musty aroma. Taste is light earth. OK. Contrary to local belief, this beer does not contain mushrooms. Just sayin
On tap at the Well. Pours gold. Funk, lemon, white grape, light tartness, sourdough. Light spritzy body. Delicious.
750ml bottle. Lemony citrus aroma with notes of salt, funk, earthy mushroom and wheat malt. Pours clear, pale golden colored with a thin white head that has no retention or lacing. Starts with lemony citrus, earthy mushroom and wheat malt flavors as well as a lively mouthfeel. Finishes dry with funk and salt flavors. Dry and refreshing, pretty good.
Pours yellow with a small head, aroma of cheese, wheat, fruits, flavor of fruits, cheese, wheat, fruits, bread, medium bodied
Bomber at Sovereign 1-31-18
Bottled. Pale gold pour. Salty aroma and with mushroom soily herbalness. Tart acidic tasting and a bit of fungus. Nice job.
on tap @ 4 Year Celebration @ 18thstreetbrewery. very hazy pale yellow color, bubble streams, tart saison lemon-pepper, gose-ish, could imagine smoke. aren't oyster beers supposed to be stouts?
Draft, Kimball House in Decatur, Georgia. Excellent stuff and the earthy, almost humus-esque notes of the mushrooms used adds a surprising and interesting layer - and eclipses the bassline of sourness. Will have again!
Bottled; batch 5. Pours pale yellow, slightly opaque. Aroma is Tart funk. Earthy. More funky than expected for a gose. Flavor is funky sour. Earthy, saison-like. Not too salty. Okay but I've had better goses.
Draft @ Beavertown Extravaganza'17.
Dorée, col blanc fizzy.
Arôme au bouquet citrique, léger rétro minéral avec effet marin, léger élément de fumé tout en gardant l'approche un peu funk de Jester King.
Palais est léger finement sour, citrique avec une belle pointe de fumé, et note de minéral voire de salin. Usage d'algue et en plus de les fumer est clairement unique, retrouve presque un effet terreux voire umami. Fumé plus fini citrique marqué.
beavx 2017.Aroma of bready, doughy malt, spice, herbal, musty and briny notes. The taste is bright lemon, pale malts, mild funk. Medium bodied, mild tartness.
On tap at Beavertown Extravaganza. Aroma is salty, briney, earthy with damp cellar notes. Taste has smoked grains with some lemony and briney notes. Quite well balanced overall.
Tap. Hazy yellow color with white head. Aroma is sea salt, fishy, oysters, wheat. Taste is salty, oysters, dough, peppery yeasts. Medium carbonation. One of the most ridiculous beers ever. (and why is this not a Gose?)
Tap at beavertown extravaganza. Nose is salty citrus, apricot. Palate is oyster mushrooms and Salt. I hate oyster mushrooms, tastes like the ocean..