Jester King Brewery

Brewing tasks at Jester King Brewery, Austin, TX

Jester King is a craft brewery in Austin, Texas which specializes in beer fermented with wild yeast. It is set on a 200 acre ranch about 18 miles West of Downtown Austin. It was founded in 2010 by Jeff Stuffings and Michael Steffing.[1] Joshua Cockrell was hired to create the labels, which have won awards at the World Beer Championships.[2] In 2011 the brewery won a lawsuit against the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which prohibited alcoholic beverages with more than 4 percent alcohol being label beer.[3]

Due to the use of wild yeast, some batches go bad: in late 2011, Jester King's Commercial Suicide was recalled due to excessive gushing.[1][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toon, Anna (2014-05-02). "All Hail the Jester". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  2. ↑ Kavehkar, Kimya (2013-12-01). "Art of the Brew — Austin Monthly — December 2013 - Austin, TX". Austin Monthly. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  3. ↑ Beach, Patrick (2011-11-20). "Judge eliminates forced distinction between beer, ale". The Statesman. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  4. ↑ "Business Digest: Drugmaker to pay $84 million to settle Texas Medicaid fraud case; Austin craft brewery recalling over-carbonated beer prone to gushing". The Statesman. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2014-11-14.

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Coordinates: 30°13′51″N 97°59′57″W / 30.2307°N 97.9992°W / 30.2307; -97.9992

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