Friday, February 8, 2013

Ode to the Badness of Jester King: Der Wunderkind - Sour Saison

So, today I received a really neat bottle opener and re-sealer that I ordered.  I didn't really have the need to open any of my big bottles of beer and re-seal them.  For any of the bottles that I have, if I were to open it Mrs. 45er and I would really not need a re-sealer if you know what I mean.  On the other hand, there was a bottle in my beer fridge that has been taking up valuable space.  It has not been opened because I took a bottle to a guys' weekend and we taste-tested it there.  Quite frankly, one of the worst beers I've ever had.  Perfect for testing!

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic, but I didn't feel this one warranted even walking through the house to get the nice camera.

bottle o' awful
The Jester King Der Wunderkind.  Some descriptions among the group at the taste testing a while back were: "carbonated tang" and "sour applejuice".  By far my favorite comment was: "I need a can of Coors to cleanse my palate."

So, knowing I needed to get this bottle out of the fridge and also needed to test the bottle re-sealer without wasting good beer, I cracked this one.  I had purchased two of these bottles back when we did the taste test.  One for the group to try and one for me thinking it would at least be palatable.  I've been avoiding it like the plague ever since.  So, today I thought that maybe it couldn't have been as bad as I remembered it nigh a year ago.  Surely there isn't a beer that just can't be drank.

Well, the first hit on the tongue reminded me that there exists such a brew.  It pours a chilled urine color with a flat head.  The aroma is not bad, but is like the sirens' song.  You'll regret believing your nose on this one.  You have to work to get the carbonation to show up.

I am a fan of sours.  I admit, saisons are not my favorite, but I drink some pretty serious sour beers and this being a sour saison isn't what turns my stomach.  It's just bad.  This was a very unanimous decision among a group of 7 guys, most of which drink serious beers and love their sours.  I don't think I could get a decision that unanimous on anything else.

So, the remaining glass was poured out to my dead homies and now I'm going to test the re-sealer on the new opener by shaking the bottle a little and seeing what it can handle.  I'm going to enjoy this beer one way or another.  More on the re-sealer to come...


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  1. Old NFOFebruary 8, 2013 at 8:38 PM

    Interesting, I didn't know they made such a thing for beers... :-)

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    1. 45erFebruary 8, 2013 at 8:55 PM

      I know, NFO, I have very little use for it but it was just too cool of a beer gadget to pass up. The only time I foresee using this is for something like a big bottled sour (Mrs 45er isn't a fan) or a Barleywine that is especially strong. Otherwise, I can't think of any other reason to need to reseal a beer. :)

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  2. Home on the RangeFebruary 9, 2013 at 5:41 PM

    I have some brewed blackberry mead tonight. If you've brewed beer, it's really not any harder.

    Thanks for another good bit of beer info to try.

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    1. 45erFebruary 9, 2013 at 11:56 PM

      Blackberry. How interesting. I know That Guy dabbled in the thought of brewing his own for a while, but I don't know how serious it got. I never have. It seems like magic. Yeah, steer clear of this beer, but the opener is a cool thing. I'll post some pictures of it soon. It works pretty well.

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    2. That GuyFebruary 11, 2013 at 9:53 AM

      That Wife threatened my life if I started another expensive hobby- so homebrew is out of consideration. However, after doing that winemaking thing before the holidays, I could see sneaking in a batch of wine and mead every once in a while.

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  3. That GuyFebruary 11, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    Oh yeah- The beer. Yeah, I remember that being awful. Glad to see it wasn't just the other beers talking.

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    1. 45erFebruary 17, 2013 at 2:19 PM

      Oh, no. If anything, it's probably worse than you remember.

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  4. mikelaforgeFebruary 14, 2013 at 9:29 PM

    The Hermetus doohickey? It works. Gotta a little cool factor.

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    1. 45erFebruary 17, 2013 at 2:20 PM

      That's the one, Mike. It does work pretty well, though I realized the weak part of my plan. I wasn't about to try the beer again to see if it worked. It held the seal, though, that's for sure.

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