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After a hiatus in 2023, Jester King ε ζ‘ (πΔπ π»áπ) is back for 2024!
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ε ζ‘ (πΔπ π»áπ) is our barrel-aged wild ale re-fermented with Fredericksburg, Texas peaches. We hold Fredericksburg peaches on a pedestal. Just like strawberries from Poteet, peaches from Fredericksburg are virtually impossible to beat in our experience. They’re one of our state’s agricultural treasures, and we’re grateful they grow just to the west of us.
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Like all our fruit beers, ε ζ‘ (πΔπ π»áπ) is made with 100% real fruit. In this case, we received nearly two tons of peaches from Vogel Orchard in Fredericksburg and processed them all by hand over the course of three full days. Processing for us involves macerating the flesh of the peach by hand and removing the pit. The drippingly juicy, soft-textured, wonderfully aromatic flesh gets added to an oak foudre and blended with barrel-aged wild beer. The peaches then re-ferment with the beer over the course of about a month, where virtually all of the sugars are consumed by wild yeast, leaving a delightfully tart, intensely aromatic beer bursting with real Texas peach flavor. Again, these peaches are hard to beat!
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