Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Brewing Farmhouse Ales & Table Beers with Jester King
Jester King founder Jeff Stuffings lays out their whole approach to brewing and fermenting saisons, table beers, and other dry, full-flavored, rustic ales that taste of their place.
6 chapters · 22 lessons · 1h 38m
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Your instructor
Jeffrey Stuffings
Cofounder, Jester King Brewery
Jester King is an authentic farmhouse brewery committed to mixed culture and spontaneous fermentation. Their beer incorporates the natural surroundings and local agriculture, to make beer uniquely tied to a time, place and people. Jester King Co-Founder Jeffrey Stuffings was a local homebrewer who started working on Jester King in late 2007. He worked at Austin Homebrew Supply while developing the recipes and business plan for the brewery.
Course contents
6 chapters, 22 lessons, 1h 38m of video
Chapter 1
Welcome
- The History + Principles Behind Jester King10:08
- Building the Texas Terroir3:23
Chapter 2
Mashing Farmhouse + Table Beers
- Building Your Grist6:25
- Evaluating Your Grains + Mashing7:09
- Mashing Temperature3:12
- Selecting Your Water5:38
Chapter 3
Hopping Your Farmhouse Beer
- Overview11:21
Chapter 4
Fermentation + Conditioning
- Selecting Your Yeast3:33
- Mixed Culture Fermentation21:19
- Adjunct Ingredients10:53
- Conditioning Your Beer10:40
Chapter 5
The Future of Farmhouse
- Experimentation4:10
Chapter 6
Further Reading, Listening, Recipes & More
- Recipe: Jester King Le Petit Prince
- CB&B Podcast: Jester King's Jeffrey Stuffings on Creating a Deeper Sense of Authenticity
- Pick Six with Jeff Stuffings: A Six-Pack of Beers with Expressive Personality
- Randy Mosher on Saison: Decoding This Yeast-Driven Style
- Yvan De Baets on Saison’s Greatest Myth: the Yeast
- On Jester King & Its Coolship
- Wild Yeast Wrangling for Homebrewers
- Spontaneity: Prospecting for Your Own House Culture
- Recipe: Drew Beechum’s Little Ghost Saison
- Recipe: L’Esprit de Blaugies Spelt Saison
What students say
Course gave great insight into the thought process and processes of brewing farmhouse brews. wish there was more written information to download, though the articles at the end are very good and will come in handy when I decide to delve in to wild fermentation.
Great and passionate brewer. I could listen to him all day long
Very comprehensive. Presenter was very engaging and knowledgeable. Supplementing articles were concise and informative.