Were excited to introduce our lastest beer Jester King Bire de Miel. Named after the classic style (honey beer), Jester King Bire de Miel was brewed, fermented, and naturally conditioned with raw, Texas wildflower honey. We sought to take the classic style and impart a sense of place in the beer through wild fermentation with naturally occurring yeast and souring bacteria harvested from the Texas Hill Country. Jester King Bire de Miel is the product of a very long, slow fermentation during which the diversity of microorganisms in the beer were allowed sufficient time to impart unique aromas and flavors. Originally brewed on December 3rd, 2013, Bire de Miel spent approximately five months in a stainless steel tank slowly fermenting and maturing. With wild fermentation at our brewery, we dont always know when a beer will be ready. The analogy we like to use is that a farmer cant plant her/his crops in the spring and say, Im going to harvest them on the third Monday in September. Nature doesnt behave that way. We give the microorganisms all the time they need, then they tell us when the beer is ready, not the other way around. On brewday, we added raw, Texas wildflower honey from Good Flow Honey Co. in Austin, Texas late in the boil. After the first several weeks of fermentation, we added more honey to the beer. Finally, the beer was 100% naturally refermented in bottles, kegs, and casks using more of the raw, Texas wildflower honey. In addition to the honey, Bire de Miel was brewed with Hill Country well water, malted barley, malted wheat, and hops.