Having spent some time posting about medieval objects and slightly more recent artworks, I felt it appropriate to return to something decadent in a glass to add variety to this whole blog arrangement. This is Stoopid Jus de Mort, a collaboration between Vault City and the Québécois brewery Messorem. The name brings together Vault City’s Stoopid range and Messorem’s Petit Jus de Mort series, with ‘Jus de Mort’ translating as ‘Juice of Death’. A reassuring little name for something I was about to drink.
At 5.8% ABV, it’s a smoothie sour made with cherry, rhubarb, blackberry, strawberry, vanilla and coconut, which all sounds a marvellous combination to me. It pours a deep berry colour and is thick like a fruit smoothie, which goes some way towards explaining why I immediately decided it was a healthy little number. I appreciate that this assessment is unlikely to survive scrutiny, but I’m sticking to it.
This is very good indeed, rich in taste with flavours that linger well. There’s lots of berry flavour, with a particular punchiness from the blackberries (something I haven’t eaten enough of this year, so a reminder to myself that I must go walking more), and the thick texture gives it a substantial and balanced mouthfeel. This is one of those beers to linger over rather than try and gulp down.
I’m not sure ‘Juice of Death’ quite captures my experience, although ‘A Rather Lovely Blackberry Arrangement’ might have been harder to fit onto the can. Definitely a decadent little arrangement and very lovely.