Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

8/8/2008 6:51:22 PM, friday, august 08, 2008 [ Updated friday, august 08, 2008 ]
Dropped by here for the 8/1/08 Perseguidor release. The brewery’s across the street from a shady tree, white picket fence lined neigborhood that looks like a Rockwell painting. Pretty typical small town brewery with one very notable exception wooden barrels everywhere. The owners are very cool people, and Ron is the most unassuming brewer that i’ve met. Awesome brewers, awesome people.

5/15/2008 7:19:25 PM, thursday, may 15, 2008
Jolly Pumpkin Rules. I wished I had gotten to the brewery, but it was just nice to see the hallowed grounds. It was cool to see pallets of beer labeled for delivery to places across the world (Denmark, Portland, etc.). Nice to have fresh Bam Biere on tap at the brewery. Decent, but not particularly accessible.

11/4/2007 6:40:19 PM, sunday, november 04, 2007
Really what you have is a counter with a register and a refrigerator with JP beer at the front of the brewery. The brewery seemed spotless and organized. The brewers were happy to talk shop and welcoming. Not sure if they have more to offer since I was there.

8/22/2007 9:16:55 PM, wednesday, august 22, 2007 [ Updated wednesday, august 22, 2007 ]
happened to be in the area. bought some of their product at Ann Arbor’s bello vino, great grocery/beer/wine store. found out they were in dexter. went with my local (dexter, mi) tour guides to find the brewery and still ended up driving around the block several times. definately small, but big time customer attention. the two of us walked in and were able to talk beer for a good while. top notch customer service. greatly enjoyed the bottles we picked up, can’t wait to go back soon and buy more.

1/11/2007 11:17:42 PM, thursday, january 11, 2007
This place is tough to find. We pretty much drove through dexter and decided to just stop and start asking people. We ended up just being on the wrong side of the building at one point. When you walk in you can immediately smell the wood and fermenting beer. We saw a couple people hard at work working the bottling machine. Very small production but i found out they still have time and room to do a few contract brews. Rons wife poured us samples of 3 or 4 beers and all excellent as expected. Cool place and got some fuego, persequidor, nad luciernaga gr.

12/23/2006 12:16:41 AM, saturday, december 23, 2006 [ Updated wednesday, may 23, 2007 ]
Extremely quaint! Think Alesmith, then multiply by 70% or Floyd’s and multiply by 40%. I’ve never experienced a brewery like this one. Hard to find, but so worth it. Walked in and BAM!, the first thing to hit me was the absence of all the usual steel and copper. Haven’t seen this much wood since accidentally renting gay porn in 1996. Very impressive and unique. Ron’s wife could not have been more accommodating to MI2CA and me. We sampled everything, including a taste of their "One Hopped Up Bug." Thoroughly enjoyed myself and picked up a couple bottles of Firefly Grande Reserve and Perseguidor.

12/20/2006 8:01:58 PM, wednesday, december 20, 2006
Visited on 12/13/06: Stopped in even though I don’t think they were officially open. Ron seemed quite busy with the bottling they were doing. But his wife took some time to chat with us, and pour us a few samples. Not to mention they still had a few bottles of Luciernaga Grand Reserve sitting there to be bought up. Really enjoyed the stop, it was the first time I had seen a smaller brewery like that. Pretty cool stuff.

7/5/2006 7:51:04 PM, wednesday, july 05, 2006
I visited the brewery 7/1. Ron and his wife were on hand doing some things around the brewery. Very small place but look at all those oak barrels-nice sight for shure! Had the stout which is only available at the brewery along with a new batch of the laRoja grand reserve. Ron and his wife were very friendly and helped me plan the rest of my trip through MI. Thanks for the hospitality!

3/19/2006 7:26:06 PM, sunday, march 19, 2006 [ Updated sunday, march 19, 2006 ]
Not exactly the easiest place to find probably because of it’s nondescript signage. It’s around 25 minutes from Ann Arbor city centre and worth the trip to pick up some of their special releases. I bought some Madrugada Obsucra and a t-shirt. They also had their five regulars available for a couple of bucks cheaper than retail. Ron was around so we chatted for a little bit. If I’m ever in the area again I’ll likely stop by just to see what’s up!

2/19/2006 11:51:57 PM, sunday, february 19, 2006
I’ve visited the brewery a few times and am not sure it’s fair to rate it, as there is as of yet no brewpub, no food, and a generally small selection of beers, considering the brewery’s young age. That said, I’ve always been met with extremely friendly, helpful service. Ron and Co. are always willing to hand-label newly bottled beers that aren’t yet ready for distribution. Hard-to-find but fitting location in the quaint but appealing small town of Dexter, Michigan, soon to be swallowed as a suburb of Ann Arbor, unfortunately. I can’t wait to visit once the brewpub is open. Good people and good beer makes a trip worthwile.