Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere

Aug. 2006 - Ehhh...I wasn’t digging it. Beer poured straw/orange color with a head like soda (appeared fast, went to nothing fast. Aroma was funky with some citrus spice. Flavor was hoppy for style, citrus lemon with barnyard funk and a sour finish. Wasn’t pleasant, really.

[bottle] Hazy yellow in color, with a nice white head. Excellent retention. Mildly funky aroma, with an interesting pepper/spice character. Flavors are really refreshing-- crisp, malt foundation, with some tart wheat flavors blending with brett and a wonderful hop bitterness. Very lively carbonation.

750 ml bottle: Batch 264. Pours straw with white frothy head. Aroma of lemons, hops, and kind of grainy. Taste some of the lemon, dry hop a bitterness on the finish. I liked this one the best of the Jolly Pumpkins that are available in my area.

Poured from a 12oz bottle and served in a tulip. This saison poured a hazy golden orange hue with a huge, rocky, off-white head that lasted throughout the glass. Spiderweb lacing coated the entire inside of the glass. The aroma of the beer was made up of spicy, earthy hops, grass, lemon, white pepper, and some musty funk. The flavor included pepper, cloves, crisp citrus, earthy yeast notes, and a very mild funkiness. The mouthfeel was crisp and finished slightly dry with a moderate level of carbonation. A woderful aroma and an extreme drinkability made this an awsome brew. Great summer session beer!

12 oz bottle, English Pint. Accused wife of shaking bottle, as beer foamed out, blanketing counter after removing the cap. Only my cat-like reflexes saved the remainder. Pours a cloudy orange, wtih a massive and thick ivory head. Aroma dominated by citrus and yeast. Flavor is light, with some spice, citrus and yeast. Dry hopping give is a slightly bitter finish, with a creamy, albeit fizzy, palate. Drinkable beer. Probably best during the warmer months.

Bottle. Poured a nice, hazy straw color with a modern white head and a decent amount of floating yeast. Crisp citric, tart nose with a bit of funk and some spiciness. Nice tart lemons upon the entry, giving way to a slight yeastiness and a hint of bitterness from the hops. Nice, crisp low alcohol beer that I could drink regularly.

On tap at the 2007 GTMW: Lemon, vanilla, brett, and citrus in the aroma. Cloudy, turbid golden orange color. Taste is wheat, brett, lemon, with some spiciness. Nice refresing beer, very drinkable.

Batch 264 750ml bottle (new bottle shape). Served in my NB snifter after about 20 minutes in a snowbank. Nose is tart, with lemon, candi sugar, white pepper, some light barnyard and floral aromas. The aroma is not overpowering, but rather gentle while remaining complex. Cloudy straw color with a small white head and some visible sediment. This might be the first bottle of JP I opened over the sink but this was no gusher like some tend to be. The inital taste is tart lemons, vanilla, and white pepper with a light malt sweetness followed by a somewhat pronounced spiciness, lesser notes of brett, and a crisp, acidic finish. The beer is extremely drinkable. I would anticipate it will only improve as it warms up in my glass.

Thank you so much for bringing your beers to Kansas!

12 oz gift from santoslhalper. Pours a hazy light milky gold. Small white head that disappeared quickly. I can’t really describe the nose because it is so complex. A strange sour dank rye bread? I was getting saurkraut, grapefruit, and funk. Extremely light flavor with a spritzy bitterness and a nice sweet / sour contrast. I was getting a lot of rye bread. Finishes pretty dry and kind of plain, but then you get the bitter after a little delay. Not a whole lot of body. Confusing yet I was strangely compelled to keep drinking more.