Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Saison
Dexter, Michigan USA

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.

Bottle: Pours golden with a thick head. Slight aroma of hops. Flavor of citrus, hops and yeast. Very good.

Pretty potent beer for 4.5% abv but the potency lies in its flavor which has a yeasty sour punch with some lemon and citrus tones underneath the funk. The carbonation seems low yet there is a chewable woody mouthfeel which makes this one a joy to drink.

Sour and bitter, with high levels of carbonation. Nose of citrus and subdued malts in the background. Taste is like a wit or a hefeweizen on steroids. Lots of citrus and acidic tones. Peppery and very warming. Light and flavorful with a highly carbonated mouthfeel. Very nice use of a "wild" yeast in this beer.

12 oz. bottle as a generous gift from santoslhalper. Pours a cloudy straw yellow with a foamy white head that dissipates rather quickly with just a little lacing. Nose is citrusy, with some banana and spice, almost hefe-esque, but with a more predominant sour touch. Taste is fruity, almost wit-esque with spice, coriander, orange peel. Citrus fruit tartness, sour notes of light apple vinegar. Dry finish with sour and bitter notes. Mouthfeel is pretty fizzy. This is a fantastically sessionable beer, even in the dead of winter in western PA. I’d love to have a few of these around come summer. It seems like it’d be a good deck beer.

Bottle. Hazy golden with a big, creamy off-white head. Yeasty aroma as well as some potent sourness. Dry sour flavours, hints of cedar wood and talc. Warming alcohol. Quite fizzy. Creamy. A wonderful saison for the Midwest harvest.