Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars Grand Reserve

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Dexter, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 12fl.oz.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sour, fruity - berry, wine, wood, strawberry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090913]

A hazy orange beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with quite a lot of alcohol as well as peaches, the sweet notes reminds me of candy. The flavor is slightly acidic and bret-like combined with notes of grapes and wood. I’m surprised that I don’t pick up any bourbon notes when it has been on a bourbon cask for 14 months - maybe the cask is what gives it the bret note? I’m not really impressed - but it is not my favorite style.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a small white head. Aroma is dry acidic and slight wooden aroma. Mild cherry fruity note. Smooth cherry and vague fruity touch. Mild citric to acidic with lingering dry wooden note and light malty touch. Ends dry and slight acidic.

UPDATED: SEP 14, 2009 Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of TheCheeseMan. Pours a clear warm amber with a small off-white head. Very enticing sour, woody aroma. Medium body, caramel, sour fruit and wood, the Bourbon does shine through the sourness. Sour, sulphurous finish. Wonderful. 130909

Bottle at Papsø. Clear orange red coloured with a small off white head. Fruity aroma of bourbon, vanilla and dried fruits with notes of caramel. Fruity flavour of brett, bourbon, spices and vanilla. Tart finish.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a woody tart sour aroma. Fruity woody malty vanilla flavor with tart hints and hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty woody tart sour finish.

(Bottle) Pours a cloudy amber body with medium beige head. Aroma of oak, sourness, balsamic vinegar, cherries, and herbs. Flavor of sour grapes, oak, cherry, and toasted malt.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Name: Biere de Mars Grand Reserve
Date: April 27, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brewery
Appearance: clear brown, whispy fine white head
Aroma: big rich sweet dark malt aroma
Flavor: rich and sweet flavor, tart, nice bourbon sweetness

Name: Biere de Mars Grand Reserve
Date: July 09, 2006
Mode: bottle
Appearance: lasting creamy white head leaving some drippy lace
Aroma: lots of musty moldy aroma
Flavor: good malt flavor with a strong tart edge, great musty woody oak character

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

(12oz bottle, thanks for sharing BuckNaked) Murky copper body with small beige head with decent retention. Aroma is medium sweet, sour cherry, oak, some funk, light vinegar -- very Flemish Sour. Taste is medium sweet, oak, some cherry, light sourness, properly subdued bourbon. Watery light-medium body, low carbonation.

Hazy burgundy with a medium beige head. Sour aroma with lacto, sour berries and roasted malt. Flavour was sour with lacto, sour cherries, wood and banryardy notes. Finished sour.