Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Bière de Garde
Dexter, Michigan USA

Bottle@Oslo Øljunta Olympen Gathering. A cloudy, amber-brown beer with a low offwhite head on top. Initial aroma of crisp, fruity sourness, followed by a scent of wood, pepper and horse blanket. Taste is superdry with a light malt body. Bretty with an acidulous fruitness, lemon peel, spices and a light tartness. A palate-cleanser. Spices and tart fuits in the ending. Fresh and quenching, good drinkability

A refined sour that tastes much like an Oud Bruin. The beer pours a reddish brown color with amber highlights and a dissipating head that leaves little lacing. The aroma is sweet and fruity, lemons, apples, grapes, barley. The flavor is rich and deeper than expected. There’s a medium acidity with a healthy oak flavor. The flavors meld quite well for an Oud Bruin, but I really haven’t had many. The feel is relatively light. The alcohol is well-hidden. It’s another sour that makes me wish sours were cheap and plentiful because I could drink it all night.

Bottle shared at a BA tasting - I’ve also seen it at City Beer in SF. Cloudy dark brown color with an off-white head. Aroma somewhat funky with brett and also sweet caramel malt. Flavor malty and fairly tart, yet also a bit sweet, with caramel, oak, and dark fruits. Body medium, somewhat dry on the finish. Pretty good overall but not a standout.

Batch 346/348. Bottle from coyotehunter. Pours a murky orangish brown with a small off white head and lace throughout. Lots of lactic acid, spices, oak on the nose. Flavor is tart and sour at first but has a nice rounded sweetness brought on by the malts and spices that rounds it out very nicely. Nice, refreshing and semi-light mouthfeel.

Bottle. Poured dark brown with a beige head. Aroma was full of sour notes, specifically apples and grapes with a slight smokey undertone. Flavor was very tart with apple and grape notes and a slight bitterness.

750ml bottle. Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Smells nicely of sour apples and some wood, followed by a hint of barnyard. Taste is similar with notes of hops, some tart cherry and a little dark fruit with a light alcohol burn in the finish. Drys out a bit at the end. Pretty good...better than I expected.

750mL: rich dark brown appearing brew with a very mild white head with very little retention. some oakiness and sour notes to the nose. mild hop presence, initial main flavor is some tartness/sourness followed by the first tinge of oakiness then some fruity yeast flavors and a lingering oak and alcohol flavor. very dry finish, but there is some malt flavor that is present, which is pretty rare for jolly pumpkin. perfectly fermented beer and the oak is proudly evident, but not overbearing. very good brew.

Finally trying this bottle. Not quite sure what took so long. Poured an opaque brown color with a nice head. Aroma is tart and fruity, maybe some sour berries if you think about it. Taste is sourdough, definite oak, some sweet malt, and an acidic dry finish. A very relaxed funky biere de garde, well done as usual.