Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars

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

Bottle from Ledger’s. Pours a dark ruby with a large, creamy beige head. Aroma of sour funk (light) over plummy fruit. Impression is tart. Full bodied with frothy carbonation. Flavor is barnyard mild, lightly tart, with cherries and/or red skinned plums. Finishes smooth, slightly tart, slightly Brett, slightly fruity, and incredibly delicious.

Dark amber hue in the glass. flavor is fruity tart. Carbonation keeps it interesting on the tongue. Very enjoyable, don’t share with your promiscuous beer friends, keep it to yourself.

Bottle, batch 346/348, bought at Ølbutikken and shared with Skinnyviking. Dark amber hue with a filmy layer. Tart aroma with notes of yeast. Rounded flavour of fruity tartness, caramel malts and spices. Quite lively carbonation. Slow building and a bit heavy to drink. Average to my palate and rating (Copenhagen, 17.05.2009).

Bottle (batch 346/348). Pours a cola like color with a rootbeer head and thick aromas that I can pick up at a distance. Sweetness, earthiness and tartness/funk are all there... almost like brown sugar got left in a barn overnight. I really liked this one... it is fairly thin, but the barrel and funky yeast go nicely together and make this a perfect drink for summer. Kind of zesty and refreshing, while still being very interesting.

Bottle. Dark copper pour with beige head. Aroma is fruity, rich and with woody sourness. Flavor is the same, rich, nutty, tart and fruity, with a little bit of funkiness.

Bottle.

Robustly carbonated, deep brown, beautiful microbubble head emerging as it settles. I can’t imagine how this one could have been closer to expectations given the brewery and description on the bottle. That distinctive apple-funky JP character throughout, with a nice oak-vanilla balance. Rather dark and sweet - caramel and brown sugar - for the style, not sure I’d really have called this as a Biere de Garde. Nice enough to drink, though, even if it is something of a mishmash.

Bottle thanks to americanbrew. The smell is malts, caramel, spices, yeast, and fruits. The look is muddy look, brownish color, and a decent beige head. The taste is tart, earthy, yeast, fruits, and spices.

Bottle. High lasting off-white head. Clear red brown body. Sour fruity malty caramel aroma and flavor. Heavily carbonationed. Low carbonation. Long bitter aftertaste.