Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars

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

Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is very sweet with strong notes of caramel and alcohol, as well as light spicy notes. The flavor is sweet with hints of acidity from brettanomyces and with notes of fruits - I pick up passion fruit and pineapples, leading to a dry bitter end that also hides notes of wood.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of sk8viking. Hazy, orangey golden with a beige head. Acidic, woody aroma with some "noble rot" - very much like a Flemish Sour. Medium body with extremely dy caramel accents, overripe fruit and flowers. The finish is both acidic and bitter. Very delicate indeed. 290407

75 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a short lasting tan head. Aroma is sour, fruity and slight wooden to sulphorish. That sourness in Jolly Pumpkin beers really remind me about infections rather than complex wild brett fermentation. Fruity, sulphorish and slight wooden flavoured. Vague peppery and yeasty flavoured. Hint of cherry like notes. Dry, mild sulphorish and acidic finish.

Bottle 75cl. @ home.
Clear medium red amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, berry, grape, red wine, wood - oak, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, and aa dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090811]

Name: Beer de Mars
Date: 01/27/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cask Eve, 2006

clear amber, whispy white head, sweet malt aroma with some hot alcoholic spices, sweet malt flavor, a touch of oaky character, slight sourness, balanced by some nice spices,
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Date: 04/27/2006
Mode: cask
Source: brewery

big tart and spicy aroma, creamy body, big rich malt flavor with plenty of tartness, lots of complex character, a very nice smooth cask character,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

(750ml bottle, thanks Barry) Hazy copper body with big off-white head. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, yeasty, spice, caramel, light funk. Taste is medium sweet, some earthy, light wood, metallic. Light-medium body.

Bottle. Hazy amber colour with a medium beige head. Malty, light acid, dried fruits aroma and taste. Medium body with a dry light acid finish.

Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Pours hazy light brown with a nice, staying, creamy beige head. Aroma has notes of raspberries, brett, light roasted notes, oak, apples and a slight pepperiness. Highish, prickly carbonation, fine and light mouthfeel. Flavour has brett, oak, super dryness, light apple. Some roasted notes in the background with some milky chocolate and grapes. This is the winter beer, morphing into a spring beer. Nice!