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Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars

Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars - Bière de Garde

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Bière de Garde

Dexter, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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3243.77/5.03.75/5.0Winter7%98.7Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
A sustaining beer that is brewed to comfort in the gusty ides of March and welcome in a wealth of warmer weather.
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 Ungstrup (14758), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 30, 2007  
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.


 Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
May 1, 2007  
(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


 yespr (11649), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 14, 2009  
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.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 1, 2007  
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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Name: Beer de Mars
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


 argo0 (6861), Washington DC, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Dec 23, 2005  
(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.


 Emil (6075), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
May 4, 2007  
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.


 thewolf (5662), Kolding, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 1, 2009  
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!


 Rastacouere (5551), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 28, 2005  
Deep rubyish earthy auburn. Mostly lasting off-white head with initial interesting lacing. Extremely fruity nose with a vinous alcohol protuberance. Grapes, wood and berries are obvious, the barrel giving it an edges over your average flemish sour attempt. Not very sour from the nose, but this is worked around in mouth, the woody tartness works well with the fruits and there is indeed an array of undescribable yeasty funky effects, battery acid, branches, wild fruits, though how they work well together I’m not sure, they sure make up more astringency than I wish for. Drying out nicely on the palate though, I suspect this is better from an aged bottle, because for now, it is fairly chaotic. Medium body, astringent, cleaning carbonation.



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