Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars

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

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.

pours a mahogony color w/ visable carbonation and a small white head w/ some decent lacing. swet light aroma w/ an odd yeast a hint of lemon rind some very light spice and a floral hop. Even palate good coat and some nice feel, a touch light. Flavor is definatelly a biere de garde the yeast and some light sweetness and some light spices. A very easy flavor floral hop seems to dominate. Pretty good.

750 from Schroppfy. Brown/deep amber in color with a medium-large off white head. Aroma: Mild to moderate funk with molasses and alot of dark fruits, almost like some jolly ranchers in the background. Taste is malty with caramel and earthy yeast, mild to moderately funky with brett- tart fruit. In the background is some wood and vanilla. Medium bodied- Smooth and well rounded.

750-HUGE thanks to TAR for bringing this one to the DLD06 gathering (your a gentleman and a scholar!). bright copper with a small soapy white head. tropical nose with a nice oaky/woody undertone (like most of the jolly pumpkin line). some nice citric qualities as well (light). very tart finish, the most tart for all the Jolly pumpkin beers i have had to date. This is a pretty good Biere De Garde, but i think La Roja is a tad better (more balanced).

Sampled during the First Annual Stone Sour Fest. Earthy aromas. Some tartness on the nose as well. Flavors were citrusy with some spice. Some Alcohol flavors on the finish. Just OK.

Light, clear red-auburn. Thin, wispy head, barely present. Nose is wondrously good, great promise here. Acidic, lightly oaky, just the right kiss of sourness--this is a great, great smelling beer. The brett is there as well, just a bit of funk, nice balance of the yeast, wood, and sourness, really intriguing. Regrettably, the flavor can’t even vaguely begin to live up to the promise of the nose. First impression is an overly thin and watery beer, very little carbonation, just does not stick in the mouth at all. Very lightly tart, bit like concentrated grapefruit. Some vanilla and oak. Vaguely acidic, but not much going on. After how lovely this one smelled, an incredibly, incredibly disappointing beer.

Batch 2, June 2006.
Mostly translucent and copper-orange in color with a few bubbles skirting to the sides, leaving wispy lacing tracts along the way. The nose is ensnared with oaken buoyancy, bitter orange peel, coriander, orange & cotton blossoms, perfumey muskiness and peppered citric toffee chews. Flavor is very oaky this time around. Orange marmalade and honeydew cohort with Parisian danishes. Bitter sweetness tells tunes of curacau and coriander. Mild tart acidity meets nectarine Jolly Ranchers. Medium-bodied and damn right refreshing, though exhibiting tamed carbonation throughout. Pils malt authenticity teams with a stale, musky hopiness. Wholesome clementine sweetness comes through in the finish with a sweet humming marmalade on rye afterlife. This is not one of the tannic, brett-bellied brews of Rons, giving ample proof that he can control the bacteria if he so chooses.

Batch 1, August 2005.
Pour a hazy caramel brown color with an oily head and some tan dust streaks. Aroma unfolds with anise, caramel, sour mash and orange peel. Quite the alluring cacophony of flavors. Flavors springboard from the aroma, reacquainting ourselves with anise, caramel, peat, grain, sour figs and crushed bing cherries. Mellowed oak keeps the traditionally high-pitched Flanders sour nodes running subtlety and smoothly. Some nutmeg, oranges and caramel in the finish. Bless this brewery.

Bottlefrom Knightly Sprits in Orlando! Thanks Alan! Batch 256. Tart fruity aroma. Tart green apples and a funky twist! I really enjoyed This!