Jolly Pumpkin E.S. Bam

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Bitter
Dexter, Michigan USA

Clear reddish amber with a massive light tan head. Be sure to pour this one slowly. Smells like birch, fresh hops, straw, vanilla, clove, and apricot. Lively on the palate with very fine carbonation, crisp and clean. Not much on the front end in terms of flavor, but the finish is clean fresh hops. The beer tastes a bit watery but not in an unpleasant way. There’s this fatty mouthfeel at the end that reminds me of Samuel Smith beers. Not bad, good for summer or spring on a hot day if you want to drink a light beer with a hoppy backbone.

(on bottle) nice chestnut color, bright white head. Woodt feel in the mouth, slightly harsh/sour. Has a distinct sloe tartness. Tastewise not that big; whole barley and a tad of smoke. Small waterish and malted finish, with hints of bret.

Bottle 75cl.
[ Batch 288/289 ]. Clear medium to dark amber color with a large, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, nutty, light to moderate hoppy, grapefruity, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet, light light acidic and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average duration and a dry finish. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081028]

Bottle. Dark amber, clear with a foamy ½” head. Nose-grapefruit, good funk, light sour, apple juice. Taste-light funk, chardonnay, wood, unbitter tannins, tea leaves, funk is really on the background, unsweet apple juice, muted aroma hops in the background. All the flavors are really nice, but the whole thing is kind of thin. I would appreciate more aggressiveness.

0.75 l bottle at Konttori, Tampere. Hazy amber color with creamy head. Sweetish aroma with strawberry, horsey brett, grapefruit and grassy dry hops. Bitter and horsey flavor with strawberry, grapefruit, grassy hops and fruity bitterness. Dry flavor yet soft oily mouthfeel. Tasty orval like beer.

(Sample Date: 11/30/2008 Source:Other) Sampled at 3rd Annual Richmond Industry Gathering. Big brett nose with some woodiness. Clear light golden. Sour with some floral hop notes. Finish is quite dry with moderate residual bitterness.

Bottle on 11/30/2008 at the 3rd Annual Richmond Industry Gathering. Clear copper body with a large frothy off-white head. Sour, funky light hop aroma. Big sour flavor with a dry bitter background. Medium light body with high carbonation.

Amber color with a med-lg head. Classic bam aroma with some nice sour/wildness, brettiness, citrus, and funk. Flavor is again classic Bam (as good as any regular Bam batch I’ve had) but a bit more hoppyy/peppery/citrusy with a crisp finish. Awesome.