Jolly Pumpkin La Roja Grand Reserve

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Sour Red/Brown
Dexter, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Killer beer here! Nose is great sweet and smooth sour, nice cherry and raspberry. Great sour smooth flavor with plenty of sour cherry and some dark fruit. Nice funk and tartness. Nice smooth light body. Definitely drinkable.

Bottle shared with Adam in NH - thanks amigo! Pours hazy red with a frothy, white head. Big tart, hammy fruit nose. Medium sweet flavor, quite acetic, with candy fruit suckers, cherries - pretty sour stuff. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Good tartness on the finish with acetic burn, raspberries and cherries. Tart, solid. Nice.

deep amber .. medium head, lacing was good .. . slick depth .. . aftertaste is awesome .. thats the way to to do it, very nice beer .. . . i was born to lick your face..

Bottle. Pours a hazy amber net with a nice, of white head. Aroma had oak, apple and some wine or port notes. Flavor is quite sour, pal does not return in the flavor. Quite sour, fresh and nice.

Trade from deyholla. Batch 438/439. 7-25-2011 bottle date. Poured 2-20-13. Pours cloudy red with no head at all. Smells like the regular La Roja with a bit more vinegar. Bit of dry oak present for sure. Sour cherries. Bit of paint thinner. Mellow mouthfeel explodes into strong but smooth sour notes. Cherry vinegar that finishes very dry. A nice beer, very low carbonation. Not sure if the oak did all that much here.

11.2 ounce in a Hill Farmstead glass. Thanks Beau for sending this over. Enjoyed with Leighton.

A - Caramel / Amber appearance. Hard to get more than a thin line of head that fades to a small level of lacing

S - Nose is heavily lacto with lots of Cider Vinegar. Hints of cherries, raisins and peaches. Lots of sort of earthy sweet and tart fruits on the nose. Tons of vinegar.

T - Nice. Lots of cherries, grape skins and a hint of ropiness. Burnt sugar and tart funkiness in the middle. Finish is vinegar lingering bomb. I bet this beer would cure heartburn in an instant.

M - Medium carbonation and body. Very dry, high in tannins.

O - This is a great beer. 12 ounces is a perfect size for sure! any more and it would be tongue numbing.

Squat bottle acquired via trade from Scubarex. Thanks, Russ! A rate post an amazing night out with the crew. Pours a well hazed deep copper brown hue, healthy glow, healthy haze, frothy offwhite head rings atop and laces small. Aromas are sour cherries, gentle red wine that grows. Some lactic sourness, some yogurt, red wine balsamic, and tart cherries. Gentle carmelized and bready malts, rich oak presence. Big cherries and red wine as it settles. Initial is lighter end of the fold, big barrel, red wine presence. Touches of balsamic but really a big red wine presence, cherry and especially cherry skin starts to follow up. Some carmelized, bready, and biscuity malts give that just faint touch of body. Firm sourness kinda tapers out, big red wine presence gives good flavors, a bit more of a mellow flavor into the beer. Sourness comes in spurts, definitely a bit more assertive than regular La Roja. But, it’s not out of hand like you’d expect from many American sours. Not acedic or rough. Well done. Backend and finish show touches of red wine, vinegar, oak and vanilla. That girthy touch of malt in the middle and up front still kinda keeps this beer honest. Well done as far as age, and it’s desirability. Pretty fun beer.. amazed it took me so long to try this (and that THIS.. of all the Grand Reserves.. is the last one I had to try!). Cheers!

Bottle shared at Chad’s birthday. Amber pour with little to no head. Aroma is tart cherries. Taste is kinda woody, more tart cherries, alcohol, and kinda sour.

Drank at thirdeye11’s birthday party. The beer pours an amber color with a small head. The aroma has a lot of tartness up front, with some sour apple and cherry notes mixed in. The flavor is very similar. I get some oak and cherry notes as well as a good bit of tartness. There is also some leather in the flavor. A nice sour beer. Glad I got to try it.

Honestly this was dissapointing. Poured a flatish amber pour with little to no head. Aroma is vanilla, cherry, vinegar. Taste is watery vinegary with notes of oak and some fruit. Bourbon is there but the flavors are not cohesive or complete. Feels like something is missing.