Jolly Pumpkin La Roja Grand Reserve

fanatstic smell with a flavor that doesn’t stand up to such an amazing aroma. sour and crispy, malty. Bottle from Ryan Blanksi’s Sourfest- Hollywood, Florida.

Good lord this was delicious. Brownish pour. Aroma is full of bourbon, sour cherries, fruit vinegar, wood and maybe some vanilla. Flavor is sweet tart, vanilla, wood, bourbon, just delicious. Really well done. This was a bottle of the original batch. And it is still amazing

Batch 1. Thanks to Sprinkle for sharing! Muddy dark amber pour. Fizzy thin head. Vinegar, cherry, and vinous notes. Medium bodied. Sour cherries, lactic acid, oaky tannins, and dry. Really tasty stuff and almost puch you in the face sour!!!

Batch 48 ( 32 months in oak) thanks to Americanbrew. Pours with only a slight froth over a murky amber brown body. Vinous aroma fills the room at a distance. On closer inspection bourbon, oak, dark fruits, lactic, and acidic notes become apparent. There is a lot of depth here, tons of earthy notes, vanilla, caramel, cherry, rum cake, leather, fusel. Very complex! Taste is super dry, super acidic, and super tart. Tons of red wine and oaky bourbon notes in the incredibly long finish. Lemon, cherry. Very complex and with overpowering acidity. Powerful vinegar and acidic mouthfeel, cranberry like acid and tartness. Very low carbonation, exceptionally dry. Similar to the La Folie 750’s in style and sourness, but finishes drier and with less balance and complexity.

I had this beer on tap at Beachwood BBQ’s sour beer fest. The bourbon barrel aging complements the sourness well. The taste is tart with some nice oakiness.

12 oz bottle, oak aged 32 months with a sticker that says batch 48. Cloudy brown with a few incidental bubbles. Nose is cider vinegar, toffee and sour cherry. Very aromatic, like model glue. Medium light with bracing tartness and a mild buzz. Taste is raw cranberry, green plum and oak. Long dry finish with a pucker. More sour than i prefer.

12/15/2007: Jolly Pumpkin La Roja Grand Reserve Special Oak Aged Blend is deep amber in color with a forthy light tan-colored head. It pours smoothly from the bottle. The arome is mellow and contains berry and a hint of the usual JP funkiness. This beer is a bit acidic and sweet with the halmark JP funkiness and must as well as some red wine characteristics. Overall this medium-bodied beer is very balanced and very smooth. Delicious!

12 fl. oz. black wax-sealed bottle shared by nvhall. Thanks Nick! Rating # for this beer.

This poured a dark amber color with a small off white head. Aroma was very sour, some cherries maybe, and some funk. Flavor was jsut incredible, extremely sour from the bret on top of tart fruit flavors and a melding sweetness from the bourbon as well. Damn good stuff.