 kp (8600), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Name: La Roja - Grande Reserve
Date: 06/08/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
dark clear amber, sweet tart aroma with a huge alcoholic tartness, sweet tart oaky flavor, lots of oak, and more oak, lots of tart oak, did I mention the oak?
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
UnsofistaCat (222), Garden City, Michigan, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 30, 2007 Updated: Oct 8, 2007I really couldn’t tell much of a difference from the regular roja. I would have to sit them both down in front of me. But, read my review of the regular roja and add to this one that I thought it was amazingly more delicious for reasons that I can’t explain.
sersdf (1000), chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 28, 2007 thanks cmubeerman. a mild JP. not super sour. not a lot of wood character. pretty much the normal la roja without as much bite. hard to say whether that makes it better or worse.
Zeswaft (1000), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 26, 2007 I made a vow to never drink another jolly pumpkin beer but here we are. Luckily la roja was one of the few JP’s that i wasn’t repulsed by. This one i think is actually less noxious than that. the sour viniger flavors aren’t as obnoxious in this. that being said, there wasnt much going on.
Dunk (35), SoCal, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 24, 2007 Cloudy amber in color with frothy head. Nice funky nose with some oak / vanilla coming through. Medium body with flavors of fruit, nutty malt, vanilla with distinct sourness and wood. Nice - quite different from the regular version.
argo0 (7044), Washington DC, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 23, 2007 (12oz bottle) Medium beige head atop fleck-filled deep amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, wood, cherry sourness, some caramel, light bourbon. Taste is mild sweet, sour cherry, wood, vanilla/bourbon. Effervescent medium body with moderate acidity. Decent, but I much prefer the regular La Roja -- even though the bourbon aging doesn’t overwhelm the wonderful beer underneath, it certainly does it no favors.
bb (2976), Martinez, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 18, 2007 Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Great tart, musty, citric aroma. Tart flavor with green apple and malt and just a bit of bourbon barrel way in the background. Medium body. LIngering tartness and apple. Great beer.
fordest (1954), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 16, 2007 Sampled during the First Annual Stone Sour Fest. On Cask. Advertised as JP LR Select. Cloudy orangish brown with a huge head. Lots of nice molassas on the aroma. Flavors were a bit of nuttiness, some caramel and vanilla, a bit of bandage, and a huge alcohol burn. Not sure if the high alcohol intensity was because it was on cask or what????
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