Jolly Pumpkin La Roja

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

Compliments of doboy, along with DrBayern. Popped cherry, my first jolly pumpkin beer! Poured from 750 ml bottle a dark amber, very hazy forming a big head of foam that had big bubbles through out. Aroma of cranberries, tart fruits. Flavour was sweet, yet sour with tart fruit tones. This beer was fun to drink and experience!

750 ml bottle. (The bottle was in my cellar for over a year.) Poured hazy gold in color with a quickly diminishing white fizzy head. Aroma of brett funk, tart and sour citrus. Tastes of light oak, brett, earthy, citrus fruit, tart, mild spices, and light acidity. Finish is nice and dry.

brown beer with a thin sudsy halo of froth atop. nose was full of sour fruit, mostly apricot and a solid nail polish remover backing. flavors were sour but somewhat grainy with decomposing fruit notes, and a not so appealing watery texture with a somewhat grainy grapeskin astringency in the finish. in summary, tart and old fruit flavors with an astrigent ending,.. havent been too keen on jolly pumpkin but ill continue to look for one i like.

Pulled this one out for drbayern adn celticbrew after Uncle Steve headed for the barn. Sour ales are not my think, but this one was different. Poured a dark copper color with a fairly nice head. It started with a nice, fruity aroma. The fruity taste was almost wine like. It was just sour enough to dry out the taste and not pucker you for the rest of the day!

Blend 5, 2008. The pour is a murky brown with a short-lived tan head that quickly leaves behind a lonely island o’ foam in the glass. Aroma is tart cherry, wood, and caramel. Flavor is likewise schizophrenic. Sour (but not crazy acetic) and fruity with spicy notes, all built on a solid malt backbone. Incredibly enjoyable beer from one of Michigan’s finest.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy amber, small off-white head. Aroma is a combination of sweet and sour, fruit (coconut ?). Flavor is an almost wine-like sour, notes of spice, flower and oak. This is a great beer for someone who really loves wine, would be a great transition for them into the beer world. Well done.

Bottle... poured amber with thick head. Aroma of sourness with a hint of sweetness. Flavor is thin, with sour fruits and acid. Very good beer, and thoroughly enjoyable.

Bottle labeled Blend 7, 2008. Extremely fizzy, bubbled out the bottle when opened despite having sat untouched on a counter for an hour. Pours a very cloudy deep red amber with thick off white head. A beautiful beer in the glass. Sweet and sour fruit and malty caramel nose. Mouthfeel is so-so, a bit thin and with more carbonation tingle than I like. Flavor is full of sour fruit, ending in a rich caramel and a woody, almost roast flavor. Somehow balances very nicely - I often have mixed feelings on sour/fruity brews, but this I like.