Jolly Pumpkin La Roja

750ml bottle-pours a dissipating light tan head and hazy amber/brown color. Aroma is vinegar/tart fruit. Taste is vinegar/tart fruit-cherry, oak/grain, some medium malt. Not my style, but with cherry pie, nicer.

Bottle. High creamy and long lasting light brown head. Hazy orange red to brown body. Spicy fruity hoppy aroma with notes of alcohol. Complex flavor of mild fruits, rhybarb and cherries I think, and spices with low carbonation, fair amount of hops bitterness and a long bitter sweet aftertaste. Alcohol well hidden.

Pour is a murky brown with a average white head. Aroma is of red wine and vinegar with some tart cherry. Flavor is very tart with some red wine like qualities with a bit of cherry and other berry fruits. Finish leaves a wood smoke on the tounge but nothing over powering. I used to not care for sour ales but in the hands of the right brewer they can do amazing things.

Oozed upon opening. Red-amber color with a light, large-sized head, lots of lacing. Nose is acidic and slightly woody, berry fruit and caramel sweetness, dust, and coconut. The flavor is initially acidic and incredibly carbonated, but as it warms, sweet berries emerge to couple with dusty wood and strong yeast, cutting carbonation. Deliciously balanced and dry. Yum!

Still new to the sour GAYME. This was mighty nice and refreshing. A fun beer to drink and pick a part. The bottle is sexy as hell, and the beer is even sexier.

One of my favorites. Pours a very interesting color - looks like hazy carbonated molasses or maple syrup. Beyond carbonated in every case that I have partaken of this joyous beer. Aromas are of very light funk. No barnyard, just light sourness. Flavor is very light on the palate, extremely refreshing. A nice clean sourness accented with hints of various kinds of fruits (grapefruits and oranges come to mind) along with light oaking. Very well balanced and very refreshing. I would drink this beer any day, definitely an all-time favorite.

Pours a cloudy brownish color with a nice tan head. Aroma of cherry, molasses, sourness, yeasts, funk, spices. Flavor is sour cherry, woody barrely funky yeasty goodness, spices. Slightly sour at the finish, with some good barrely notes. Really refreshing sour ale, good stuff.

Blend #9, 2007

8/10/2008: La Roja Artisan Amber Ale has an aroma comprised of very sour and tart cherries with hints of spice, citrus, toffee. This beer appears to have an amber color with golden highlights and is hazy with a thin fizzy beige head that doesn’t stay around long. A caramel maltiness is accompanied by tart and sour fruit, floral notes (rose), and a hint of dry oak in the finish. This beer is definitely sour but not overly so as it doesn’t pucker the cheeks. The combination of base flavors is a bit like red wine mixed with cranberry juice and then injected is carbonation. In true Jolly Pumpkin form, the flavors are all really well-balanced with just the right amount of sourness and funky qualities. This beer has a medium-light to medium body with a very crisp and refreshing palate. Excellent. I bet this would pair nicely with turkey or chicken or really anything!

1 pt. 9.4 fl. oz. bottle (7.2% Alc/Vol) from Jungle Jim’s Internation Market in Fairfield, Ohio. Rating # for this beer...