Jolly Pumpkin La Roja

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

Pours a beautiful red color with a nice short lived off-white head. Aroma is sour, a bit of wood and cherries. Flavor is wonderful. Definitely sour, but not mouth puckering, and the fruit hints in there add a nice bit of complexity. Something else in there I’m having a hard time defining, but I want to say it almost tastes like cut mahogany smells? Not quite right, but man, this is a good beer.

Very unique. Tried this one with scotch4281. Somewhat wine like in acidity but comes through smooth. Nice balance of sour and fruit.

(USA) Courtesy of AFI96, thanks waylo !! Pours a nice dark amber color with a med white head. Aroma is of caramel, and some sour cherries. The taste is tart with a hint of vanilla. This was a pretty good ale, i would drink this again.

When I was drinking this beer, the first impression I got was that it was sour. Then it reminded me of drinking wine like a chardonnay or something along those lines. I would drink this again.

murky, muddy brown red, with a slight, wheaty color head. aromas of dark stone fruit, and a sour, vegetal earthiness. Slightly acidic-sourness is carried by the carbination to give a cherry and cranberry fruit note at the front. A tart oakiness comes right behind to start a biscuity dry finish, thou the sourness lingers.

Broke this one out to cap off a night of IPA tasting. Pours deep red with a big off-white head. Smells of sour cherries & banana, very fruity. Taste is similar with a dollop of caramel and some sourness. Nice light, refreshing mouthfeel. Pretty good.

Pours a cloudy amber-brown with a medium creamy off white head. Aroma is tart dark fruit, acidic-vinegary, woody yeast. Flavour is nice and tart,woody-spice aggressively carbonated, light sour cherry and vanilla. LIngering fruit tones.

750 into sniffer: "Blend #8, 2007." First thing first: I don’t know whether this was because of how JP bottles this batch, how Whole Foods stored it, or how I stored it, but when I opened this it exploded with foam and the foam literally kept pillowing out uncontrollably untill one third of the bottle had "blown off." This pissed me off very much. Anyways... on to the rating. Dark brown pour with reddish tint and a big white head. Doesn’t smell like much: notes of sour vinegar and some funky citrus deep down. The flavor is soft and subtle: sour vinegar with strange tangyness on the finish that is quite pleasant. I;m still new to sours and don;t really know how to explain whats going on with their flavors. However, I can explain that the flavor seemed to come on a bit late. It doesn’t linger too long either. The flavor is strange, but soft and unoffensive with no alcohol flavor. This brew is medium bodied and pretty smooth on the palate with a light tingly carbonation presence. Overall: this beer and its style are definitely unique and worth a try to anyone who wants a rounded and true beer experience.