Jolly Pumpkin La Roja

750 ml bottle, shared with my lovely girlfriend ove a picnic dinner in the park. Pour a redish amber with a nice fruity nose. flavor was tart fruity witha big of spice. very well balenced and drinkable. yum.

an nice cherry sour ale. The acidity was a bit flatter than I was expecting and hoping, and overall, it needed a bit more sharpness. That said, a very drinkable and accessible beer in this catagory.

Botle. Dark amber brown pour with a thick head. Sour smell of fruit and wood. Sour taste of fruit and yeast. Not bad

(750 ml bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/portland/downeast-beverage-co/974.htm target=blank>Downeast Beverage Co., cellared for 10 mos. after purchase) Pours cloudy dark amberish-brown with two fingers of rather thick and sturdy-looking biege head that slowly recedes to about 1/8" and stays. Aroma is sourness with some wood. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth, lightly pebbly and a medium amount of heft. Thick rather sturdy rings of lacing. Flavor is basically just sour and moderated somewhat by wood. Wood doesn’t seem like oak. Getting a briney pickle juice flavor as well - could this have been in an old pickle barrel? Also getting flavor like a yeasty coating from the inside of the barrel. Overall reminded me a little of LaFolie but can’t quite put it in that class.

Reddish brown pour with very light head (maybe I didn’t pour it well?). Aroma of cherries, wood....almost smells like a light cabernet, call me crazy. Tastes like sour cherries/berries/grapes with a bit of a woody character, probably due to the aging. Interesting beer at the very least, though not something I’d likely seek out at its price of $11/750ML

Clear brown body with a red shine, beige head; The initial aromas are very Belgium sour, behind it it is a little to dirty and wooden; Super fresh balanced slightly sour body; Very long mellow quite lemon peel acidy finish, it never really disappears but simply very slowly dissolves itself , lots of character and a character that I really enjoy, not simple nor easy going, but still very very drinkable.

Pours a reddish amber color with big creamy head. Sour fruit in the aroma, and definitely some sour apple in the flavor. A very unique beer, like nothing I’ve ever had before.

Pours a very cloudy orange colour with a medium off-white head that leaves some spotty lacing. The aroma is enticing and complex, with tart cherries, wood, lemon zest, nougat, barnyard funk, dilute vinegar all overlain with a salty crust. The flavour really displays the spicy, funky belgian yeast stain, tasting sharp, acetic and peppery. The mid palate flavours feature caramel sweetness, sour passion fruits, wood and vanilla, grassy hops, and vinegar, all meaded together to create a bright, refreshing, salty flavour profile. The finish and aftertaste bring fourth flavours of wood, nougat and tart apples that are absent in the intitial flavour. The body is medium in thickness and watery feeling on the palate, with a dry, slightly alcoholic finish.