Jolly Pumpkin La Roja

Pours a cloudy oranger amber with some suspended yeast in it. The head is rather thin and leaves no laceing along the sides of the glass. I dont even have to put my nose to it to get a good aroma. It has some lemon grass and a salty funk, and there is some traces of red wine vinegar. As you sip on the beer it is rather interesting in the fact that it is very bitter on the tip og your tounge. there is also some salty funky along the sides of your mouth. This is a exactly what te style says it is sour. there is not much furit or other herbal flavors in it. Although it is very good since i do enjoy sour stuff.

750 ml bottle. Pours a nearly opaque amber, bordering on brown. Lots and lots of head. It has a sour/funky aroma like other JP beers, with some berry. I’m starting to love that JP scent. A lot of carbonation. Taste has a lot of sour apple, with a bit of malt. Some caramel at the end. Medium mouthfeel. Very nice.

750ml bottle. Blend 11 2007. Served in a Duvel tulip. Poured a hazy amber/brown with a low head. Really nice fruity aroma with some sour cherries and anise. Starts out tart and fruity, but not nearly as sour as the aroma would suggest. Effervescent mouthfeel. There is some woody flavors and vanilla in the finish. Hint of spice. Interesting take on the style.

Dirty-beige, good head, fast gone over dark hazy red-amber beer, with plummeting UFO’s. Brett nose, wet (cherry)wood, cherrystones, and some moorplants (bog myrtle?). Soft, mild, but very present (red) fruit - not necessarily cherries, rather strawberries. Less Brett in the taste, faint (fruity) sourness. Wood especially retronasal - bit of woodstripper and dried fruits. Extremely carbonated without becoming fizzy. Surprisingly light bodied, but not empy. Definitely one of the best tries/batches I’ve had from J.P. A sour ale to challenge the best Belgians. Thanks to CK!

Bottle: blend 11; 2007. Pours a dark amber with an off white head. Aroma is sour with fruit and a touch of caramel. The taste was different from what I was expecting as it jumped at mesince I was expecting more amber and less sour. It was full of sour apple, other fruit (maybe berries) and oak.

750 pours a murkey red brown with a monster head and sticky lace. The aroma is yeasty and sour. The flavor is sour, grapefruit, spicy, lemon tart, and actually quite smooth. The palate is medium and carbonated. It seems to be a table beer for a heavy meal. As it warms it shows a bit of a berry - wood thing. Overall, interesting.

Bottle. Foamed out gently upon opening. Poured out a huge off-white head, red-amber body, little lacing. Aroma was citrus, malts, rich potent and slightly sour. Flavor was in line sour fruit notes, the malt in this is dominate by a spicy sour upfront bite. Medium bodied with lingering tartness.

Bouteille de 750 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de petits fruits sûrettes. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée foncée voilée. Présence d’un large col crémeux beige avec une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de petits fruits et de raisins avec une pointe de noix. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture vineuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présences d’épices en arrière goût. (Rating #1409)