Jolly Pumpkin Lambicus Dexterius

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Dexter, Michigan USA

FoBAB 2009. This poured a golden amber body nearly bereft of head. The aroma was earthy barnyard scents, vinegar, and molding cheeses. A dirty sourness was added to the flavor along with hints of old wood and a subtle stone fruitiness. Very nice.

FoBAB ’09, pours hazed golden with white head. nose of vanilla, brett, oak, acid, and lots of vinegar. flavors are very sharp vinegar sourness, oak and grapefruit juice, a bit cheesy in the finish. very low carbonation.

I started drooling when I saw this in the booklet as I made my way into FoBAB 09. Apparently, they sent a couple bottles of this random beauty. An unblended lambic from Jolly Pumpkin? Worth the price of admission ALONE. Got a pretty nice pour too. Dark gold with some bubbles on tap. Big, dank, stinky lambic aroma. Wood, vinnegar, a bit of funky cheese and horseblanket. Some fruit as well. Very tart flavor, sour, earthy funk. Had a cheese funk thing going on as well. Oddly, even the beer novices with me really dug this one. Slick mouthfeel. I remember very little carbonation. This beer makes you feel proud of America, as it stands toe to toe with any unblended I’ve had from Belgium.

Sampled at FoBAB 2009. Pours a hazy bit of a darker gold, nice small white head that dies to a few white bubbles. Aromas are fruity, sour and sweet mix well, a touch of vinegar, wet wood, a touch of vanilla, underneath with a slight cherry feel. Initial is very tart, lemon and grapefruit, vinegar, sour, wet wood and funkiness, this beer is a true definition of unblended. Finish is acidic, lactic, wet wood and a pretty strong tartness. Very nice indeed.

From the bottle at FoBAB ’09 - Excellent surprise, and the second stop of the day. Pours clear and gold with a nominal head. Funky notes of wet straw and earth compliment the acetic and lemon aromas. Flavor is puckeringly sour with a dry oak finish. Mouthfeel isn’t nearly as spritely as expected, but still very drinkable. Lambics are a natural fit for JP, so I can’t wait to see what else develops.

Huge thanks to Ron for sending this one to FOBAB. Second stop of the fest. Couldn’t wait to try this one. Pours clear orange with almost no head. Aroma was oak, funk, barnyard and vinegar. Taste was quite acidic, nicely integrated funk and backing oak, rather thick and oily, nice lasting acidic finish. Probably could use a little more carbonation overall. I will be excited to see how this lambic project develops overall. Really nice first impression though.

FOBAB- third beer tasted. Pours a clear orange with pretty much no head. Notes of Funk, earth, plastic, cat piss, wood, and mold. Not as intense as cantillon iris, but much more drinkable. The heavy dose of plastic was a little offputting to me, but these rustic in your face unblended lambics are still pretty exciting. Go America!

FoBAB 09. Pretty excited to try this one. Pours a clear orange with no head. The nose is delicate, complex, and inviting. Sweet sugars, leathery citrus fruits, earthy, hay, funky, a touch of vinegar, and a touch of oak. Smooth body, little carbonation. Tart earthy oak flavors. Leathery citrus and acid blends well with the oak. Smooth and really well balanced, especially after all of the acid in duck duck Finishes dry with citrus, acid, and oak.