 lb4lb (1281), Austin, Texas, USA
May 8, 2008
Pours bright and cloudy orange. Tart sour orange smell with light vinegar. Taste is super mild, lightly funky and not really tart at all. Faintly fruity, but rather dull and boring, in fact. Fizzy mouthfeel and some mild bittering hops. Not impressed...
GarrettB (368), Centennial, Colorado, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Next from Jolly Pumpkin is the Luciernaga. The pour gives a thick tan and tangerine head that shows no sign of fizzling down after a sizeable wait. The beer itself is an eclipsed orange and brown with a blizzard of bubbles. While the head never really dissolves, it slowly breaks down into a fascinating block of bubbly ruins and castle turrets. The aroma is rich and soft, though the aromas themselves are from sharper things - tobacco, leather, fried food, scotch, butter, dandelions, pepper, Jalapenos and a little lemon. Rich, but very desert and Southern hemisphere, without the creams and sweets I typically enioy. The taste features these same kind of "musty" flavors", like shoe leather, tobacco, peppers and scotch again, and the acquired taste of olive. I like it, but it’s odd. A bit old mannish in its appeal, but for that very same reason, distinctive and sophisticated.
tagz (287), USA
Jul 4, 2008 gusher. pours dark amber brown with sticky frothy head. has that jolly pumpkin profile - lightly tart, musty and dry. moderate bitter hop. some light spice on exhale if you’re looking for it. the flavors are subtle all around, which would make it a nice sessionable belgian if it didn’t cost so much. an excellent beer, no doubt, but for the money i think i prefer bam, roja and golden a bit more.
sneagrams3 (1343), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Jul 3, 2008 Tasted 6/22/08. 750ml bottle. Hazy with a golden amber hue. Two fingers of bone white head. Woody, tart raspberry aromas. Green apples and spices. Rather medium bodied with a tart palate. Big effervescence. Citrus notes. Slightly burnt malt character. Muted hops. Nice palate switch between the tart and sweet. Mildly sour with a higher drinkability.
crowderm (154), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Jun 28, 2008 Hazy orange with a massive white head. Aroma is wheat, citrus, hay, spice, tied together with a nice overarching sour ale quality. Taste is pretty similar, with the spice/sourness becoming the most prominent flavors. Very smooth, yet the finish is clean and dry. Very nice beer.
sirpsycho (156), Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 22, 2008 Bottle. Pours a hazy orange, nice fluffy white head. Aroma is a little funky and citrusy. Flavor is a little sour and very Wit-like, almost like an Imperial Wit (if there were one). Orange, lemon and spice dominate the flavor profile. dry and bitter on the finish. I’ll buy this one again.
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