Jolly Pumpkin Madrugada Obscura

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Very interesting and unique stout. Dark body, white head. Prominent coffee roasted malts aroma. Taste, though, has this additional sour Belgian yeast element, vinous, interesting.

Midnight pour with a creamy latte head that leaves a delicate coating inside of the glass. This one also shows the very distinct JP qualities with a tart cherry skin, lemon zest, unripened citrus and woodiness that accompanies the cocoa, roasted malt, and caramel goodness. Definitely the best sour stout I’ve tried. Others seem forced, but the balance here makes this not only drinkable but sought after. Will pick up another.

Draft at Hopleaf. Pours pitch black with a foamy, compact tan head. Aroma is that typical JP sour woodiness. taste is tart cherries, oak, wet wood, lemons, roasted malt nitterness and a balanced amount of funkiness. Bright sour finish. A really interesting beer that has a great baalnce between sourness and roasted bitter stout notes. Really well done and gets the award for best tap handle I’ve seen in awhile.

Black pour with a 1 finger, creamy tan head. Aroma of roast, roasted nuts, tart funkiness, chocolate, day old coffee, dark caramel, wet leather, green wood, tart, under ripe berries and earthy fallen leaves. Flavor is roast, nuts and chocolate up front, a hint of tartness comes in then along with earthy wood, light smoke, leather, then some dry earth, a little funk, burnt sugar, musty hay and light earthy pine. Medium body, off dry feel throughout with a slightly chalky feel, light, but sharp carbonation and slightly acidic feel. Good stuff, I would love to try more funky stouts, so far I think it is just this and New Glarus Old English Porter.

Tap. Clean dusty cocoa. Cream chocolate. Pleasant plummy twang. Dry. Good.

Batch 981 Bottled 02-07-2012 P: A pitch black abyss graced by a cappuccino micro bubble head that dissipates to a wake of air bubbles hiding the beast beneath. S: Typical JP funky yeast backed by rich bakers chocolate and cocoa powder. The aroma reminds me of a caramel Cadbury egg. Sweet prunes, berries and dry white grapes. T/M: Super sour and acidic start that is flanked by rich cherry brownies, chocolate covered berries, coffee liqueur and cookie wafers. Moderate acidic zesty body that prickles the tongue. O: An interesting beer that challenges the palate and questions the stout boundaries. I wasn’t sure about this at first and it took it a while to sink in. I like this for its complexity but not really something I would drink often.

From bottle at HOTB. Sour Coco Wheat! Funky and chocolatey nose with hints of coffee and molasses. Muddy coffee-brown with thin cocoa-colored lacing head. Medium body with silky carbonation. Tart stout with tons of cocoa powder and wonderfully tart finish. Smooth.

coffeecoloured small head that disappears quickly. coffecoloured beer. smells like red wine, oak, vanilla but also hints of chocolate. complex flavour that reminds of red wine followed by chocolate and toasted malt. sour aftertaste that reminds of sour red/brown. very very nice! the only pitty was this bottle was a gusher and i lost 1/3 of it, despite being at fridge temp. have to retry this beer asap with gusher-caution :)bottle 75cl / batch 981/ notes from backlog

Decent brew. Almost a bit of farmhouse funk in this stout. Well crafted but wouldn’t seek out again

Bottle thanks to jstax..Pour is a dark black with a tan head..Nose is roast,sweet chocolate, fruits, coffee, tartness..Taste is chocolate, roast, bugs, coffee, tart, coffee, brown sugar..Nice sweet palate with dry tart chocolate