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Jolly Pumpkin Madrugada Obscura

Jolly Pumpkin Madrugada Obscura - Stout

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Stout

Dexter, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4183.67/5.03.66/5.0Winter8.1%93.5English pint
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Commercial Description:
A Belgian inspired stout that is as dark as a moonless midnight, brimming of roasted malts and bitter hops. It will keep you good company in all places, be thay light or dark.
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hellomisterp (32), Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/519/20
Oct 29, 2009  
22.5 oz. Batch 266. Explosion from the start!! roasty aroma that that has notes of sour grapes. A nice bitter start with great coffee taste. To my delight this one surprised me with a very tart finish and no signs of the 8.1 ABV. This is a well crafted beer. Delicious.


 patrickfannon (271), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Oct 29, 2009  
Bottle. 22.5 oz. Pours opaque brown with a thick, firm, beige head. Aroma of coffe, chocolate roasted malts, grapes, cinnamon, and clove. Full, smooth mouthfeel, with a slight warming tingle. Heavy, solid finish. Excellent stout from Jolly Pumpkin.


 nickd717 (1276), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Bottle shared by mfielden - thanks, Mark! Black in color with nice creamy head that settles to a film, with a little lacing. Aroma is somewhat lactic with roast, caramel, and some hops. Flavor is roasty and tart (seems lactic) with chocolate and some hops. Nice sharp but smooth palate with medium body and no booziness to speak of. Pretty good and interesting overall.


 thewolf (5623), Kolding, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Bottle, bought @ Ølbutiikken, Cph.
Pours lovely black with a fine, steady, creamy, beige head. Lots of coffee in the aroma, dark chocolate, light brett, caramel. Highish carbonation, fine dry mouthfeel. Flavour has lots of tartness at first. Then roasted malts, coffee and lovely dark chocolate. Quite harsh in its tartness, but it is somehow really lovely and easy-drinking still. The ABV is perfectly hidden.


 FunkyBrewster (435), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 29, 2009  
Batch 360/362. Pours black with a big pillowy light brown head. Aroma is very coffee and coffee bean, big chocolate malt, Very nice sharp fruity character. Flavor has a very strong black coffee note, sharp tart fruitiness balanced with the chocolate malt and leads to a lightly bitter and woody finish. The sharpness lingers for a bit and leaves the bitterchocolate flavor. Medium to full body and a soft carbonation. A nice stout that balances the sweet very well, I enjoyed the sharp tartness in the beer.


 curly (548), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Pours solid black with a substantial creamy light brown head. Aroma is a very fruity stout with peach, cherry, apricot, and also sweet chocolate with hop spice. Interesting taste, conflicting styles and neither dominates nor matches completely in unison with the other. Has a sort of sour Saison, Belgian taste with a light chocolate stout. Finishes with some roast characteristics.


 Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Sampled at the ’Butter’s Last Supper’ tasting. Batch 359/363. Pours a midnight black with good dark brown sustainable head. Nose of coffee and chocolate are masked by a persistent tartness. Flavor is great tartness, suplemented with some roast and chocolate and coffee. This is truly unique beer. But I’m not sure I would want another. Badass label art.


 MmmcKay (269), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Creamy tan head. Roasty and vegetal. Reminds me of roasted red peppers. Sweet fruit. Slightly tart. Hard to drink a lot of this. Very unique. Very interesting. Well worth trying, but man I wouldn’t want to drink more than a pour or two.



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