Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Dexter, Michigan USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 75cl. @ Amerikaner blindsmagning @ Papsoe, Bottle #23.]
Unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sour, woody notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, light to moderate acidic and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (190608)

Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a thick light tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of Belgian yeast and lots of hops, elderberries, and grass. The flavor is acidic malty with notes of wood and brettanomyces.

Bottle. Papsoes MadsBerg homecoming blindtasting, bottle #23. Pours slight cloudy orange to brown with a slowly collapsing off-white head. Solid lacto and hoppy aroma. Mild milky note following. Flavour is sour and dry citric with a mild malt note. Dry citric finish. slight milky note into the finish.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of FlacoAlto. Clear amber golden with a dense and lively lacing beige head. Tart Brettish aroma. Medium body, a little low in carbonation. Fruit and woody accents but also an astringet phenolic finish, that isn’t overly pleasant. 190608

Bottled@Konttori, Tampere. Amber colour, beige big head. Aroma is sourness, fruits, alcohol, some spices and quite much wooden notes as well. Flavour is sour wooden notes along with caramel malts, spices, earth and quite fruity as well. Smoothens up as it gets warmer.

Botte #23 at Papsoes blindtasting. Cloudy orange coloured with a huge off white head. Light acidic aroma of wood, fruits and brett. Light acidic flavour of brett, wood and vanilla with notes of hops. Tart finish.

Bottle, blend 2, 2007. Thanks to jsquire. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Malty spicy vinous yeasty aroma. Has a sweetish spicy wood flavor with some vinous hints. Finish is slightly oaky and spicy acid finish.

75cl bottle. Pours dark brown with a red hew and creamy head. Nose is sweet and vinous with the brett notes beneath. Full bodied. Lots of dark fruits and caramel. Smooth and vinous. Sour, yeasty and dry. Works well . . .

Bottle at Borefts 2011. Good citric aroma. Cloudy dark amber colour. Good citric flavour, well-balanced. A bit of woody sourness. Good citric finish, dry, but not too dry.

Bottle from Skjold Burne. Nice head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are nice and sour with caramel, fruits, yeast, malt and hops.