Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Reviews

radagast83	3.8 Jolly Pumpkin Strawberry Rhubarb Bambic Poured a golden yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was light lemon, very subtle. Mild yeast character, mild tartness. Light, very easy to drink. Light tart rhubarb. At a DCBeer share. Wednesday, March 20, 2024
MrBunn	4 Jolly Pumpkin Kiviuq Can. Big red pour with thin head. Aromas of berries and a little funk. Flavor is similar and the lime does come through a bit. Nothing too exciting here but a pleasant sour. Monday, March 18, 2024
flatmatt	3.8 Jolly Pumpkin Mint Chocolate Stout On tap at the Detroit location. Pours a deep brown with an off-white head. Wild mint, cocoa, and tart fruit in the aroma. Flavor is sour red grape and cocoa brightened with the touch of wild mint. Not super minty, but definitely there. Quite good. Sunday, March 10, 2024
MicroGrog	3.2 Jolly Pumpkin / Stillwater Lo-Fi Mai Tai 04/24/20 Bottle from Wolf Brew in NC around the start of the new year. Short goblets at home. Quick-hitting, thin, dirty white head. Dirty, translucent, bubbly, dark red/brown body. Smells like a macerated sour brown ale. Nothing much identifying the extra ingredients. Taste is a sour brown with lots of lime zest & a twinge of pineapple juice. Vinegary & Jolly Pumpkin appropriately sour. First hit is well carbonated, turning to just a slight but constant fizz. Yeasty, but runny texture, alcohol is fine. Wanted more mai tai. A little messy as a basic sour. Expensive. Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Stuu666	3.5 Jolly Pumpkin / The Masonry Turbo Bam Bottle at home. Pours clear golden, nose is lemon, barnyard funk, oak, floral, taste is similar, zesty. Thursday, February 15, 2024
thegreenrooster	3.4 Jolly Pumpkin Baudelaire Biére Series: iO Saison Pour is a dark cloudy red with a large white head. Aroma is hibiscus and some bretty yeast funk. Flavor is floral clover honey with some hibiscus and finishes tart. Nice palate cleansing tart saison. Saturday, January 20, 2024
flatmatt	3.9 Jolly Pumpkin Miles to Go On tap at Jolly Pumpkin Detroit. Pours a deep brown with an off-white head. Tart cocoa and red grape aroma. Flavor is sour/tart with red, white, and green grape, oak, and a touch of cocoa. Very enjoyable. Wednesday, January 10, 2024
kipumi	4.2 Jolly Pumpkin La Roja Tuesday, December 26, 2023
jgb9348	4.2 Jolly Pumpkin La Roja Du Kriek s: soured oaky cherries (duh!) a: very hazy copper & light brown body thin tan head t: tart cranberries drying p: cedar complex funky o: amazing great-for-style showing like a real Belgian Lambic 16 ounce can Liqour Outlet: Boonton, New Jersey 03-September-2022 US$3,99 Canned: 16-March-2022 sampled: 23-December-2023 as Beer #23 of my 2023 Advent Calendar Sunday, December 24, 2023
blackflag321	3.5 Jolly Pumpkin So Far, So Good Friday, December 15, 2023
TBone	3.2 Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire Can 473ml (Drikbeer, vintage 2021) Ruby colour, small off-white head. Tartish, earthy nose with some dark fruits. Light-bodied. Tartish, funky, fruity flavour. Easy earthy dark farmhouse brew. Friday, December 15, 2023
Leighton	3.6 Jolly Pumpkin / Monkish Apocolocynposis Bottle shared at Craft Beer Junction - pours hazy yellow-gold with a small, creamy white head. Light sweet flavour with a little funk, butter, pale bread, lemon, tangerine, light acidity. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly tangy finish, a little salt, more lemon, guava. Not bad. Wednesday, December 13, 2023
madmitch76	3.6 Jolly Pumpkin / Monkish Apocolocynposis 13th December 2023 Craft Beer Junction. Xmas bottleshare. A light haze on this pale yellowish gold beer, small bubbly white head. Airy and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Mildly tart fruits, floral yellow fruits. Semi dry finish. Decent. Wednesday, December 13, 2023
WingmanWillis	3.5 Jolly Pumpkin Apoco - Passionfruit, Guava & Lime Wednesday, December 13, 2023
hopdog	3.8 Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars Aged bottle. Poured an amber color with a larger sized off white head. Funky, tart, citrus, and funky tart finish. Tuesday, November 28, 2023
dreamseq	1.3 Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza Pours dark read with a good amount of foam. Definitely fruit forward, with a champagne tasting finish. Sunday, November 26, 2023
ClarkVV	3.5 Jolly Pumpkin Miles to Go DTW airport draught, 11/18/23. Undetermined clarity black with mahogany highlights. Faint beige bubbles on edge. Mostly souring acids in the nose, at least initially, while it's still ice cold. Sour, as is usual for this brewery, with the telltale heavy lactic, moderate acetic, low Brett character. Some chocolate and burnt cocoa on the finish. Maybe the juniper is intertwined with the lactic notes, hard to say. Medium to medium-light body, highly attenuated. Clean, not all that stout-like. Not tons of chocolate or juniper. Mostly a dark sour, which is fine. Doesn't really gain much body with warming. A bit thin and over-attenuated. Saturday, November 18, 2023
bb	3.8 Jolly Pumpkin La Roja - Boysenberry and Guava Can. Mahogany beer with a dark cream head. Sour aroma. Sour and berry flavor with light tropical fruit and oak. Medium bodied. Oak and sourness linger with berry and light tropical fruit. Wednesday, November 15, 2023
jgb9348	4 Jolly Pumpkin Aquamarine Dream s: funky cherries cedar a: hazy copper body nice off-white head t: yeastie light hops smooth wheat p: spontaneous fermentation dry floral o: complex refreshing tart & funky 75 cL bottle Knightly Spirits (Orange Blossom Trail): Orlando, Florida 31-December-2022 US$14,99 (buy two, get THREE free!) bottled: 04-August-2017 (batch #1146) sampled: 29-October-2023 (after 2023 USMC Marathon!) Tuesday, October 31, 2023
zebra	2.3 Jolly Pumpkin Making the Turn 750-ml bottle from rare beer club. minimal head that fizzed away quickly leaving a film, opaque chocolate color, sour / tart fruity nose, medium body, sour / tart cherry, gin when tasted for it, didn't get chocolate. rating #1! Thursday, October 26, 2023
TkmLinus	4 Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca Smells of wheat, banana, oak, coriander. Light yellow with light haze. Tastes slightly tart with notes of banana, coriander, orange, touch of lime. Fairly crisp mouthfeel with a slightly sour finish. Very nice and unique! Monday, October 2, 2023
TkmLinus	3.5 Jolly Pumpkin Bam Bière 16 oz can. Smells of oak, bubble gum, floral. Dark yellow with some haze. Tastes slightly sour, oaky, with hints of banana in the background. Finishes slightly tart. Different! Saturday, September 30, 2023
tomer	4 Jolly Pumpkin Kiviuq Can, small stable creamy head, cloudy pale red with orange taints, yeastiness, terpentine, feral notes, light spiciness, a bit of red fruits, lemon, piercing lactic sourness and a salty whiff. Excellent. Thursday, September 28, 2023
melush	3.9 Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza 37,5cl Bottle @ Koelschip Yard, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Hazy golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma is brett, fruits, slightly herbal. Taste is brett, citrus, peach, herbs, oak, tart, slightly spicy. Medium body, average carbonation. Wednesday, September 27, 2023
ken1	3.5 Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire Aroma: Sour fruits and wooden notes. Flavour: Fruity sour and tart dry bitteeness. Aftertaste is sour and bitter. Colour: Reddish brown with an offwhite head. From: Can @ DrikBeer webshop. Thursday, September 21, 2023
Beer5000	3.8 Jolly Pumpkin Perseguidor (Batch 4) Backlog September 2011. Deep amber body under a thin beige head. Nice funky aroma with malt, caramel and cellar notes. Interesting taste, sweet and sour with sweet malt, caramel, and sour berries/fruit, smooth with mild funk. Fine body and pleasant aftertaste. Might not be the most interesting beer from this exiting brewery but it’s growing on me and definitively a pleasant one. Wednesday, September 20, 2023
oh6gdx	3.4 Jolly Pumpkin Bam Di Castagna Bottled. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, citrusy and some slight funky and wooden notes. Flavour is citrus, fruity and mild funky with some herbal and mild yeasty notes. Friday, September 8, 2023
brokensail	3.7 Jolly Pumpkin Clementina Can @ Home. Clear golden beer with a white head. Super juicy and citrusy. A lot of orange, tangerine, and even grapefruit notes. A bit of melon and stone fruit. Slight white pepper spice as well as a touch of apple cider. Pretty minimal malt character. Grass and yeast on the finish. Mostly fruit and acid. Still pretty nice. Friday, September 8, 2023
AshtonMcCobb	3.6 Jolly Pumpkin / The Masonry Turbo Bam Bottle from Low Cost Beer. Appearance - orange and murky with loads of floaters. Snow white head. Nose - funk and tart with citrus notes. Taste - oh I've just realised it's a sour. Tangy, tart orange and grapefruit. Palate - light bodied, Deep texture and a persistent, tart finish. Overall - pretty good. Monday, September 4, 2023
ogivlado	3.2 Jolly Pumpkin / Off Color YIKES! Bottled 750ml. -at Goblet Zagreb. Bottled on 15.08.2018. Unclear yellow/pale orange coloured, small white head, sourish fruity nose. Sourish fruity, light barrel, notes of quince and slightly funky with touch of oxidation. Quite dry finish. Sunday, September 3, 2023
Brigadier	3.8 Jolly Pumpkin Aquamarine Dream 16 ounce can Revisiting Jolly Pumpkin after a long time away I am pleased they are still as solid as ever. While the prices might have increased over the years the quality hasn't slipped. If you have access to their products this one is definitely worth picking up fresh as a distinctive take on the usual saison. AROMA / APPEARANCE Tart strawberry lemonade and cherries fill the air with fruit salad. A cheery red base glows with life as well as carbonation. FLAVOR / PALATE Fresh fruit salad refreshes the palate like waves of cherry lemonade. The maltiness stands out from most saisons in a way that fits in with the brewery's more traditional lineup. A pleasant finish of lime and sea salt ties it all together. Consider this one a transition from old school to new. Tuesday, August 22, 2023
MicroGrog	3.6 Jolly Pumpkin Maracaibo Especial Stemless glassware @Sideways in Dallas. $5 clearance pours! Very deep mahogany brown, almost still pour. Mainly a lemon & black tea, slightly herbal nose. Sour fruit, saison feels. Cherry, apricot, coffee fruit, black tea & accompanying astringency, lemon tart, bittersweet apple, cola sweetness. Moderate oxidation through all of this. Special kegs tend to sleep around here till they're a second too old. Super easy, dead low carb, bit of yeasty body, hot feels. Great. Even better if it wasn't old. Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Beese	3.7 Jolly Pumpkin La Roja Bottle at LCBF 2023. Murky red. Nose of red wine and tart grapes. Nice and musty and quite sour. Saturday, August 12, 2023
jgb9348	3.4 Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars Deep dark copper, amber and beautiful bronzed coloured body with a thinnish, single centimetre tall off-white head that fades very quickly and leaves nothing up top. Aroma of soured, tart and funky bretty notes with some additional raspberries and cherries in the mix with a light touch of yeast and oak towards the end of the nose. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong funky and very bretty flavours dominate with a lot of tart crispness and a touch of grainy, light maltiness here with some yeast, oak and white wine grapes noticeable as well, all ending quite easily with some raspberries and cherries towards the finish. Aftertaste is pretty funky from the brett and yeast here, as you'd expect with a light dose of flowers and dryness at the end that goes well with the tart and fruity notes, which are strong here. Overall, nice to try of course, but not one of their better beers of course, but at least should appeal to the masses. I sampled this fourteen ounce pour on draught at Jolly Pumpkin in Detroit (DTW Airport) on 21-April-2023 for US$12,00 sampled while leaving this fine city. Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Mep3222	4 Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca Earthy, oaky, wheat beer aroma and flavor. Some nice lactic sourness with the earthy complex flavors. Sour maybe 3 of 10. Light and refreshing sour with some great complex flavors. Thursday, July 20, 2023
drpimento	3.3 Jolly Pumpkin Aquamarine Dream 7.3% ABV. Aromas are a mix of fruited vinegar and caramel malt. Once it warms up a couple of degrees flavors are somewhat similar to nose, mellowing out a bit, moderate tart with a little sweet in the back. Add in a bit of funk. Not bad but nothing special either. Thursday, July 20, 2023
gripweed57	3.9 Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca 16 ounce can. Hazy yellow gold color. Small foamy white head. Earthy, yeasty wheat malt aroma. Flavor is soft, yeasty funk upfront. Lemon, apricot, orange zest and barely a wisp of coriander. Easy drinking and mildly carbonated. Farmhouse funk and white peppercorns in the distinctive finish. Saturday, July 1, 2023
jgb9348	4.1 Jolly Pumpkin / Anchorage No Ka Oi Beer #20 of my 10,00th Beer Milestone Celebration! Mostly clear golden and lightly orange tinted body with a nice, but very fast-dying frothy white head that leaves a subtle lace on the side that isn't good looking nor ugly. Aroma of funky, soured, tart and spontaneously fermented, oaked fruit notes with raspberries, strawberries, bretty and cedar notes with a lot of yeast here of course and a bunch of dry, cleanser notes as well - very nice on the nose. Light to barely Medium-bodied; Tart and funky, bretty and especially woodsie foeder notes dominate with a lot of funk, a good deal of crisp dryness that is supported from the relatively light malts, but the sugars are at a great level, quite low, but definitely noticeable and showing a big fruity quality. Aftertaste shows some dryness of course with a lot of funk, a good deal of wood, cedar and bretty notes, but the floral, perfumey quality, perhaps from the hops, but definitely from the yeasts here is nice throughout and quite complex, as expected. Overall, a great beer, sort of as expected, as I love both of these two breweries, and you pretty much know what to expect when you open a JP beer, but this shows the great floral and especially fruity aspects of the usually wild and funky components of the yeast and barrels here. Great to sample, especially as very new purchase to me (but already 7 years old!) from Florida by way of Alaska through Michigan, perhaps one of the best trajectories of a beer, and ultimately sampled at home here in Washington, but great to have and well worth trying to find or perhaps hold on even longer if you already have a bottle of this one, but a funky, complex, easy-drinking beer that will probably excite most beer drinkers in some way, aside from those BMC folks. I sampled this 75 cL bottle as Beer #20 [of 21 - 10 (for 10,000) of Each side of the 10,000 Beer Milestone and the 10,000th itself!] of my 10,000th Beer Milestone, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 31-December-2022 for US$14,99 (but as part of a 'buy two, get THREE free' deal), bottled in 2016 (the rest of the date has worn off on the label) as 'Blend 02A' and sampled at my house here in Washington on 19-June-2023. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
unclefrito62	3.4 Jolly Pumpkin Strawberry Rhubarb Bambic 16 ounce can at The Winking Lizard in Copley, Ohio. Smells funky. Golden in color with thin white head. Tastes funky and sour. More rhubarb than strawberry in this. Sour aftertaste. Good if you like tart beers. Cheers! Sunday, June 18, 2023
NikkTwist	3.6 Jolly Pumpkin Bambic Draft at Bru Craft. Cloudy gold pour with a large foamy head. Grape must. Peach fuzz. Wild strawberries. Rhubarb. Violets. White wine vinegar. Quite sour but checked by oaky vinous tannins. Wednesday, June 14, 2023
MicroGrog	3.9 Jolly Pumpkin / Anchorage No Ka Oi Strangeways Dallas. Short, hazy, medium gold, weak head. Sour fruit, strawberry, big veg & a little tropical. Taste is dry malt twang upfront, with some lemon, strawberry, raspberry & lingering grape skin. Slightly astringent & lovely. Thin, a bit of oxidation & rounded fruit. Fun. Monday, June 5, 2023
MicroGrog	3.6 Jolly Pumpkin Coco-Mango Sunrise On tap @GB Orlando. Honey hazy, greasy, stemless pour. Nose is all sweet, ripe, low-tart mango with a very slight phenolic edge. Mellow mango, medium low acidity, building tartness, minerally-yeasty-crispy finish. Plain but kinda good. Thursday, June 1, 2023
gripweed57	3.8 Jolly Pumpkin Bam Bière 16 ounce can. Honey gold pour. Rocky beige head. Earthy yeast and spicy malt aroma. A hint of bubble gum as well. Flavor is soft and supple. Notes of tangy malt, citrus peel, light oak, hay and a hint of funk. Some spice on backend. Pleasant and approachable for the style. Thursday, May 25, 2023
explosivedog	3.5 Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca Can, shared by Chris M. Pours pale gold. Orange, minerally, farmhouse, grain. Light. Decent. Saturday, May 20, 2023
NikkTwist	3.7 Jolly Pumpkin Strawberry Rhubarb Bambic Draft at Khyber Pass. Foggy gold pour with a slim ring of foam. Bright, tart, and deeply vinous. Tasting lemon, kiwi, and gooseberry off the top. Strawberry rhubarb is much more subtle. Quite good, though not rich in the billed flavor. Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Oakes	3.2 Jolly Pumpkin Saison M Hazy dull pale. Light brett and a dark berry fruitiness. Kind of yeasty. Not bad. Saturday, May 6, 2023
blackmurder	3.7 Jolly Pumpkin Bam Bière A nice beer from a respected brewery. In a desperate attempt to find something similar to biere de mars I came across this stuff, and it is pretty good. Hazy yellow pour. Somewhat sour on the nose, and pretty sour on the pallate. I think most people would mistake this for a sour. My friend, who is mainly an IPA drinker almost choked on it. Had no idea that it was going to be that sour. I myself found it to be very pleasant and balanced. Definitely more sour than I anticipated with funky citrus notes. A great beer overall. Saturday, April 29, 2023
jgb9348	3.2 Jolly Pumpkin Pincha-Discos Beer #2 of my 10,00th Beer Milestone Celebration! Very (mostly clear) golden coloured body with a pretty thin, very fast-dying pure white head that barely leaves anything up top after a few seconds and shows no real signs of movement. Aroma of very funky, soured, bretty, lactobilly and incredibly oaky scents with some raspberries and pure foeder notes with the complex yeast showing front and centre along with some light malts and a dash of fruits - nice in the nose, and almost exactly what you'd expect from Jolly Pumpkin. Light to Medium-bodied; Very strong funky and especially tart wild yeast flavours dominate here with some bretty funk and a lot of dry oaky, foeder notes with some flowers like hibiscus and chamomile noticeable, but the tart blueberry and raspberry notes show towards the end with a big dryness and no real sweet flavours. Aftertaste is enjoyable, if slightly simplistic with almost all of the flavours and complexity originating from the yeast and complexity from the foeder and funk here with no real sweetness, no malts and definitely no hops here. Overall, a pretty nice, relatively straight-forward and super funky, yeast-complex beer with some light malts, but no sugars, hops or other complex notes to drive this into a better experience. Still nice to sample as part of my 10,000th beer celebration as it's from the amazing (my home) state of Michigan, but there are better JP beers than this of course and perhaps the additional time (in the bottle) has made it TOO mellow. I sampled this 75 cL bottle as Beer #2 [of 21 - 10 (for 10,000) of Each side of the 10,000 Beer Milestone and the 10,000th itself!] of my 10,000th Beer Milestone, purchased from Habersham Beverage Warehouse in Savannah, Georgia on 04-May-2018 for US$13,99, as Blend 001, bottled on 10-August-2015 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 26-April-2023. Thursday, April 27, 2023
nuplastikk	3.5 Jolly Pumpkin Slow Down 16oz can. Bright and biting for the style. Blackberry is faded, chocolate is not really there at all, maybe some distant cacao? Pleasant body, a little better than average in that respect. Drinkable, is what it is. Friday, April 21, 2023
brokensail	3.8 Jolly Pumpkin / Holy Mountain Smashed Grabbed & Hop Dusted Bottle @ Home. Cloudy golden beer with a white head. The aroma is really nice. Big on tropical fruit like pineapple and passion fruit. Lots of grass, lemongrass, and lime. There's a fairly prominent white pepper note to it, particularly on the flavor. A slight, but noticeable, astringency to the finish. Overall, it's a nice beer and has a lot of things I like about both of these breweries, just not quite what you'd hope for. Saturday, April 15, 2023