Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere

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

Turbid, bold and golden...huge, active, crystalline white head, leaves some lace, bounces around...lots of bubbles dancing around this one.... Tart, lemony nose, straw and spice, citrus aplenty...alert and a-lively, perfumey and perfectly pleasant.... Lemon looms large in the taste, as well, some minor pepper notes, then it softly fades away. Slides serenely and effortlessly down the windpipe, past the gullet, into the tummy. A prince of a drinker, with lingering lemon and lime in the finish, coating the tongue ever so gently. Very effervescent, kindly carbonated. Would’ve liked this more with a fuller body, but that’s okay,you can’t win them all, can you? Good, though....not bad in the least...

12oz bottle. Pours a cloudy, light yellow color with a huge, rocky, foamy white head that leaves tremendous lace down the entire glass. A LOT of yeast floaties in there as well. This beer in a large tulip is a perfect sight. Aroma is peppery, spicy, yeasty, a little funky and sour, all blended together very well. Taste is smooth, very peppery, with a dry, slightly tart finish. The only downside I see with this beer is the price, at least in Florida. All in all a great beer though.

12 oz bottle. Pours hazy yellow color with monstrous thick white head and lacing. Smells yeasty, citrusy, just the right amount of sourness. Tastes the same with a slightly dry finish. I could drink these all day... very refreshing, very yummy.

poured into tall tulip. this beer has a citrussy crispness that sticks thruought that makes it in its complexity. wild yeast saison aroma, with a full fizzy head that bellows out of the freshly popped bottle... pours a cloudy golden yellow.. a very good saison, you taste the "bread" in this... fun to drink....

12 oz bottle from Bello Vino in Ann Arbor, MI (October 2006), served between cellar and fridge temps from a Duvel glass. Strangely, I never rated this when I had a relatively fresh bottle last summer; I’m a little apprehensive as to what nearly a year (or more, don’t know when it was bottled) is going to do to this under-5% ABV delicacy, but here goes: pours an absolutely immense snow-white, fluffy head into the glassy, reminiscent of Duvel itself, with a hazy, yeasty bright gold body covering a mere bottom 1/3 of the glass; the head recedes very, very slowly and leaves irregular chunks of lace -- picture-perfect.....the nose, too, is pretty much exactly what I want in a saison: very faint fruitiness, lots of dry, chalky earthy elements, more than a bit of barnyard funk, a dash of wildflower honey, and an overawing but not totally dominating old yeastiness....the body is tart, mostly dry, fairly mineralic and chalky/earthy, moving to very dry and chalky at the finish, with some faint medicinal qualities that don’t quite jibe....finish is a touch metallic, dry and tart; carbonation is on the low side for the style though I remember it being higher a year ago. All in all, this is a phenomenal saison, certainly one of the top couple of American versions I’ve had, with few if any real flaws and in amazingly fine condition after a year of cellaring under less-than-ideal circumstances.

Spicey, lemony, yeasty aroma. A tart smell. Hazy orange tinted gold color with a humongous white head. Full bodied. Strong carbonation, but no harsh bite. Light malt sweetness, caramelish, with citrus sour and some distinct bitter. Refreshingly dry finish with enduring bitter. Accompanied by sourness. Mouthsmacking.

Pours out a golden/straw color with a moderated thin bodied white head. Aroma of citrus, yeast and slight spice. Refreshing mouthfeel, similar in body to a light gin and tonic. Spice, yeast, citrus, malts and slight hop bitterness. Would like to pick up a case of this for the summer, great summer beer.

bottle. golden/orange pour with huge frothy white head. great strong aroma. spicy, citrus, yeast and rich malts. full bodied and well balanced. nice hops. big citrus. peppery and slightly bitter finish. Very enjoyable.