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Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire

Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire

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85
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A Saison brewed by
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

Dexter, Michigan USA

bottled
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2593.51/5.03.51/5.0Special4.3%62.9Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
One of Bam's brown eyes is, in fact, black. When mischief reigns supreme, it positively glows. Dedicated to the dark side; smooth, dark, incredibly delicious as only a Jack Russell with bat wings can be.

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 bsierra (183), Vista, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20

May 11, 2008  
Bottle, batch 262, 263 from Bevmo La Jolla. Poursa hazy ruby pour with medium beige head, lacing. Also, as I noticed later on, a nice chunk of yeast floating on the bottom. Aroma is tart cherries, raspberries, mild wild yeast notes with a touch of mustiness. Flavor has tart-sour fruitiness - berries, light citrus. Slight medicine undertones, light herbal bitterness throughout. Finish has bright hoppiness, bitterness and lingering vinuous fruitiness. Mellow, light mouthfeel - maybe even a little too light. Sourness coupled with bitterness a very nice combo in this very interesting brew.

 JohnQPublic (201), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 11, 2008    Updated: Oct 12, 2008
Bottle. Pours a dark, just-short-of-opaque black, with a big, sticky, rocky, fluffy head on top that lingered well into the glass and left a wall of fairly solid lacing. Nose is a bit sour - hint of vinegar, sour cherry, barnyard funk - with a hint of smooth, sweet vanilla underneath. Taste starts off with a brisk bite from the carbonation up front, with a soft, almost chalky dry funk in there - barnyard and old leather, musty, sour cherries again, an herbal hint also, with the slightest roasty malt note making itself known as the flavor progresses. Finish is dry and slightly herbal, earthy, lingers a bit. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with a soft but crisp carbonation. Interesting and really nice beer.


 Taverner (482), San Ramon, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Oct 11, 2008  
I like this one. It is everything a famhouse should be - tart, just a little funky, ending on a dry note. This is all of that. It also has the added charcoal dryness from the darker malts. This works. Pours dark brown with off-white head. Aroma is light brett with some maltiness in the background. Flavor is tart, smoky and dry.


 thewolf (3983), Kolding, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 11, 2008  
Bottle. [thank you, myrup]
Pours chestnut brown with a small, frothy, off-white head. Aroma has oak, vanilla, some pleasant tartness and light chocolate. Light mouthfeel, okay and with high carbonation. Flavour is softly tart, some cherries, chocolate and plums. Fine for the low ABV, but it should be thankful that the tartness is there - otherwise nothing would be too interesting.


 kramer (1888), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 24, 2008  
25 oz bottle, Batch 250. Pours a nice chestnut brown body with a firm one inch off-white head that had excellent retention, even without tons of visible carbonation. Really nice balanced aroma of fruitiness and funk with yeast, wheat, a little roast, even a little perfumy hops. The more it neared room temp the more the oak emerges. Big brettiness is the first thing that grabs you up front, just a great dry earthy farmhouse funk that just adds a touch of tang to the wheaty finish. There’s light oak lingering on late into the finish that makes me want to take another sip quickly. Yeasty and wheaty, with a great light-roast coffee like background note that plays well off the lightly tangy finish. Mouthfeel is soft and fairly light with fizzy effervescent carbonation. Very refreshing even at cellar temps, this is a nice beer for a slightly crisp autumn evening. I’m really not the biggest fan of Saisons, but this one just has the extra kick from the roasted malts and heavy brett influence that puts it over the top for me.


 esjaygee (830), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Medium brown with a tan head. Aroma of cherries, fruit, wood, roasted malt and mild sourness. Taste is mildly sour and spicy with cherry, spice, yeast, roasted malt and light sweet malt. Finishes spicy and a touch sour.



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