Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Bière de Garde
Dexter, Michigan USA

Bottle shared at hellbilly’s 5th of July gathering. Pours a dark cherry shade with a trim tan head. Semlls and tastes very similar to La Folie. A very approachable sour ale that prominently features the flavors of oak, sour cherries, lemon zest, and mild caramel. The best beer I’ve yet to have from JP.

750ml. Pours a red brown with a thin beige head. Nose is sour cherry with strong woody notes, vanilla caramel and black peppercorns. Also a straw like note thats a little odd. Fairly spicy up front with sour cherry notes. Big woody creamy caramel in the middle. A burst of suprising hops in the finish keep this one balanced but also keep it from being a favorite of mine. As always with JP, an interesting and well done beer.

Cherry - kriek-like aroma. Dry fruit, brett, citrus finish. Very dry, refreshing.

Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Pours hazy light brown with a nice, staying, creamy beige head. Aroma has notes of raspberries, brett, light roasted notes, oak, apples and a slight pepperiness. Highish, prickly carbonation, fine and light mouthfeel. Flavour has brett, oak, super dryness, light apple. Some roasted notes in the background with some milky chocolate and grapes. This is the winter beer, morphing into a spring beer. Nice!

Bottle. My first JP and first Bière de Garde , batch #256. A muddy deep amber pour with a big offwhite head,loads of carbonation and some nice spotty lacing.Aroma is of tart fruit,oak barrel, earthy yeast funk peppercorns and spice.Flavor is complex, sour apple,tart cherry very funky,earthy,slightly dusty, some caramel,brown sugar, and oak, light body,bubbly clean mouthfeel, with a dry tart finish.

Bottle in Sune’s Sommerhus. Cloudy red/brown - offwhite head. Rubber, oakey, wood, light sourness, brett, roasted, spicy, peppery, yeast esters, light biere de garde yeast. Light Carbonation.

Bottle from Ledger’s. Pours a dark ruby with a large, creamy beige head. Aroma of sour funk (light) over plummy fruit. Impression is tart. Full bodied with frothy carbonation. Flavor is barnyard mild, lightly tart, with cherries and/or red skinned plums. Finishes smooth, slightly tart, slightly Brett, slightly fruity, and incredibly delicious.

Dark amber hue in the glass. flavor is fruity tart. Carbonation keeps it interesting on the tongue. Very enjoyable, don’t share with your promiscuous beer friends, keep it to yourself.