Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca

Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Dexter, Michigan USA

On cask at Spuyten Duyvil. Golden pour. east choice creates almost a lambic or sour beer flavor. Aroma is of orange peel. Nice beer. Need to try bottled version.

Bottle, batch 365. Pours a hazy light yellow colour with a white to ivory white frothy head. The aroma is wheaty with obvious notes of wood, light funk, sourish lemon and orange and some light yeasty and soapy notes. The flavour is wooden dry with some light funk, wood and tart wheat, citrus and orange. Just a hint of yeasty sweetness. You can feel a small spicy note together with the bone dry notes of wood in the aftertaste. All hail to the pumpkin!

***Also sampled on cask @ Rattle’n’Hum: still nice, but much better in bottle*** Batch 313: This beer is underrated! (and I always underrate, but this one is a keeper!) Pours a hazy light honey, leaving a white, medium dry head with fragile and shortliving lacing. The aroma immediately identifies itself as Witbier, bitter, sugary, citrus fruits poking you in the nostrils. The taste reveals more lemons than I expected, but nicely balanced with the spices and sugars, cleaned up evenly with the medium carbonation. A very refreshing, clean and defrickinlicious brew!

Ditto on BeerBaron617...He had the sips from my beer - I think I lucked out and got the better beer when we were at Ashley’s. Never the less...This beer was amazing. My first of the Jolly Pumpkin ales, and I am so excited that I bought four more bottles at the brewery. I got this on tap and it came to the table with virtually no head at all but it was a nice hazy yellow color. Aroma was all there, and the flavor was amazing! A bit sour, and certainly not what I expect from a Belgian white. Awesome craft beverage!

I shared a few sips of this on tap at Ashley’s in Ann Arbor, ironically enough it was on our way back from the actual brewery, which we stopped at to pick up a few bottles, which its just outside of Ann Arbor. It poured a hazy light yellow, with no head, but it seemed the bartender was at fault. The aroma was subtle, but the flavor was far from it. It was nice and slightly sour, with a great finish. Cheers to Ron and everyone at Jolly Pumpkin for the friendly words, and very well crafted ales!

Tap @ Spuyten Duyvil - what a great beer this was. Pours a cloudy straw color with a fluffy white head that left plenty of lacing on the inside of the glass. The aroma is citrus, coriander, clove, and a bit of Belgian yeast. Aroma is the same, with the citrus and spices melding together to form a sublime and surprisingly complex drinking experience. I think this was a great witbier and really well done by these guys.

Pours cloudy straw with huge fluffy white head that descends with plenty of lacing. Classic citrus and spice flavors with strong hint of sourness. A must for Hoegaarden fans.

Bottled. Pours out in a hazy pale golden colour with a rich frothy white foam. Tart aroma of lemon, wood, orange-peels and mild pepper with yeasty undertones of green banana and coconut. Fairly light-bodied with notes of tart lemon, leaves, vanilla, yeast and oak. Lemony finish with touches of oak, coconut and yeast.