Jolly Pumpkin La Roja

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

pours amber brown with off white head. tastes fruity with some spice. slightly sour finish

Bottle at Nørrebro Bryghus. Pours a hazy golden/amber colour with a white head. Aroma is very sour, acidic but still sweet. Flavor is sour and acidic. Not the biggest fan of sour ales, but I liked this one.

Pours a hazy red with a huge off-white head. Smells of yeast, funk, a touch of alcohol, and citrus fruit. Lively, prickly carbonation. Flavor is sour fruit with some bitter, dough-like yeast. Feels a bit thin on the palate and the acidity is low for a sour ale. Overall, the flavor is mild and very drinkable.

Compliments of doboy, along with DrBayern. Popped cherry, my first jolly pumpkin beer! Poured from 750 ml bottle a dark amber, very hazy forming a big head of foam that had big bubbles through out. Aroma of cranberries, tart fruits. Flavour was sweet, yet sour with tart fruit tones. This beer was fun to drink and experience!

750 ml bottle. (The bottle was in my cellar for over a year.) Poured hazy gold in color with a quickly diminishing white fizzy head. Aroma of brett funk, tart and sour citrus. Tastes of light oak, brett, earthy, citrus fruit, tart, mild spices, and light acidity. Finish is nice and dry.

brown beer with a thin sudsy halo of froth atop. nose was full of sour fruit, mostly apricot and a solid nail polish remover backing. flavors were sour but somewhat grainy with decomposing fruit notes, and a not so appealing watery texture with a somewhat grainy grapeskin astringency in the finish. in summary, tart and old fruit flavors with an astrigent ending,.. havent been too keen on jolly pumpkin but ill continue to look for one i like.

Pulled this one out for drbayern adn celticbrew after Uncle Steve headed for the barn. Sour ales are not my think, but this one was different. Poured a dark copper color with a fairly nice head. It started with a nice, fruity aroma. The fruity taste was almost wine like. It was just sour enough to dry out the taste and not pucker you for the rest of the day!

Blend 5, 2008. The pour is a murky brown with a short-lived tan head that quickly leaves behind a lonely island o’ foam in the glass. Aroma is tart cherry, wood, and caramel. Flavor is likewise schizophrenic. Sour (but not crazy acetic) and fruity with spicy notes, all built on a solid malt backbone. Incredibly enjoyable beer from one of Michigan’s finest.