Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga (The Firefly)

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

After further reviews and batches, I am not quite as ecstatic about this. It is still excellent, but a little less flavorful and overly spritzy. It also lacks the restraint of the similar Orval. Still... shimmering amber with a long-lasting white head, lacing. The brain registers minor citrus on the nose, then some caramel and malt tucked in the back. Yeast is throughout. Then the beer shifts gears and slams it out of the park with mother nature funk, like an earthy, clay sulfur/egg/barnyard thing. Belts are totally fastened now.The flavor: sweet orange, lemon, apple, and spice cruising down a highway of pepper-dusted wood, yeast, alcohol, and minor hop there as well. Medium-bodied and strongly carbonated.

Much thanks to July Santa for this bottle! (Shared with KAggie97) Bright orange pour with kick ass had. Nose is typical JP...spices, fruit, tartness, barnyard....yum. Flavor is sour with good acidity. Lemons, apples and wood notes as well.

Bottle.

Opens with a puff and then gushes for a good 15 minutes. Nice rich amber orange, massive textured head forming clumps as it subsides. Tart, tannic aroma, spice, apple, plenty of fruit --- these come through in the flavor, definitely some sour, lots of oak, quite strongly herbal with the grains of paradise and coriander mixing up nicely with the general flavor profile. Pretty dry, lemon juice, some hops on the close. Very different, very enjoyable!

Bottle shared with Zinister. Thanks!
Nice, deep cheddar orange brew with an aroma of spicy, sweet wood- mostly cedar, but perhaps a bit of pine as well. . Flavor is oak-tinged seltzer water in a mixture of zesty lemon lime. Mouthfeel reminds me of a Pilsner with an attitude. Refreshing brew. Wouldn’t mind more of this.

Bottle from John’s Market Place in Portland, OR--Poured a shiny yet hazy copper-amber body with a thick rough off-white head. Nose of rich caramel and funk. Spiciness coupled with fruit notes such as apples, pears, and flower peddles. Subtle booziness lingered. Carried on with a bright prickly carbonic tongue presence and finished sour, bitter, sweet, and dry.

Bomber at Jerry’s. Cloudy caramel-amber with big, foamy beige head / Big, aromatic nose of fruit and caramel / Light bodied, tart and crisp, with delicate carbonation, a silky, balanced body, and a long finish / Flavors of green apple, lemon, pear, caramel, chrysanthemum, oak, coriander, and lots of earthy funk / Lacking a little of the complexity (maybe?) of other JP offerings, but still spectacular.

Pours a dark golden cloudy hue. Head is big and white, with lots of lacing. Nose of funk, tart fruit, oak. Taste is similar with apple, spice, hops, and plenty of sourness. Some mild yeast as well. Mouth is carbonated and relatively light. Finish is bitter, sour, and sweet.

750Ml Bottle-Cloudy golden color w/a huge foamy head. Strong alcohol aroma. Funky, woodsy flavor of spiced apples, lemon, colander, orange peel, & oak. Mouthfeel is very thin & reminds me of a cheap scotch. Thought this one was just to far out there & out of balance to enjoy. Long, burnt liquor finish.