Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga (The Firefly)

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

Bottle, at London Shindig, August 2007. Hazy blonde colour. Aroma is distinctly musty and woody with some sharp fruity notes. Some earthy farmyard in the flavour with the anticipated sharp bretty notes. But its more fruity and less uncompromisingly sour than I expected. The sourness is more of a moderate bite than a full on blast. All of which makes it an interesting but surprisingly easy drinking beer. Can’t deny I was expecting something a little more extreme though.

Beautiful copper-orange in colour, very large off-white coloured head, excellent lacing. The aroma is of apples, yeast, very bretty, lambicy, floral and spicy. The flavour is peppery and spicy, yeasty, bretty, some barnyard, earthy, musty, oranges and peaches, light coriander. Lightly sweet mouthfeel, medium body, high but still soft carbonation. Finishes long, floral and spicy. Very Orval like, lots of green apples and brett. The bottle exploded when I opened it, its a good this I decided not to open it next to my computer. Absolutely fantastic.

750ml bottle obtained in a trade with <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>OhioDad, thanks Scott.
Opened on July 12, 2007.
No best before date.

Name: Luciernaga (The Firefly)
Date: June 18, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog I
Appearance: dark amber, whispy white head
Aroma: sweet malty aroma with a nice amount of spices and double dose of funk
Flavor: sweet and spicy flavor, alcoholic, nice bitter finish

Name: Luciernaga (The Firefly)
Date: September 27, 2006
Mode: bottle
Appearance: cloudy orange with a huge foamy off white head
Aroma: nice light lemon aroma with hints of oak and spicyness
Flavor: lots of oak in the flavor plus a slight touch of tartness, light spicy yeasty character, oak leads to a long bitter finish

Name: Luciernaga (The Firefly)
Date: November 17, 2006
Mode: cask
Source: summits
Score: ii+ to iii
Appearance: opaque orange, small frothy head
Aroma: spicy woody aroma that eventually picks up the orange
Flavor: complex flavor of wood and spices followed by a sharp tartness, nice fruity orange character that grows into being a Jolly Rancher candy with a touch of nice sweetness that I like but Ron would not, well balanced bitterness, upgraded based upon the nice complexity

Name: Luciernaga (The Firefly)
Date: December 24, 2007
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2006
bret character has grown to the point that the bret and oak along with the spicyness become the dominant character with the sweet fruity character a ghost in the background,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

(750ml bottle) A gusher, a huge gusher, thank goodness I opened it outdoors. Coudy, deep amber body topped by large off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, oak, funk galore, some sour cherry, light pepper. Taste is medium sweet, wood, somewhat sour, cherry, light coriander, pepper. Somewhat dry finish. Medium body, some effervescence.

Cloudy Dark Mandarin/Apricot Color with Frothy Off White Head. Floral, Spiced and Yeasty Nose. Medium Bodied..Quite Carbonated..Peppery Spiced and Yeasty Flavor Throughout with Notes of Citrus, Spices, Floral Hoppiness. Spiced Bread. Dry Spiced Aftertaste.

Brown reddish colr....pine scent with an earthy taste. hoppy finish with a hint of coriander and spicy flavor.

750 mL bottle. Pours hazy amber-red color with a monstrous white head and beautiful lacing. Subtly sour aroma. Surprising, strangely peppery/spicy flavor. Dry finish. Not my style, but I do like the complexity of it... it’s good.

In bottle. smells like a forest, looks like a soft-serve ice cream cone that’s been smushed by the first lick. A beer that changes flavor as you drink it - each sip is an investment in the next. hops unfold and unfold as beer, strangely, gets smoother and smoother.