Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga (The Firefly)

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

Bottle - 750ml. Light amber body with low carbonation and a lasting off-white foamy head. Sharp hoppy aroma that carries herbal and fruity (mainly grapefruit) notes. Very well balanced hoppy taste that ends with a long bitter/sour finish. Very nice!

Clear orange/amber with a huge head. Lots of lacing as the head turns rocky. Aroma of Belgian yeast, peppery spices, coriander, sweet fruit and oak. Tang of fruit in the taste. Moderately sweet, moderately sour and lightly bitter. Light to medium body. Complex, and very good.

Bouteille de 750 ml, bu à Dieu du Ciel. Blonde dorée pale, petit collet. arome légé d’houblon avec des notes intéressantes de gingembre, de coriande et d’agrumes. Goût légé et plaisant d’houblon épicé aves un soupson d’agrumes, finission sec.

Sampled at the O-Town throwdown. Pours hazy orange to copper with nice off white head. The aroma is mostly tart. The flavor attacks my taste buds with tart sourness that tails into some tart citrus notes.

Nearly clear dull orange with a firm white head. Clear enough to see the other side of the glass, Has a gem like quality to the look of it. Tart and spicy with noticable citrus. Smells like a Saison. Sour, slightly astringent, puckering and dry. Finishes bitter. Quite bold in flavor but still balaced nicely.

Poured a light, cloudy orange with ample head. The aroma was full of citrus, coriander, and some yeast funkiness. The taste was pretty interesting, in that it was dominated by citrus and pepper; quite the combination. It finished pretty dry and citrusy. I shared this with some friends and we weren’t really sure what to think. It’s certainly quite different than any beer I had previously tasted and I enjoyed it for what it was.

Pours a hazy golden orange with a very thin light white head. Some acidic tannins mixed with light citrus show up in the nose in true JP form. Taste is somewhat spicy and sour mixed together. I get some sweet malts, lemons, and yeast blended together to form the main character of this brew. Ive been wanting to try this one for a long time and it didnt disappoint. i liked it.

Bottle. I’ve had gushers before, including a few memorable ones in Belgium, but this takes the cake. And with the big bottles, there’s a lot to gush. Pale amber/copper body with, naturally, a huge, sticky, lacing, off-white head. Rather spicy nose, lots of coriander and orange peels. Yeast with some light fruitiness. Taste is very dry, lightly woody, with yeast and faint bg fruitiness. Finish and aftertaste are very dry and spicy with light caramel and medium bitterness. Medium body with light-medium citric sourness and accents from the (relatively low) alcohol. I tend to like dry, sour, spicy beers quite a bit, and this one is very easy to drink in quantity. On the whole, good, and slightly interesting, but not worth the considerable trouble.