Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga (The Firefly)

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

Pours orange with a tall cream colored head that is very thick. Sweet nose with a earthy spice to it, light straw character, orange peel, and soft hops. Very high carbonation really brings the beer to life strengthening the spices. The lemony sourness builds in the finish blending well with the spiciness of the yeast strain. Dry and oaky flavor up front that gets balanced against the sourness.

Hazy orange-gold pour with a nice dense and lasting white head and good lacing. Lots of sour lemon, grapefruit, and orange aroma with hints of spice. Loads of funk and citrus in the flavor with a very light and delicate malt and candi sugar balance, dry an lightly piny on the finish. Medium body, lively carbonation, and dry champagne like finish.

High carbonation, great funky aroma. The flavor and aroma are much the same as the other Jolly Pumpkins. Good beer, maltier than the Otono.

Hazy orange color - bubbly with a lively fluffy head. Aroma is spicy - slight farmhouse, a slight hint of orange & coranger. Flavor is lively - lots of spiciness but not overwhelming. Nicely balanced and well crafted.

Hazy orange pour belies an overzealous white head, billowing ever nearer the rim of my tall glass. Lacing left behind by the quickly diminishing head is thick and webbed. Aroma is sweet and spicy, with notes of freshly concocted Brettanomyces, contorted fruits and vegetables(in no way an insult to the lovely scent), coriander and lemon peel, sweet malt and caramel atop a base of vanilla custard. Cool. Flavor is almost as diligent at riling the senses, with tastes of peppery fruit, farmhouse funkiness, more brett and orange, with a touch of fresh mint and fresh flowers. Palate is extremely smooth even though it has a grainy feel in the back of the throat. Finishes with compounded spiciness and a dry hop crunch. Throughout a glass of this wonderful beer, I can’t help but wonder how much I’d probably enjoy this were it aged in a port barrel. Yummy stuff.

What a fucking gusher! Oh my god, I put my thumb over the top (unsucessfully) and sprayed an awful mess between the living room and the bathroom. Oh well, at least it smells nice. Pours a cloudy orangey amber to copper with a big healthy head (duh, with all that carbonation). There’s some sandy looking particles settling on the bottom of my gladd, knocking this down in looks. The nose is very nice though. No sign of nonintentional infection. Light malt, perhaps some lemon, straw, and floral and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is creamy smooth, foamy (duh), nice for the style. The flavors are a notch above the rest. Dry, yet malty, I predominantely get a lemon and an herbal/straw sort of bitterness as well some obvious floral hops. Creamy. The finish is a lemony bitter with some alcohol. The finish is even more lemon tart, with little balance, but it works out alright. Nice beer, I hope my next bottle doesn’t explode!

Tasted old and leathery, lots of hay and oranges. Very sour.. not bitter. Lactic and not to much flavor to it. May have been rotten.

Bottle from Santa, Thanks! Cloudy rich gold. Ice cream craggy head, nice lacing. Nose is orance cream sourness, some wood, fruit. Smells like spring. Flavor is fruity funk, slighlty sour, some grape, wheat, yeast, hop. Lemonheads. Wonderful.