Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga (The Firefly)

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

An unclear orange beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet spicy combined with notes of oranges. The flavor is sweet spicy - especially coriander, but also with fruity notes of oranges, leading to a dry end. A rather average Belgian Ale.

(Bottle 75 cl) Slightly hazy, pale amber with a fine, creamy, off-white head. Aroma of yeast and dry sherry. Very dry with distinct notes of alcohol and some vague touches of caramel. Very dry, bitter finish. 270106

22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a huge, white, rocky and slowly collapsing dense head. Aroma is dry brett with a mild caramel note and a subdued fruity hops accent. Smooth hoppy, mild brett and orange fruity flavoured - delicate coriander spice notes. Nice mild caramel malty base with a light and delicate sweetness. Medium dry, orange fruity and light hops bitterness into a smooth and nicely balanced finish.

Bottled, thanks Crosling! Clear amber, lively head. Barnyardy and yeasty up front. Medium sweet and freshly hoppy with vital crisp mouthfeel and medium body. Notes of butter, herbs and lemon. Superbly complex and beautifully balanced. Herbal bitter finish.

Bottle @ Chris_o shindig 2007. Unclear light to medium amber color with a average, fizzy / creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is sweet vinegar, citrus, fruit, oak. Flavor is moderate sweet, acidic, and bitter with some sourness and a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watey to oily, carbonation is flat.

Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is lots of gruits, gluelike alcohol and some cookies + caramel. Flavour is very sweet nectarish fruity along with some slight alcoholic hints. A lot of vinegar, spices and wooden notes also.

Bottle. Clear amber coloured with an off white head. Aroma of fruits with notes of wood, spices and alcohol. Sweet fruity flavour with notes of yeast and spices.

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