Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza

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

Pours dark red with a large light tan head. Aroma is sour with some hints of oak citrus and an off smell that I would best describe a sewage. Mouth feel is very carbonated and a bit sticky. Flavor is in your face sour at first, but mellows after just a bit to reveal bourbon, dark fruit and some malty sweetness. The after taste is string of oak and definitely the best part of this beer.

Pours ruby with a foamy tan head. Very heavily carbonated. Aroma is of sour fruit, oak, malt, spice, and lemon zest. Taste is very sour fruit, oak malt, and spice. This one is mostly dominated by the fruit and bourbon flavors. Has a nice lingering citrus zest. Warming alcohol taste. Very tasty.

Bottle, bought at Ølbutikken, Cph. Pours a nice, clear red with a medium, frothy, off-white head. Fine duration. Sweet aroma with wood, bourbon, yeast and lots of dried fruits. Lightish mouthfeel for the ABV, some good dryness. Flavour is pleasantly sweet, fruity, some cherries, brett, vinious, wood and a good, clear tartness. Some spiciness as well. Very drinkable for the ABV.

Pours a very dark brown with a medium dark tan head and excellent lacing. Aroma of yeast and caramel, with a bit of sweek bourban smell. Nicely balanced tart and sweet flavors with good depth. Texture was a bit inconsistent but the finish is pleasantly sour.

A great offering for Christmas. I couldnt detect any of the alcohol on this one. Goes from sour to spicy sweet in a weird matter of minutes. Excellent. The finish is super smooth and creamy.

A nice beer with some up fron sourness, slipping into a sweet, (mild) dark fruit middle and a surprsingly clean, dry finish for the ABV. You can actually cleanse your palate with this beer.

Bottle from EZ. Pours out a very attractive mahogany color with a rather large tan head. Aroma is of oak, dark fruits, brett and slight alcohol. Taste is very complex, cherries, dried fruit, oak, earth, spice and some tartness throughout, very easy drinking, slight alcohol burn on the end but overall not much alcohol going on.

Pours a very dark chestnut brown with a medium dark tan head and excellent lacing. Aroma of hay, yeast and caramel. Nicely balanced tart and sweet flavors with good depth. Texture was a bit inconsistent but the finish is pleasantly sour and snappy.