Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza

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

Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a thick light tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of Belgian yeast and lots of hops, elderberries, and grass. The flavor is acidic malty with notes of wood and brettanomyces.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of FlacoAlto. Clear amber golden with a dense and lively lacing beige head. Tart Brettish aroma. Medium body, a little low in carbonation. Fruit and woody accents but also an astringet phenolic finish, that isn’t overly pleasant. 190608

Bottle. Papsoes MadsBerg homecoming blindtasting, bottle #23. Pours slight cloudy orange to brown with a slowly collapsing off-white head. Solid lacto and hoppy aroma. Mild milky note following. Flavour is sour and dry citric with a mild malt note. Dry citric finish. slight milky note into the finish.

Bottle 75cl. @ Amerikaner blindsmagning @ Papsoe, Bottle #23.]
Unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sour, woody notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, light to moderate acidic and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (190608)

Bottled@Konttori, Tampere. Amber colour, beige big head. Aroma is sourness, fruits, alcohol, some spices and quite much wooden notes as well. Flavour is sour wooden notes along with caramel malts, spices, earth and quite fruity as well. Smoothens up as it gets warmer.

Botte #23 at Papsoes blindtasting. Cloudy orange coloured with a huge off white head. Light acidic aroma of wood, fruits and brett. Light acidic flavour of brett, wood and vanilla with notes of hops. Tart finish.

Date: 01/23/2008
Mode: bottle
Vintage: batch 1
Score: 3.4 to 3.5
Words: Green’s

dark brown, easily roused beige head, sudsy lace, heavy spiced oak aroma, rich dark malt flavor, touch of chocolate, spicyness and oak character complements each other really well,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4
-------- /> Date: 11/16/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Bobo
Vintage: 2007

muddy dark brown, frothy beige head, specks of lace, sweet and tart aroma with lots of fruity tartness with heavy oak, rich malt flavor, lots of oak character, touch of fruity tartness, lots of spicyness,

Hazy dark brown with a big thick head. Funky, woody aroma with some phenols and light chocolate accents. Fun. Chocolate base with wood, funky brett accent. There’s a splash of alcohol in the woody , slightly yeasty finish. Nice brew.