Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza

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

Hazy golden with booming white head, and nice lacing. Wheaty/yeasty spice is dominant scent with boisterous peppery, oaky fruit aromas as well. The body is a spicy/juicy one with tangy yeasty flavors, yielding a souring finish. There is almost no presence of alcohol, which provides a surprisingly easy to drink beverage. While not what I was expecting, this brew was a well proportioned Belgian, with a souring touch.

Great beer. Pours out nice golden. A very tasty blonde, sweet, malty with a nice finish. Not too thin, easy to drink.

Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is sour fruits and caramel malts with some vinegar and flowery hops. Flavour is wheat, alcohol, some caramel, big citrus and some yeastyness. Also very acidic thing.

Bottle @ Chris_o shindig 2007. Unclear yellow color with a average, frothy to fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is vinegar, sour, fruity, US hops, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate acetic and sour, with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat.

pours a cloudy gold with a nice two finger fluffy white head. aroma is yeast, funk, and lemons with some hops, champagne, and sour apples. has a light to medium body with good lacing and great carbonation. flavor is the same as aroma and has a very full mouth feel from the carbonation. is a little peppery and spicy like the bottle says. reminds me of duvel with funk and like duvel if you need more head just give it a little swirl. not bad! also has a small dry hop aftertaste and some oak that sits on the tongue.

Bottle. Urine-sample yellow. Light head. Spicy, yeasty, peppery, grassy. Medium body with smooth, even finish. I usually love these guys and looked forward to a nice finishing touch to the beerfest, but feel very disappointed. Need to re-rate at some point. Sampled near the end of BCTC 2007.

bottle. hazy straw/golden pour with many rising bubbles to foamy white head. typical JP aroma.....sour, spicy yeast, hop, floral. nicely hopped. good balance. yeast. sourness tamed by hops. mild spice and oak barrel.

Bottle: Pours a deep, cloudy golden color with a huge white head that tested my patience. Plenty of time to sample the aroma of citrus and spices, a light clove presence and some florals. Taste is bright and floral with spices and more of that citrus / orange peel sensation. Overall, this is easy to enjoy.