Jolly Pumpkin Perseguidor (Batch 1)

Formerly brewed at Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Sour Ale
Dexter, Michigan USA

Very fruity nose, some yeast and a bit of malt, cloudy red/pink, almost no head. Taste is fruity, funky, sour, tart. Medium bodied, dry, good, but it seemed more like a farmhouse/saison style.

bottle....pours a golden brown , somewhat transparent with a frothy white head....aroma of barnyard funk with lemony zest tartness.....flavors of lemony tartness with mild funk but ends up somewhat dry which prematurely ends the qualities found in the flavor.

12 oz bottle. Hazy brown with peachy edges and a light foam skin. Lacy tendrils. Nose is toffee, mild sour cherry and apple, some honey. Silky with a whisper of carb. Taste like the nose with some vinous notes. Oaky drying. Wonderful stuff from the Pumpkin.

2006 bottle, batch 1...courtesy of Silphium via Styles....hazy brown, light chesnut body...aroma of sour funk. yeast, oak/tannic qualities..slightly sweet as well, and somewhat flemish in nature..flavor is slightly acrid and a tad bland considering what was offered in the nose..slightly funky, with large yeast, bread, and dough..nice palate..what was nice about this beer is that is seems distinctly different from the other JP beers..

Bottle from Styles on 12/27/07. Big thanks Chris! Nice malty sour lacto bretty aroma. Smells like it will be slick and lightly sour. Deep red amber color. Large to small frothy head that dies slowly. Green apple, oak, light sourness. Makes me feel like I’m sitting at a large wooden table in a musty castle. A monk walks in and pours the lovely sour ale and beside it plops down a plate of swiss gruyere cheese and a loaf of sour bread. Oh it would be nice to have the bread and cheese here too. Reminiscent of the Red Poppy I had yesterday. I can’t help but wonder in a side-by-side blind tasting how it would stand up. Very nice dinner beer.

Pours a hazy amber color with ruby highlights and a thin white head. Very pleasant aroma of green apples, brettanomyces, wood and lingering sourness, smells like a Jolly Pumpkin to me! Solid flavor of wood, melon, cantaloup, brett, green apples, sourness with a mild bitter finish, the flavor is very assertive and powerfull, I love it. The body has a medium thickness with a creamy texture and moderate carbonation. This is another testament of Ron Jeffries’ masterfull brewing art, kudos!

Bottle that Ross shared with me, Thanks. A strange beer for me, nothing really jumped out at me with this one. It was good, but for some strange reason I didnt get a whole lot out of this beer. It looks like muddy a muddy brown with a tan head but not very thick. Smell is heavy on the oak and barrel notes with some vanilla and a little sour cherry notes. Flavor of the brett comes out pretty well some additional caramel notes in there as well. A fairly interesting beer, I almost wonder if Jolly Pumpkin tried to do too much with this one. As hard as I try I can’t pick anything specific about it that made me love it. It was good but nothing spectacular.

Bottle: Deep caramel, thick and hazy, moderate light beige head, fizzy, dies quickly leaving spotty lacing.   Oh my lord, wonderful Oaken nose, seems tart, slightly floral, a smidgen sweet.   Just wonderful!   Soft Oak flavors on the tongue, minor tartness, a little dry.   A sweetened yet tart floral aspect surrounds this one.   However, the Oak imparts the best impression.   This is like an Oaken table beer, very easy to drink, clean, crisp, and just lovely.   Nose yields more promise than it delivers, wished it was a bit more tart and dry.   Still good nonetheless.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate, slightly dry, with a touch of sweetness.   Good stuff!   The aroma is where it is at on this one.   Thanks Chris for this righteous brew!