Jolly Pumpkin Perseguidor (Batch 3)

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

750ml bottle. huge thanks to Kan for sharing after GTMW. pours hazy amber with white head. nose is mostly la roja a touch more sour though. flavor is sour and tart, majority la roja character, some vanilla and spice in the finish. pretty spicy and boozy actually.

750ml bottle. Thanks to GrbDg for sharing. Aroma: Oak, dried cherries, green raisins, lemon, funky/bretty, and a floral/herbal note that I couldn’t quite place. Appearance: Medium amber in color and hazed. White head was small and frothy with good retention. Fair lacing. Flavor: Wheat malt, oak, Dried cherries and grapes, lemon. Funk comes across dusty/cobweb. Very tart. Some floral/herbal notes into the finish. Dry finish. Palate: Medium bodied. Moderate carbonation. Overall: Although this was very good, it didn’t seem to pack the flavor punch of some other JP beers I’ve had. Worth seeking out.

Bottle from miketd’s tasting

Thanks to Cliff (GrbDog) for picking this up and bringing it to the tasting. Maybe it was the freshness of the bottle compared to the Batch 1 release that I tried before but this seems like it needs time to settle. I wish I could get another bottle to try in a year’s time. Still solid across the board if you get a chance to sample this consider yourself lucky.

Aroma / Appearance - The short lived white head soon dissapated into the cloudy amber brown body supporting it. A sticky lacing left snail trails down the sides of the glass. Oak, cherries, cheap chocolate and vinous aspects all combined into a sour harmony. At this point my expectations were for another repeat of the first batch.

Flavor / Palate - Wheaty, dry and intensely sour this falls close to La Folie without that final throat drying kick. Instead it takes a few minutes to work its magic. In between a chocolate and cherry combination floats on the tongue. The only flaw was a medicinal aspect that may go away with age. I would love to try this in a year or two to see if it improves at all.

Draft sample at MBGF Summer08. Poured hazy orange amber with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy tart fruit, sour citrus, earthy and woody aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture. Medium to heavy sour flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. My expectations where met with a better version of this JP brew.

750mL Bottle. Interesting fruit and funk nose. Very unique blend of citrus and wildness fruit. Coconut juice, sweet almonds, and passionfruit. Very tropical, fresh and amazing. Heavily clouded orange-amber, with a golden fringe and a white rim. Flavor develops strongly. Start mild and unassuming in cobweb wildness, but then explodes into a crazy bamboo spice and subtropical fruit flesh. Oak doesn’t annoy me as much as it often does. Alcohol is a little prickly, doesn’t feel warm, but does blow into the nostrils. Tart and puckery. Strongest citrus presentation of all the JPs I can think of. Calabaza showing through? Nice clean funk. Dry. Palate is great. Lots of unique texture, not much sweetness and an acidity that is good for drinking. Long pickled citrus rind finish. Great. One of the best, all around. Thanks Sean!

On tap for MBG O8. Pours a hazy coppery color with a thin beige colored head. Aroma is oak, light cherry, floral, funk. Flavor is oak, light tart cherries, hint of bourbon, floral. Palate is medium bodied, light carbonation, finished tart and refreshing. Very good!

On tap at the MBG ’08 Summerfest. Orange, brown, gold pour. Very dry with lots of apple notes, some herbs, and wheat. Strong sour character. Medium body.

MBG Fest ’08. Poured a hazy amber with a frothy white head. Aroma was strongly acetic with wood and yeast notes. Flavor was a rollercoaster - it starts momentarily smooth, but quickly the sour fruit taste completely overwhelms the taste buds before the dry finish kicks in. Very refreshing mouthfeel full of enjoyable micro-carbonation. Sad to think I’ll likely never try this beer again given the limited supply being made available at the end of this week (8/1/08) because it really is a remarkable beverage.