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Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

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My reviews have gotten lazier and shorter. Easier to enjoy the beer :)

Great color. Funky nose and taste. This is very wine-like. A semi-sweet white. Green apple, white stone fruit, and some yeast.

Very light and drinkable, especially given the ABV.

Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of pear, some apples and funk. Taste is tart, plenty of funk, some vinegar, light apples , finishes dry. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall I was disappointed with this beer.

The pour is translucent gold with a nearly white head and great carbonation. Sheets of lacing coat the inside of the glass.
The taste is tart, but so much more. Oak and flowers, peat and funk. Somehow those all combine well.
The feel is light and crisp and matches the style well.
OA, not a style I pick up often, but when I want something different this is what I like.

On tap at the Traverse City, MI location. Served in a branded Tulip glass.

Appearance: Slightly cloudy amber color with a thin white head and plenty of fine strands of white lacing.

Smell: Bit of oak, tart fruits, a little bit of some leafy hops, and a little bit musty. Maybe some phenol notes, but hard to pull out under the fruity esters.

Taste: The start has a bit of tartness, then a hit of fruity esters (berry mostly), a tiny bit of old noble hops, and then some more tart/sour finish. I’m not getting peppery or spicy notes. The sourness/tartness is complementary - it’s not strong and dominating, but it is noticeable, and it works with this beer.

Mouthfeel: Light carbonation, smooth, good thickness.

Overall / Drinkability: Normally I’m not a big fan of sour beers, but this one was very interesting and I enjoyed it. But….since sours are not my favorite style, I found one was enough. The higher ABV was very well hidden. I’m not sure this beer went with the meal I had (bison sloppy joe in this case) but still glad I tried it. I can see why this beer is highly rated.

 

Spicy, effervescent.. excellent flavor

From a 16oz can. Dated 11/07/23

This is a beer that is fairly clear looking and golden in color. The clarity does go away when I am able to pour the whole beer into the glass, and there's some chunks in the glass. There's a nice stream of carbonation bubbles slowly rising in the glass to produce a 3 finger white head. The head is fluffy looking and long lasting. There's some nice sticky looking lacing on the glass.
The aroma has a nice wild funky character to it. Very earthy smelling aroma. Somewhat grassy smelling.
Taste - There's a earthy flavor that shows up on the front. The middle has a bit of bitterness. The back is very floral and has a peppery flavor to it.
Bubbly feeling, and a dryness to this beer. Very full bodied.
Very tasty beer and I am just enjoying it a lot.

On tap at Jolly Pumpkin in Detroit, MI.

This one pours a slightly hazy golden orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This one smells like pear, oak, white wine, spicy hops, and leathery funk.

There’s a pleasantly spicy and clovey funk to this one, with some floral hops, just a hint of citrus, oak, pear, and apple.

This is full bodied, well carbonated, and very drinkable.

I really love to see Jolly Pumpkin still having delicious beers all these years later.

Poured a 473ml can into a tulip. A big two finger fine white head on a cloudy gold. Excellent head retention. Lots of rocky lacing.

Fruit and sour in the nose.

Fruit and esters up front. Spicy. Brett comes through in the middle but does not dominate. A light brett finish.

Medium body and carbonation. Well hidden ABV.

An excellent oak aged beer. Smooth and well balanced.

 

Hazy gold body, with a fizzy, frothy, white head floating for a minute or so before dissipating.
Aromas of apricot, apple pie, dust of yeast spice, cinnamon.
A wonderful melange of flavours, it taste like walking through a summer field, with notes of floral honey, fresh grain, sourdough bread, coriander; the oak is there, and plenty of yeasty tang and umami, accentuated by a slightly buttery feel, silky and softly refreshing; medium body and fine, medium-light carbonation;

Oro gets more intriguing with every sip

May 19 2024

 

packaged 10/20/23, consumed 12/16/23 so great service to get it here! i often don't appreciate belgian "style" that falls far below the mark of the real deal. but this outfit has pulled it off - gratz!
L: drinking from the can and it is stylish
S: apple, light oak, bit of fruit
T: tart, refreshing, tangy funk,
F: light clean and drying.
O: worthy!

Random purchase based on freshest packaged date, from Cork 'N' Ale. From a 16-ounce can, it pours pale hazy yellow, with a big white fizzy head, slowly diminishing to a fine lacy ring. Aroma is lightly sour and oakish with faint hints of the sweet grain beneath. Tastes of tartness and oak mixed with light breadiness and sweet grainy malt. Relatively mild sour and oak flavor balanced sweet malt, finishing medium dry. Full bodied with a slight alcohol warmth. This beer should age well, but it tastes great now.

 

Fruity. Notes of passion fruit, apple. Sweetness masks alcohol taste, but not burn. Taste reminiscent of barrel aged Belgians.
Yellow gold color. Delicate head. Fairly smooth.

Look: Golden yellow and clear with a fizzy and noisy white head that bubbles up and rapidly settles to a film, leaving minimal lacing behind
Aroma: I could smell it on the pour. Wet hay, herbal notes, hints of white pepper, yeast funk, tartness, floral notes, and citrus zest
Taste: Opens up with nice fruity esters, bringing both pear and green apple to the table and quickly joined by both floral and citrus notes – true jasmine, spirea, and sharp lemon all in play. Hay, white pepper, and some funk become prominent in the middle and light but noticeable tartness closes it out. No ethanol detectable
Mouthfeel: Full but light feeling, clean, medium carbonation, and clean on the finish with some tartness and light dryness
Overall: This is another good offering from these folks. A delicious Belgian Golden Ale that strikes a great balance between the yeast funk and tartness, while also not whitewashing the subtle notes from the hops and malt that all come together in a great and dangerously drinkable package. Fun, interesting, and tasty to drink. Highly recommended