Weizen Bam Bière
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

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From:
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
Saison
Ranked #372
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
90
Ranked #9,214
Avg:
4.03 | pDev: 11.17%
Reviews:
201
Ratings:
541
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 24, 2022
Added:
Jul 30, 2008
Wants:
  42
Gots:
  56
Ruddy golden, with yeast driven esters of banana, spicy clove, and nutmeg all wrapped up with a generous dose of rapscallion delight.
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Ratings by laituegonflable:
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Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia

4.32/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
Pours a cloudy pale champagne colour with some yeast sediment at the bottom. Head is very generous and white, quite fluffy but decent retention. Clumps of lace left behind on the glass. Quite nice.

Smells tart and bretty. Plenty of orange peel on there that provides both tart and sweet notes, hint of pineapple and some funky barnyard character as well. Tart, fresh and lively. Very refreshing and hugely enticing.

Taste is tart and fresh as well. Quite a sharp acidity on the front that's almost overwhelming with its bretty and slightly citric flavour, yet so beautifully mellowed out by the end with sweeter citric notes - orange peel and a touch of cake batter coming to meet it. It's possibly a bit on the sharp, sizzly side still, but the finish is clean, with a pleasant refreshing acidity and just a touch of spice - cumin and fenugreek mostly. Fragrant and musty to balance out that lovely tartness being the dominant character. Just fresh, crisp, complex and delightful.

A bit of a pull from the acidity, really. There is body there, but not quite enough and it comes across as quite sharp as a result.

Notwithstanding, that's a refreshing and delightfully complex beer, full of personality and charisma with intriguing flaws in just the right places. Just a great beer.
Jan 05, 2012
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.74/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
750 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Batch 573. ABV is not mentioned on the label. Cloudy pale yellow colour, huge to big white head. Attractive aroma of citrus, banana, cloves, nutmeg and wild yeast with "farmhouse" notes. The flavour is lemony and acidic with notes of cloves and a hint of oak. Very refreshing and drinkable, but I’d like some more hops.
Jul 24, 2022
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Rated by RobertColianni from Pennsylvania

4.34/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3½yo (2017) bottle: golden/haze, frog eyes, hay, wool, urine, light must.
Jan 28, 2021
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Reviewed by Sock_Monster from Georgia

3.04/5  rDev -24.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a hazy straw yellow giving way to nice vinegar and lemon aroma with hints of clove, but the taste is mostly that of a rather generic sour and I taste almost none of the hefe yeast that was in the aroma
Oct 01, 2020
 
Rated: 3.94 by entenduintransit from Tennessee

Apr 23, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 16, 2020
 
Rated: 3.99 by bluehende from Delaware

Sep 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Karibourgeois from Texas

Feb 17, 2019
 
Rated: 3.88 by OKbrew89 from Oklahoma

Nov 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.78 by Futbolmanby from Michigan

Aug 13, 2018
 
Rated: 4.05 by AGust82 from Connecticut

Jul 16, 2018
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Reviewed by jaialai-untilidie from Florida

3.05/5  rDev -24.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
Really kind of thin. Not much apparent carbonation and quickly disappearing head. Flavors are all a bit... Sublte sourness level is low. A little on the uneventful side
Jul 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.1 by TylerJ from Iowa

Apr 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.18 by mattreitz49 from Florida

Apr 02, 2018
 
Rated: 4.07 by johnverduin from Indiana

Mar 09, 2018
 
Rated: 4.01 by jmich24 from Michigan

Feb 28, 2018
 
Rated: 4.16 by DanGeo from Michigan

Feb 06, 2018
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Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania

3.3/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
375ml bottle into a tulip appears perfectly clear straw yellow with a white cap that fades leaving a wall of lace.

Aroma is lactic like yogurt and lemons with sulfur and footy pils grain.

Taste is mildly tart with wheat and footy pils grain. Sulfur dominates the profile of this.

Light in body with modest carbonation. Its ok but really not at all like what the description/label tells this beer is going to be like. Perhaps just an off batch or under-developed?
Jan 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Dec 07, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by jgunther71 from Illinois

Oct 27, 2017
Weizen Bam Bière from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 541 ratings