Jolly Pumpkin Rozilla

Still June 6, bottles should be available in limited quantities next week.

 

What is it? Imperial Roja or something?

 

Rojzilla was tapped last Thursday at Hop Cat in Ann Arbor.

 

OEB in Ferndale had it tapped over the weekend. It tastes like a Jolly Pumpkin beer.

 

June 6. If this is like their other limited releases it should stick around in the fridge at the Ann Arbor location for a little while after the bottle shops are sold out.

This is definitely not a beginner's sour. This thing truly is a beast. Really impressive effort by JP on this one and on Roja du Kriek.

 

Du Kriek impressed me a lot. had it on tap a couple weeks back and thought it tasted just like Supplication. I went home and opened a Supplication to compare and confirmed they are very close.

 

Had Du Kriek and Rojzilla on draft about a week ago and was very impressed with both. I think these are much better than the Jolly Pumpkin core offerings. @a2rob is definitely right though, Rojzilla is not a 'crushable' sour by any means.

 

Anyone know if they do bottles to-go at the AA location and if they still have Rojzilla and du Kriek?

 

Call and ask.

 

I was at the AA cafe last Thursday, du Kriek was still on, Rojzilla had just tapped out. Yes, they do bottles to-go and I think they had both Rojzilla and du Kriek in the cooler. Wish I would have grabbed some. du Kriek was excellent.

 

So consensus seems to be the Kriek is better than the Rozilla? Heading up to Traverse City this weekend and wanted to stock up.

 

Was this brewery only?

 

It hit distro in "somewhat" limited amounts.

I would be curious if anyone could chime in on how big a footprint the distro was?

 

Du Kriek and Rojzilla keg distro made it to Columbus. Du Kriek and Rojzilla were tapped at The Crest in Columbus, but I think gone. Pies & Pints Easton has a keg of Du Kriek not up yet. Du Kriek bottles got really limited distro here. Saw them at one store only (Barrel and Bottle North Market).

 

Ill have to have them side by side again, but I believe I liked the Rojzilla better

 

It is probably cheaper to get it in the stores then at Jolly Pumpkin. Jolly Pumpkin released the beer at $16/each. The Wine Seller in Ann Arbor has it for $12.99/btl.

 

The Wine Seller has them in stock. $12.99.btl

 

Bummer, live in GR and am already out of town.

 

They really must not be concerned about driving business to the taproom. The AA location sells bottled beer at a hefty markup (which is fine, don't want to undercut your retailers), and rarely seems to put ANY limited/taproom only offerings up on tap. I guess the goal is to focus on food, which is fine, just a bit disappointing to me as BA who lives a few blocks away.