A: Pours a pumpkin orange color with as much frothy white head as you care to pour. These Jolly Pumpkin beers are always crazy carbonated. Nice lacing.
S: Smells of sour apple, brett funk, oak barrels, and a nice delicate hop presence. This has some nice fall spices going on, very cool. This is the hoppiest smelling Jolly Pumpkin by a landslide.
T: This tastes very funky- hay, horseblanket, pears, grain, and some rotten apple. This has some nice use of spices- nutmeg, coriander, and some pepper are all noticeable; These all add some very nice warmth and depth to this brew. Its almost as if the finish isn't there on this beer, the flavors fade fast in your mouth until a light amount of hop bitterness shows up. There is a citrus quality to this(from the hops?), maybe clementines. The hoppiness builds and seems slightly out of place in this beer.
M: A little thin here but not too bad. Lively carbonation and Brett with Lingering bitterness.
D: Really an interesting beer that shows us wild funk and bitter finish. Can age for at least two years.
Food Pairings: Another incredibly rare beer in our cellar, serve it to advanced drinkers with appreciation for rarity and craftsmanship in beer. Pair this beer with a funky cheese platter, grilled cheese, veal schnitzel, weisswurst or kielbasa.
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