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Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

(Northern United Brewing Company)

3115 Broad Street
Suite A
Dexter MI 48130
Telephone: +1 734-426-4962
Hours: Friday-Saturday noon-6:00pm.
Brewer: Ron Jeffries
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Notes

Opened: 2004

Contributor: Siegfried Binge

Updated: December 5, 2015

News

2009-11-11: Carving a niche: The brewers at Jolly Pumpkin expand into a cafe in Ann Arbor (Detroit Metro Times)
2007-11-29: Bottling a good reputation (Michigan Daily)

Beer List

Bam Bière

French & Belgian-Style Saison

4.50% abv.
Awards:
- Bronze Medal, 2009 Great American Beer Festival
- Date: February 17, 2007 (#6329)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR
  
  Score: 16½ points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Deep golden. Hazy. Huge foamy head.
  
  Aroma (2½)
  Spicy. Tart. Malty. Brettanomyces.
  
  Mouthfeel (9)
  Light body, very fizzy. Big malt up front, followed by a huge grassy hop flavor and bitterness. A bit earthy.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  Pretty tasty, refreshing beer.

Bam Noire

French-Style Bière de Garde

Date: February 3, 2010 (#8131)

Package: bottled

Place: Brix, Omaha NE

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Deep red. Massive dense head.

Aroma (3)
Spicy. Oaky. Grassy and piney.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fizzy. Sweet dark malt with a whole lot of oak flavor. Mild spicy alcohol. Tart. Grassy, resiny notes in the finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Bambic Winking Lizard 25th Anniversary Ale

Belgian- and French-Style Ale

7.00% abv.

Date: November 26, 2015 (#9553)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs IA

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Hazy red, with a dense head.

Aroma (3)
Earthy, sweet, toasty, and fruity.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body. Mouth-filling carbonation. Earthy, fruity hop flavor, fairly bitter up front, floowed by a smooth tartness in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Date: September 2, 2007 (#6620)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red with just a bit of haze. Big thick head.

Aroma (3)
Very earthy. Some dill.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, very fizzy. Caramel malt and earthy spiciness. Mild bitterness in the finish with a dill-hop character.

Overall Impression (2)
Barrel-aged and bottle-conditioned.

Biere de Mars Grand Reserve

Other Belgian-Style Ale

Calabaza Blanca

Belgian Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat

4.80% abv.

Date: December 25, 2007 (#6755)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Yellow. Hazy. Massive fluffy head.

Aroma (3)
Sweet, clean wheat malt.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body, immensely fizzy. Tart. Wheat malt flavor. Dry, Gueuze-like tartness.

Overall Impression (2)
Out of style, but tasty and refreshing. More like a Berliner Weisse than a Belgian Wit. "Barrel aged and bottle conditioned".

Date: August 10, 2013 (#9248)

Package: bottled

Place: Woodman's Food Market #22, Appleton WI

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Massive head.

Aroma (3)
Tart. Dark fruit.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, fizzy. Sweet dark malt, tart, some coffee. Subdued spices in the background. Mildly grassy, very low bitterness. Sweet, dark, tart finish.

Overall Impression (3)
"Barrel aged spiced dark coffee Saison".

Date: July 11, 2008 (#7169)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Golden-amber. Full of yeast. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Tart. Fruity.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body. Fizzy. Nicely tart and nicely malty. Mild sweetness balances the tart flavor. Just a hint of a nutty flavor in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)
"Ale brewed with chestnuts and spices. Aged in oak barrels."

Date: February 4, 2007 (#6311)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Deep red, hazy. Very high carbonation. Massive fluffy white head with a few dark flakes.

Aroma (3)
Spicy, earthy, tart, fruity. Lots going on here.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, smooth. Lots of Brettanomyces. Lots of caramel. Nicely mildly tart and fruity.

Overall Impression (2)
Tasty, complex beer. Barrel-aged and bottle-conditioned.

Date: August 11, 2007 (#6593)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Deep orange, very hazy. Very lively — took five minutes to pour.

Aroma (4)
Spicy, grassy, fruity, yeasty, earthy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, very fizzy. Big caramel malt base. Earthy and spicy, with a bit of a dill character.

Overall Impression (3)
Real smooth tasty beer. "Ale brewed with spices...coriander, grains of paradise". Bottle conditioned.

Date: August 9, 2013 (#9247)

Package: bottled

Place: Woodman's Food Market #22, Appleton WI

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Brown, black. Massive head.

Aroma (3)
Coffee. Grassy. Chocolate.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body. Looks very fizzy, but isn't. Tart up front, followed by coffee, chocolate, dark fruit. Very low hop character. Tart chocolatey finish.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: December 25, 2007 (#6757)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Brown-red. Hazy. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3)
Tart. Grassy. Sweet and biscuity. Herbal.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, fizzy. Lots of sweet brown malt flavor. Fairly tart, earthy. Big grassy character, becoming a bit resiny in the finish.

Overall Impression (2)
"Ale brewed with cacao and spices". Bottle conditioned.

Date: February 4, 2007 (#6312)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (2½)
Gusher! Ran to the sink. Golden, hazy, with a huge head.

Aroma (4)
Lemony Brettanomyces. Grassy spiciness.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, moderately fizzy. Sweetly malty and also tart. Lemony. Earthy Brettanomyces flavor.

Overall Impression (2)
Similar to La Roja, but smoother, sweeter, more mellow. Barrel-aged and bottle-conditioned.