Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Lambicus Dexterius

Lambicus Dexterius

 

Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales in Dexter, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Lambic Style - Gueuze Special Out of Production
Score
6.56
ABV: 6.3% IBU: - Ticks: 34
Belgian style Lambic brewed traditionally (100% spontaneous fermentation). (Blend of 4 yr, 3.5 yr and 2.5 yr) Malts: Pils Malt, Raw Wheat Hops: Aged Hallertauer One of Jolly Pumpkins founding goals was not only to be the first all oak aged sour brewery in the US, but the first production Lambic brewery as well. We began creating this beer over four years ago. Brewed using a traditional turbid step mash, an extended boil, and allowed to cool overnight in one of our open fermenters. Moved the next day into some of our most sour barrels. No culture yeast is used, only our native Dexter cultures. Notes of orange, grapefruit, and a wonderful funky sourness complete the picture. Bottled Still.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle pours out burnt orange topped with a fizzy head. Nose is nice lemon zest sour tart funk oak barrel kick. Tatse is more of the nice sour tart citrus notes and plenty of the fresh oak notes.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2018 at 21:49


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared at A Day To Sink All Sea Shepards tasting. Cloudy dull orange with no head. Aroma of lactic funk and a little wood. Flavour is above moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. [17-09-2016]

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2016 at 12:29


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

750 ml bottle shared at the original Chez Moeder Lambic’s cellar. Light hazy orange color with no head. Light malty and yeasty aroma, funky, bretty, barnyard, citrusy fruity, orange, vinous, wood. Light sweet and moderate to heavy acidic taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2016 at 15:55



5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

@ A day to sink all seasheppards. Thnx for sharing, everyone !! Pours rather clear amber. No real head. Smell is funk, dry, some oak. Mild sourness. Taste is intensely sour, but in all the wrong ways. Acid, lemon, lactic, infection sourness.... Not nearly where it should be. Cool to have ticked another ’geuze’ but its a shame to compare this to a real geuze.

Tried on 17 Sep 2016 at 19:38


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Tasting at Matt’s
Hazy orange-amber color with small to no head. Nice aroma, old cellar, mold, some cobwebs, also a bit cheesy, lightly fruity. Lowly carbonated, hence the mouthfeel is a bit oily; there is some malt flavor, but the acidity is nasty, with acetone, chemical acetic acid, Band Aid.
Out of balance, weird, really not pleasant.

Tried on 08 Dec 2014 at 01:18


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle - Oaky barrel notes, sour fruit and some ketchup. Cloudy orange and no head. Tart vinegar, spice and ketchup. Lots of weird flavours.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2014 at 20:16


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

22 oz. bottle, pours an almost completely flat orange with a few bubbles as head. Nose is quite tart, with loads of oak, moderate vinegar, and medium tartness. Flavour brings out oak, vinegar and loads of tartness. Very vinegary and oaky, with totally flat carbonation. Not an authentic gueuze by any means, but quite a cool funky sour blonde ale nonetheless. Nice one to try.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2014 at 20:00


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Bottle from Adam in Chicago maybe 2 years ago? Opened split 2 ways with a friend at 45 F in stemware. Allowed to warm / decant over time. Excited to try this one.

A - Blood orange appearance, totally flat/still. Nothing at all going on.

S - Nose is really nice. Lots of funky sour grapefruit, grape skins and leather with oak. Smells awesome.

T - Taste starts really nice. Lots of fruit, funk and sour bite. Around the middle, brett funk and shoe polish hit with a finish that is steel wool, copper penny, moldy fruit and rotten vegetables.

M - Still, metallic and sweet. Lots of residual sugars

O - This is just not very good. Starts great, smells great but the finish is horrible. Bottled Still which I don’t really believe too much as in it just didn’t carbonate? Probably won’t finish my glass.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2014 at 17:10


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

RBWG14 Trip Rating #113. Bottle shared at the Grand Tasting. Pours a hazy orange color with a thin head. Aroma of mild sour fruits, grapes, stone fruits and a bit of acetone. The taste is tart earth, citrus, berries, stone fruits, mild caramel malts.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2014 at 17:52