Lambicus Dexterius
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales in Dexter, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Gueuze Special Out of Production|
Score
6.56
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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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3.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Had this beer numerous times. Last one was my own bottle at a recent tasting. 750mL bottle, first batch. The beer is undrinkable, all nail polish. Everyone poured it out. I took the bottle out and everyone got excited and happy thinking it was going to be the bomb. I was excited that other were excited but secretly I knew what was coming. As soon as they sniffed it smiling faces turned into faces of bewilderment. Then after a sip it turned into disgust. 15 people and only have the bottle was poured into glass and almost all of that went in the drain. Not just a bottle issue, this has been my experience at least twice before now but it has gotten worse with time. Mike, thanks for sending this to me, I wished for long that it would be better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2011
at 12:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
6th Annual MBG Winter Beer Festival, Grand Rapids. Cloudy yellow-orange body, thick, puffy cream head. Nose is sulfuric and lactic, like a fart escaping a dirty bathtub (in a good way...). Puckering, intense body with strong brie cheese rind, very lactic, with tart fruit, cranberry skin, and oak tannins. Clean finish. A wild, funky, fantastic beer.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2011
at 12:04
4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
750ml bottle shared by footbalm
Appearance: Clear golden with no head, no lacing & no carbonation
Aroma: Tart cherries
Taste: Sour, vinegar and super dry
This is my 4th Jolly Pumpkin beer, all four have been bad or worse than bad. It must be bad luck on my part because they all have great reviews and high scores. I don’t get it....... Footbalmed another...........
Appearance: Clear golden with no head, no lacing & no carbonation
Aroma: Tart cherries
Taste: Sour, vinegar and super dry
This is my 4th Jolly Pumpkin beer, all four have been bad or worse than bad. It must be bad luck on my part because they all have great reviews and high scores. I don’t get it....... Footbalmed another...........
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2011
at 17:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazed golden lambic with no head or carbonatation. In aroma, a suoerb lactic acid and horseblanket with groun cherries. In mouth, a superb lactic epsom salts laced lambic, earthy, very nice. Bottle shared with Orlando crew, Jan. 6 2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2011
at 19:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
shared by plovmand @ plovmand tasting. unclear orange, small white head. supernice sour aroma, not acid, just very well balanced sour. supernice aroma. flavor is wooded sourness. superb. reminds me of some of the revelation cat experiements.great balance. apart from sour thereis a very faint note of sweeter fruts ,lots of wood and some great hoppy balance. refreshing woody lambic. very good. almost no off flavors.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2011
at 15:27
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
750ml bottle pours a hazy, burnt orange with one ring of white head. Nose is nice, smells like Cantillon’s brett strain, yeasty, farmyard, strawberry, wood pulp, honey, floral. Flavor is tart, tons of citrus and lactic acid, lemons, vinegar, orange rind, strawberry. Too much acid. Full bodied, vinegar finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2010
at 11:59
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of MrChopin, thank you sir! Murky golden brown color. Aroma of grapefruit rind and funk. Taste has lots of vinegar and lemon. Nice enough if you like that much sourness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2010
at 18:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. [ As Jolly Pumpkin Lambicus Dexterius ].Unclear medium orange color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, lacto, moderate to light heavy yeasty, barnyard, baking yeast, sour wood, tart. Flavor is light heavy sweet and acidic with a long to average duration, acetone, dry dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100624] 7-3-8-4-16 Bottle 750ml. shared at [ A Day To Sink All Sea Shepards tasting. ], Brussels, Belgium. [ As Jolly Pumpkin Lambicus Dexterius ].Unclear medium orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, barnyard, leather, tart, funky, wood, oak, vinegar - acetone. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart, wood, funky, vinegar. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160917] 8-2-8-3-16
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2010
at 11:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled. An unclear dark golden beer with no head. The aroma has notes of brettenomyces, citrus, and wood. The flavor has notes of brettanomyces, wood, lacto bacteria, and lemon, leading to a tart finish. Thanks KimJohansen for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2010
at 06:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours a cloudy golden with a tiny off-white head. Lots of barnyard in the nose, very dirty. Medium body, completely flat. Sweet overripe - almost rotten - fruit. Lots of lacto, acetone and Brett. Very sour finish. 240610
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2010
at 12:07