Calabaza Boreal
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales in Dexter, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Anchorage Brewing CompanyFarmhouse - Sour Saison Special Out of Production
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Score
7.61
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"PUMPKIN OF THE NORTH"
SOUR FRUIT SAISON
COLLABORATION WITH ANCHORAGE BREWING COMPANY
ABV: 7.0%
IBUs: 40
TIME IN OAK: 6 Months
HOPS: Michigan Chinook, Citra, Columbus, & Simcoe
GRAINS: Pilsner Malt, Wheat Malt, & Munich 20
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS: Grapefruit Juice, Grapefruit Zest, & Peppercorns
LAST RELEASE: July 2016
Our first collaboration with Anchorage Brewing Company. Brewed with Grapefruit Peel, Grapefruit Juice and Peppercorns. Oak barrel aged and bottle conditioned. Citrus and tart, with a nice hint of Peppercorn.
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." -Nietzche
When introspection fails, it’s time to look outward for inspiration, perhaps Northward! One of the people who inspired me this past year is my friend Gabe Fletcher, of Anchorage Brewing Co. We brewed this biére together. I hope it inspires you. Northward!
Cheers & Mahalo plenty!
Ron Jeffries, Founder and Chief Squeegee Operator
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Sigmund (14673) reviewed Calabaza Boreal from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is
7%. Oak barrel aged and bottle conditioned. Brewed with grapefruit peel, juice and peppercorns. Golden colour, large white head. Aroma of farmhouse kitchen, oaked apple cider and apple cider vinegar, white wine vinegar, citrus and green peppercorns. The flavour is distinctly peppery and oaky, moderately sour (not as much as some other JP beers), notes of grapefruit and oaked cider. Pepper and fairly bitter hops in the finish. Interesting beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Fonefan 300814. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is brett, apricot, orange, lemon. Flavour is brett, spices, yeast, sourness, apricot, orange, lemon. Very nice beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Unlike the Anchorage bottle I had last Summer, this bottle does not have a date on it. However, after initial smell and taste, nothing seemed off so here’s the rest.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange color with a slim white finger’s worth of foamy white head that dissipated and left a nice lacing glossing around the sides of the glass.
The smell had a big sweet sticky citrus to a delicate grapefruit goodness. Floral and spicy peppercorns dance underneath my nose as well.
The taste combined all of the previously mentioned elements to sweeten and enliven the floral spicy notes wildly underneath and over my tongue. There’s a big spicy citrus aftertaste and a dry citrus finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sipping to sessionable quality about it. Nice spice rolls over my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good sour/wild ale that I could have again. It’s nice that it showed up in Alaska. Thank you Shelton Brothers/Jolly Pumpkin for giving up your dead.
laiti (11645) reviewed Calabaza Boreal from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
75 cl bottle @ tiong
Aroma has nice, funky bretta tones, some grapefruit and orange. Flavour has grapefruit, baking stuff, some orange juice and some minerals. Also some salty notes typical to the brewery. Refreshing and nice bretta-beer, JP sure knows how this style is done correctly.
tiong (21414) reviewed Calabaza Boreal from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750ml bottle from Bierkompass
Pours orange with a smooth head. Aroma of oak, wood, tart berries, hints of spices and vanilla. Taste is sweetish, oaky and woody with some fruits, loads of bretta, vanilla, hints of tart berries, grapefruit, sourness, spices and vanilla. Finish is oaky with loads of vanilla, tart berries, bretta, slight sourness, spices and hints of fruits and sweet toffee. Quite balanced and tasty sour ale. Nice one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy golden amber pour with a substantial frothy white head, orange, pineapple and cider vinegar aroma, taste has some really juicy fruit action of pineapple, lemon sherbet, some funk, sour but not lip puckering, tart apples, vinous, nice brett action, excellent.
fonefan (85107) reviewed Calabaza Boreal from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 750ml. @ The Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2014, TSODRBSG14. [ As Jolly Pumpkin / Anchorage Calabaza Boreal ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, horse blanket - barnyard - funky, grape, wine, sour apricot - grape. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, funky, peach - apricot, grape. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140830]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle from De Molen Beer Shop, at home. Cloudy dark golden with a lasting white head. Big funky and fruity aroma, hitting you from pretty much when the bottle is opened. Pineapple, grapefruit, leather and old wood. Sour fruit candy and a little bit of urinal blocks. Very dry and slightly tart fruity flavour with citrus hops and brett funk with a hoppy, bitter finish. Tasty, juicy and quenching
caesar (10841) reviewed Calabaza Boreal from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ ZZT X, small sample, thanks all for sharing! Slight hazy golden color, short head. Spicy and bit funky, lactic notes. Bit dry, bit sweet. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ ZZT 10 shared by joes. Hazy yellow colour with a small sized white head. Smells sourish, brett, leather. Tastes brett, sourish, dusty, nice. Medium body, soft to medium carbo.