Maracaibo Especial
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales in Dexter, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.21
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MARACAIBO ESPECIAL
SOUR SPECIAL BROWN ALE
ABV: 7.5%
IBUs: 25
TIME IN OAK: 6 Months
HOPS: Celia, Perle, & Vanguard
GRAINS: Pilsner Malt, Munich 20, & Crystal 150
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS: Dextrose, Cacao Nibs, Orange Peel, & Cinnamon Sticks
LAST RELEASE: December 2016 (draft only)
A sour brown ale inspired by the enigmatic monastic brews of Belgium, and the mysterious mist shrouded jungles of the tropics. Brewed with real cacao, and spiced with cinnamon and sweet orange peel for a sensual delight. A brew to be sipped, savored, and enjoyed!
Cheers & Mahalo plenty!
Ron Jeffries, Founder and Chief Squeegee Operator
Awarded a Good Food Award, 2016
Best of Craft Beer Silver medal in the Specialty Wild Beer, 2016
Platinum medal awarded by Tastings, 2014
Australlian International Beer Awards Silver medal winner, 2007
SOUR SPECIAL BROWN ALE
ABV: 7.5%
IBUs: 25
TIME IN OAK: 6 Months
HOPS: Celia, Perle, & Vanguard
GRAINS: Pilsner Malt, Munich 20, & Crystal 150
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS: Dextrose, Cacao Nibs, Orange Peel, & Cinnamon Sticks
LAST RELEASE: December 2016 (draft only)
A sour brown ale inspired by the enigmatic monastic brews of Belgium, and the mysterious mist shrouded jungles of the tropics. Brewed with real cacao, and spiced with cinnamon and sweet orange peel for a sensual delight. A brew to be sipped, savored, and enjoyed!
Cheers & Mahalo plenty!
Ron Jeffries, Founder and Chief Squeegee Operator
Awarded a Good Food Award, 2016
Best of Craft Beer Silver medal in the Specialty Wild Beer, 2016
Platinum medal awarded by Tastings, 2014
Australlian International Beer Awards Silver medal winner, 2007
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy light brown. Sweet up front, cherryish sourness, has a mellow barrel note, brown sugar, has a nice subtlety to it.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2016
at 20:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at St. Augustines on Rare Beer Tap Takeover. Fruity, spices aroma and taste with hippy bitterness. Like a hybrid of Flemish, Saison and Sour Ale. Pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2016
at 23:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
9th July 2016: on-tap in the NaparBCN Brewpub with the RBESG guys. Another American beer a long way from home, found in Barcelona. Off-white head on an autumnal orange body. Fruity nose with sour pointers, taste had a bit of spiciness within the semi-sour fruity flavours. Liked it.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2016
at 02:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap during RBESG16. Hazy reddish light brown. Plastic, sour overripe fruit, glue, bitter leaves and spices. Under medium sour and bitter, light sweet. Medium bodied. 3.2 Update: Tap at Jolly Pumpkin Detroit. Still a bit of weird plastic spices, cinnamon, lemon. It seems better now, but still the spices and sourness don’t really mix.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2016
at 12:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.75l bottle shared @ Inbreak. Quite a dark cloudy one this, deep dark orange colored with him a nice lacing small off-white head in the top. Interesting noce. Lots of dandelion and quite a nice sweetness. Hints of cocoa and chocolate combined with the woody arch typical Jolly aroma. Orange vinegar and marmalade. Lots of marmalade. Smells quite nice this. Milder in the taste, but really refreshing. Thin oily in the mouth and it's really prickling on the allow average carbonation level. Bitterish also, dandelion and quick finish. Quite good. 30.03.2015
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2016
at 05:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap@Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen - dark sienna red to brown pour with off white head. Expecting a sweet rather than the sour malty backing (being a Belgian ale) but works for me, some dried fruit, caramel, some spices going, cinnamon prominently, quite tart in the finish, interesting brew. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2016
at 11:03
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shared 25.4 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy amber/brown with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, earth, spice, and yeast. Taste is sour fruits, orange, spice, funk, earth, and yeast. It’s not really a brown ale, nor is it a Belgian strong ale. I’d say it’s almost more like a watered-down sour red/brown, but with some citrus, and not nearly as tart - though it does indeed have some tartness. Interesting - not one of my favorites - but decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2016
at 23:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Ölföreningen 2015. Flaska, 2011 vintage. Smak och doft av humle, malt, karamell, apelsin, nyans av romerska bågar och kanel, ekträ och kryddor. Stor kropp och sötma, viss syrlighet, fin beska.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2016
at 10:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy, deep amber colored, medium creamy beige head. Aroma is of overripe fruits, tart, strong Brett, some orange notes and caramel, light cocoa. Taste is tart fruits, some orange, spicy, candy caramel, medium+ strong wild funkiness and sour, some cocoa but mostly in finish and aftertaste, medium- bitterness, dry. Medium bodied, lively carbonation. Brett conquers all, cacao notes almost don’t get through at all...
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2016
at 03:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från Craftbeer/Galatea 2012 vintage drucken med ölföreningen. Lite kraftigare öl från JP. Stor kropp med viss sötma, lätt kryddig, tydlig ek och laktokaraktär som ger en syrlig smakbild med mycket träighet. I bakgrunden kan lite romerska bågar från den försiktiga kryddningen. Snygg och god.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2015
at 03:58