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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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy amber liquid with medium off-white head. Aroma of dried fruit, spices, pears, vinegar and bread. Taste is light sweet and light to medium sour with notes of dried fruit, light vinegar and pears. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Pretty good. Nicely balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2014
at 13:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled 750ml. -from Hoppiness Koper. Murky amber/brown coloured, huge beige head, pleasant fruity alcoholic nose. Sourish fruity, light spicy, mild chocolate and cinnamon with slight acidic finish. Also some discreet presence of alcohol. Cocoa...not sure about it but never mind, in any case this is decent brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2014
at 08:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Enormous thanks to Ogivlado for bringing this from Slovenia! Poured a dark ambery red body (definitely not brown) with a huge, lovely off white head that stayed there for a long, long time. Pungent, full on Bretty, funky, yet sweetish aroma, grapes. Slightly mild, dry taste with some tartness, perfumey, Bretty, ending dry, perhaps cocoa like (in the aftertaste too), though I’m not 100% sure I’d name it that way if I hadn’t read the bottle. Peppers, nutmeg, cloves.... Interesting, tasty, complex. Well done JP!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2014
at 14:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cocoa- and cinnamon-flavoured specialty beer with thick, yellowish, moussy head and clear copper to bronze colour with tiny yeast particles floating around. Powerful sweet-sourish aroma closer to an oud bruin than to an abbey or trappist ale, impressions of sweet sherry, marmelade, chocolate liqueur, spiced wine, cinnamon, candied figues, orange peel, wine vinegar, ketchup, walnuts. Fruity and sourish onset reminiscent of apple and lemon, nutty malts, vivid spicy accents, bittering towards the end and finishing complex, spicy, resinous, hoppy, dry and warming alcoholic. Too sourish, I guess from an infection by lactic bacteria, but this did make it more Flemish sour-like, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2014
at 09:01
8/10
Tried
on 24 Jun 2014
at 16:10
8/10
Tried
on 24 Jun 2014
at 16:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours hazy brown, thin off-white head. Orange, caramel, yeastiness on the nose. Taste is fruity sweet. Chewy texture. Light spice. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2014
at 01:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at homer .. deep brown ... soft tan bubbly head (massive) ... soft dark fruity roast ... funky fruits ... dry funk nose,,, soft fruits ... light sweet fruits ..juicy fruits ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2014
at 12:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours clear reddish brown, sour nose with light chocolate and fruit, taste is tart, dry, spiced, sour and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2014
at 12:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Ok. Pours brown. Typical Jolly Pumpkin yeast. Like a brown with the bretta. Pours brown without much head or lacing. Tap at BRU.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jun 2014
at 09:25