Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales De Viento

De Viento

 

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

  Farmhouse - Black Saison Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.10
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks: 16
SOUR ALE BREWED WITH COFFEE & SPICES - 7.5% ABV
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS BEER WENT TO THE DEXTER RELIEF FUND

March 15th, 2012 a tornado tore through Dexter, missing the brewery, but not all of our neighbors. What could we do to help? Hmmm. We do know how to make beer. So make a beer is what we did. This beer. Teaming up with co-conspiritors, Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company, Schera's Algerian Restaurant, and The Abu Nawas Beverage Company, to create a a collaborative beer like none other.

A dark smokey sour saison full of rich aromatic coffee and the spicy heat of a secret Algerian spice blend.

Cheers & Mahalo plenty!
Ron Jeffries, Founder and Chief Squeegee Operator
 

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

Notes from October 2013 Bottle from some creepy cat lady in Iowa. Had this a couple times, but never got to sit down with it. Batch 1068/1069. Fluted tulip. Half inch of lingering fluffy lather. Black with brown highlights. Tangy, lightly roasted, black patent-ish, confused smell. I guess this is what they were going for. Minerally & twangy upfront, then comes the bitter roasted coffee. That sticks around for a bit longer then I'd like. Something else hides in your throat, something unspecific-ly fruity. Big, harsh carbonation. Mellow abv. Frothy, but thin. Might have been a touch fruitier completely fresh out the gate. Second half of the bottle sloshed nicely though.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2024 at 20:56


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with beige head. Aroma is peppers roast and chilis. Medium mouth with spice and chili pepper, light heat and smoke. Good

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2015 at 13:36


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

750mL bottle, pours a dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out smoke, spiciness, leather, and oak. Flavour is unusual, with lots of leather, smoke, and spices upfront. Extremely odd notes, but it all works together somehow. Very nice one.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2014 at 10:31


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle - Peppery, spice and perfumy. Deep clear brown with a light beige head. Spicy, peppery, grassy and a tart dry finish. Complex and odd.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2014 at 21:17


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at the 9th Richmond Rare & Unusual Epic Tasting, Richmond, VA, 11/30/14. Pours a hazy copper with a thin fizzy tan head. Aroma of coffee, roast, pepper, smoke. The taste is tart fruits, pepper, vegetal and herbal notes, smoke. Medium bodied, lingering spice.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2014 at 14:01


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 4/24/2012. Pours fairly crystal clear nearly opaque very dark brown color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big dark roasted coffee, cocoa, chocolate, toast, lemon zest, green apple, tart cherry, pepper, clove, hay, straw, grass, musty funk, oak, light leather, and yeast earthiness. Fantastic aromas with awesome complexity and balance of dark/roasted malt, coffee, spices, and fruity/funky yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of dark roasted coffee, cocoa, chocolate, toast, lemon zest, green apple, tart cherry, hay, straw, grass, musty funk, oak, light leather, and yeast earthiness. Fair amount of fruity tartness and roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of coffee, cocoa, chocolate, lemon zest, green apple, tart cherry, hay, straw, grass, musty funk, oak, light leather, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Outstanding complexity and balance of dark/roasted malt, coffee, spices, and fruity/funky yeast flavors; with a great malt/tartness/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and slightly acidic/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding spiced dark saison style! All around awesome complexity and balance of dark/roasted malt, coffee, spices, and fruity/funk yeast flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2014 at 20:19


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Capped 750 from Ledgers. Pours a dark coppery brown. Four finger creamy/foamy beige head. Aroma is coffee and oak. Med body. Flavor is earthy, woody, coffee, roasty dark malt, mild spice and moderately sour. Very tasty.

Tried on 04 Mar 2013 at 15:00


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

Bottle, Batch 1068/1069, bottled 25 April 2012. Deep hazy red-orange-brown body, thick puffy, dirty light brown head. Spicy, tart nose, some leather; chocolate and toast as well as dust and tannins; rather delicate balance of sweet and spice. Beginning of the sip is toasty with acidic coffee beans, followed by a thin sourness with spice and tannic oak barrel. Hints of alcohol. Finishes with ashy coffee and oak. Sour, thin, and spicy, good but not great.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2013 at 16:03


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Poured a dark brown, with some fizzy notes, small bubbly white head. Aroma notes of coffee and roasted malts, some minor funk. Flavor was coffee notes, some malts, and some sour, tart notes. Pretty enjoyable. Plenty of carbonation despite it being open for about 8 hours by the time I got to it.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2013 at 00:14


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle @ Ratman’s house. Thanks Bill! Dark reddish black appearance with a tan head. Spicy, insect/buggy, a bit tangy, light fruity aroma. Slightly burnt, juicy fruity, chewy herbal, bug, weird coffee flavor. Bleh.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2013 at 19:03