La Roja
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales in Dexter, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
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LA ROJA
"THE RED"
SOUR AMBER ALE
ABV: 7.2%
IBU: 25
TIME IN OAK: 2 Months - 15 Months
HOPS: Strisselspalt & Tettnang
GRAINS: Pilsner Malt, Pale Malt, Munich 10, Wheat Malt, Crystal 150, & Black Malt
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS: Dextrose
Aged in large oak casks then bottle fermented, La Roja is a Franco-Belgian style ale crafted on the Flander's tradition of aged and blended beers. La Roja is rich and lush with undertones of caramel fruit and spice. Truly an ale of grace and distinction.
Cheers and Mahalo plenty!
Ron Jeffries, Founder and Chief Squeegee Operator
New York International Beer Competition Double Gold medal for Belgian Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale, 2018
Best of Craft Beer Gold medal for Flanders or Brown category, 2015
Los Angeles International Beer Competition Silver medal for American-Style Sour Ale, 2014
World Beer Expo 1st Place in the Sour category, 2010
Australian International Beer Awards Silver Medal winner, 2010
Rated in the top 50 beers in the world you must try by GQ
"THE RED"
SOUR AMBER ALE
ABV: 7.2%
IBU: 25
TIME IN OAK: 2 Months - 15 Months
HOPS: Strisselspalt & Tettnang
GRAINS: Pilsner Malt, Pale Malt, Munich 10, Wheat Malt, Crystal 150, & Black Malt
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS: Dextrose
Aged in large oak casks then bottle fermented, La Roja is a Franco-Belgian style ale crafted on the Flander's tradition of aged and blended beers. La Roja is rich and lush with undertones of caramel fruit and spice. Truly an ale of grace and distinction.
Cheers and Mahalo plenty!
Ron Jeffries, Founder and Chief Squeegee Operator
New York International Beer Competition Double Gold medal for Belgian Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale, 2018
Best of Craft Beer Gold medal for Flanders or Brown category, 2015
Los Angeles International Beer Competition Silver medal for American-Style Sour Ale, 2014
World Beer Expo 1st Place in the Sour category, 2010
Australian International Beer Awards Silver Medal winner, 2010
Rated in the top 50 beers in the world you must try by GQ
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(Bottle 75 cl) Reddish brown - almost Kriek colour. Hazy with a nice, creamy, off-white head. Incredibly lovely and very delicate nose - aromas of coconut! Delicious, lightly vinous and dry with a touch of acid. Good full body and very, very delicate. Jolly Pumpkin uses open fermentation which might explain the acidity, and they let their beer age on oak which explains the obvious notes of Bourbon and/or Rioje red wine. Yummy indeed. But a "Bière de Garde"?? Not really, this is far better. 240705
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2005
at 11:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
I was surprised when the interesting 750 mL bottle turned out to be a local microbrew. This beer poured fiery orange-red with a medium, dense cream/tan head. Rich aroma of bourbon, burnt caramelized sugar, toast, butterscotch, toffee, dark fruit, and cinnamon. The flavor tried to match that complexity but came up a bit short, with a strong emphasis on bourbon (oak/vanilla) that highlighted underlying toast and breads, spices (especially cinnamon and pepper), and alcohol. A nice dry, spicy, biscuity Belgian Strong Ale despite a somewhat hollow finish after the initial flavor development. A promising beginning if this is the quality Jolly Pumpkin will continue to produce. I would like to try the beer minus the effects of barrel aging, however...these barrels are becoming a brewing cliche.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2004
at 00:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2004 draught at the MBGSBF. Pours a deep reddish-orange with some darker browns swimming around. Medium sized dark yellow/cream head, quite bubbly and translucent. Aroma holds some yeast, red berries, stiff caramel malt and some spicy yeastiness as well as a hint of the bourbon aging. The aroma dosent prepare you well enough for the flavor however, which is intensely bourbon tinged. Very interesting as this is my first belgian ale with bourbon aging. Strong and lightly bitter, but there is ample sweet malt to back it up. This kinda takes away from the belgian characteristics, though they are hard to hold down, as there is a ton of yeasty complexity in here. Maybe tone down the barrel aging and this would easily be in the mid fours.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2004
at 17:05