Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Bam Bière

Bam Bière

 

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

  Farmhouse - Sour Saison Regular
Score
7.22
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 24 Ticks: 187
FARMHOUSE ALE

Golden, naturally cloudy & dry-hopped for a tart & tasty balance of spicy malts, hops, & yeast.

Bam Biére is named for our Jack Russell, who struck by a car, bounced back in fine tenacious Jack Russell fashion. This artisan farmhouse ale is brewed for those of us who knocked down, have picked up, dusted off & carried on undaunted.
 

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7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
on tap at HopCat in Kalamazoo. Solid saison with good flavor - overall nice beer
Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2019 at 19:12

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
F: no. C: pale gold, light hazy. A: watery sour fruity, bit woody, peach, brett. T: light sour fruity, watery bretty, woody, light to medium body, some tannins on the palate, light body almost no carbonation, easy drinkable, good one, enjoyed, big bottle sample shared @ BBP Wanderlust 2018 in Brussels.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2018 at 18:03

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Gold with a modest white head. Aroma of crackers, lime, orange blossoms, coriander seed. Decent body for under 5%. Starts a little sweet and fruity, finishes dry and slightly spicy. Acidic apples. Funkier than suggested by the aroma. Modest bitterness. Hadn't noticed it was bottled 12/15, but it seems to have held up OK.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2018 at 13:32

6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Not bad white head and foggy orange body. Floral sourness, some yeast, coriander, light grain. Flavour is a light sourness with white bread notes and a crisp finish. Quite nice, good sharp breadiness tempered by the quaint sour ale over arching the thing.
Tried on 28 Aug 2018 at 15:19

8.5/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Bottle from Pontoosuc package store in Lanesboro, MA Aroma: cereal, barnyard Appearance: hazy golden with a white head Taste: medium sweet and medium bitterness Palate: light body, average carbonation, slick feel, long finish Tasty
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2018 at 21:07

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches. Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma/taste of tart fruits, funk, yeast, spice, oak. Very good.
Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2018 at 05:01

7/10
Tried from Draft on 01 Apr 2018 at 17:15

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 8
Draft from First Draft 10-1-16
Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2018 at 06:18

7.8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
From Dec 2007

I got this bottle in a trade with Wasatch. Thanks John!

This pours from 12oz bottle a cloudy yellow-orange with a *huge* very billowy head of foam that doesn't do a whole lot of receding. It gets so thick that I imagine I could spoon it out and it would keep its shape. I like that.

The smell...hit me as soon as I popped the cap on the bottle. It's all fruity and yeasty and funky and it has notes of candy sugar and tartness. Pretty darned complex.

The taste up front has a mix of sour and sweet flavour. The sour is mostly from apple, the sweet is from a mild malt presence.I'm getting a yeasty flavour now as well as a touch of funk and some peppery notes. It has a thin mouthfeel, the carbonation is high, and it finishes crisp and dry with a short but pleasing aftertaste.

Overall, I find this Saison a treat to drink and quite sessionable. I'd drink it again, no problem. Thanks again, John!
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2017 at 12:29

7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap@MBCC May 2017, Copenhagen - gold yellow coloured pour with a white head. Fruity and floral grassy hoppy, yeasty, some nice orchard fruits, bretty touch, floral and herbal nuance into the close.
Tried from Draft on 02 Aug 2017 at 11:11