Jim McCusker

9.4

Absolutely fantastic brown sour from JP. Molasses, malt, and just sour enough to keep it bright. Awesome. — 5 years ago

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Jim McCusker

9.5

Fantastic sour from JP, this has gotten so much better after some more time in the bottle. Watching Virginia take control (maybe) of the game against Auburn, waiting nervously for MSU-Texas Tech (GO GREEN!!). — 7 years ago

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Jim McCusker

9.3

Not as good as the Ora de Calabaza Grand Reserve from last night, but still pretty damn good. And nicely refreshing on a hot day in Michigan — 8 years ago

Lindsey King

9.0

Tropical jam, elderflower, a couple of bubbles. Makes one dance and flail and trip and slip and laugh. This is Cinderella wine - you feel like an elegant princess even though you showed up in a pumpkin and ran around with only one shoe on and you talk to mice. — 9 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.5

The search engine can't seem to find this one. Clementina from Jolly Pumpkin. Fantastic saison with hints of orange peel, great tartness, and a clean, bright finish. One of my new favorites from the best brewery in Michigan! — 9 years ago

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Kyle Sebring

8.9

5 years in and - — 10 years ago

Jim McCusker

8.9

A new one from Jolly Pumpkin, this one is a slightly different take on La Roja (sort of midway between La Roja and Rozilla). Nice nose, but the palate was disappointingly thin. I think this was released pretty recently, so it may need some time in the bottle to flesh out a bit more. As of now this is a good but not great JP...but it has potential. — 10 years ago

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David Kline

9.2

Cloudy, pear-gold with flecks of sediment, shock white head that puffed like a marshmallow. White pepper and powdered lime funkiness, medium ripe apricot, tropical fruit cup, zucchini bread, oranges. Salted grapefruit, yeasty- albumen, white pepper, lime peel, pith, and zest, lemongrass, thyme, dried chives, an ashen salinity, tart gooseberry, and lemon seed. Thought this one might have been too old, but was just right. — 7 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.7

Utterly fantastic. — 8 years ago

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Jim McCusker

9.4

This is the regular - not the grand reserve - but it’s still terrific! — 8 years ago

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Jim McCusker

9.5

Actually not the beer indicated: this is a new one from Jolly Pumpkin called Isla Estrana. Fantastic sour saison. I'm terrible at identfying aromas in beer - and this one is tougher than most (but it smells great). Really complex with a lot of depth, but perfectly balanced through a lingering finish. And just enough tartness to keep it alive. Another home run from Ron Jeffries at JP! — 9 years ago

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Corey Stephenson

9.3

Sending off our Swedish postdoc Markus with a selection of local sours. All were great but this one stood out — 10 years ago

alewifery

8.9

Stout. Sour. Coffee. Subtle. — 10 years ago

Collin Moody

9.2

2014 biere de garde — 10 years ago

David Kline

8.9

May be a little past its prime. Disco from the disco bin. Only real flaw seems to be the rapid dissolution of the bubbly capello, which leaves you wondering if it will arrive at all and then just vanishes. Again, could be stylistic or age. Okay, time to Disco down! Touch of lime rum cake and sweet petrol hovers over canned mandarin oranges, mahogany and dulled jasmine-cream-soda. Palate has a nice lime rub and cocktail sensibility suggestive of a pre-whiskey rinse. Lemon and tangerine are on the scene. Bring that one up here to the DJ Booth! Saison makes its yeasty debut late in the show, mud all over its platforms, likely had some late chorin’ to do. Better late than never. — 7 years ago

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Jim McCusker

9.0

A little disappointed with this incarnation (although it improved considerably with more time in the glass). Flavors were definitely muted. Might need some more time in bottle, but this was the weakest of the three JPs we opened tonight. — 8 years ago

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Pedro Rusk

Wine Educator Kendall Jackson

9.0

Batch 49
Bottles 5/02/2013
Drank like a week ago.
Good makes me want to know more about beer — 8 years ago

Michael Fraley

8.9

Very good. Subtle fruit addition. — 9 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.4

Absolutely love this beer from Jolly Pumpkin. Bright, balanced, with just enough sourness to keep it interesting. Fantastic. — 10 years ago

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Evan Jones

9.3

Almost nutty. darker flavor, as name implies. The particular sour aftertaste makes this beer -- one of my favorites, actually -- maybe because it's so smooth, maybe because of the label, or perhaps because I had this originally on torch lake on the 4th of july. Would also make a superb fall beer. Thanks Charlie! — 10 years ago

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