Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

75cl bottle at Gaasa, Oslo. Pours slightly hazy pale golden with a small white head. Yeasty aroma with fruits, spices, brett, malt and hints of oak. Lightly perfumed flavour, a bit strange. Quite sweet with a dry and spicy finish with some bitterness. (2012-08-03)

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bach 284 - 750ml bottle
Exploded when I opened the bottle. Beer all over my computer desk and floor. Not impressed. Lost over half of the bottle, good thing it is a big bottle.
Appearance: Hazy (w/yeast chunks) straw color with a large white head leaving some lacing in the glass
Aroma: Spices, brett, yeasty
Taste: Spicy with some citrus, pepper and yeast. Slight sour finish
A refreshing beer. I’ve heard a lot of good things about this brewery and listened to interviews with Ron Jeffries and was looking forward to opening this beer. But not happy that half of it gushed out on my desk and floor. It looks like I’m not the only one that had this problem.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Draft @ ABC: Poured a yellow with a white color head. Aroma is tart sour fruit, spice, and hops. Taste is very sour fruit, spicy, oak character and peppery finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This is maybe an ’05 or ’06 bottle being consumed Nov. ’09. Pours gold with copper hues and thin white head. The aroma is big and fruity with smooth blended apples and pears as well as spices, malts, a bit of hay and some mustiness. The taste pulses first with carbonation enhanced apples, pears, apricot skin and some modest tartness. Wow, this has aged wonderfully. Toward the finish mild notes of sourness roam around in the background with sort of white wine like notes.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

I’m not sure what the hell this is but I wouldn’t really consider it a beer. It more like a wine cooler. I can definitely taste the hops but it’s not bitter more sour. It’s more fruity than spicy or peppery which is listed on the can.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Damn, should read other reviews before, and not after opening beers. Another big volcano all-over, so "open over sink", even if not moving the bottle at all. Other than that, the rest seems like a real good brew (so sad to lose a bit of it). Gets hazy at last pour, golden-orange, off-white cap and some creamy lace. Brett nose with the funk aromas, mild sweet Belgian Ale yeast (or sugars) and apple notes. Same for taste with the earthiness, tartiness. Decent grass for the style. Everything is very well-balanced and the alcohol is nicely hidden.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

This style reminds a mix between a farmhouse saison and sour. Has that clearish/faint hue of yellow appearance. Flavor is pretty sour/tart...a little grassy/earthy, some sweetness, etc. Grabbed in a flight at Hourglass Brewery. At 8% and all the flavor going on, this could add up, so not one I would want to drink a lot of. A great beer, and style that I do not get to sample that often.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Brought to me on this winter snowshoeing trip by the ever gracious BeerCronic! Lightly hazed yellow, almost like the fog on your windshield. Smells slightly strawberry and really tart. Light lemon, medium sized light head, mix of bubble sizes. Tastes lightly of grass, dry almond granola, lightly sour, light honey. Everything is light really, its all this subtle little dance of fine restrained, balanced movements, like yoga. Very lovely.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours an opaque hay colored yellow with a small white head that is quick to dissipate. The aroma has a light funk blended with saisony yeast. As it warms up more of the sour seems to come out as well as some spiciness and lemon citrus from the hops. The taste is hops, spiciness, and malts. The mouthfeel is light body with pretty good carbonation.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This is one fine beer, although I would argue that it is mnore of a tripel than a BSA. A clouded golden pour with a huge head, reminiscent of a Duvel. Spicy and citrusy in the nose with ample yeast scents. A well balanced beer which goes well with seafood.