Jolly Pumpkin Baudelaire Biére Series: iO Saison

Ale brewed with rose hips, rose petals and hibiscus.

3.8

523 reviews

Dexter, United States

Community reviews

3.8 (bottle) Aroma: rose petals, cherries, vinegar-like notes. Apparance: dark pinkish color, small head. Taste: semi-sweet, flavour of rose marmolade, bretts, wine-ish notes. Palate: medium carbonation, medium body. Overall: NIce one, rose petals notes are rly there.

3.5 Soft sour cherry yeast aroma on this thang but no layering nor complexity. Has a nice long lasting head and vaguely clear cherry body with wood colour notes. Flavour is a decent mix of malt and soury sweetness but no complexity to be had. Medium finish that does not do justice to it really. It's not bad but again missing that attention to detail that would propel it into the stratosphere.

3.5 75cl bottle from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark pink with whitish foam, fine. Aroma is of rose and hibiscus, some apple. Body is kind of light with good carbonation. Taste is bitter and sour, low sweetness. Finish is relatively long and sour.

2.1 Murky appearance. Low carb. Sour aroma. Light fruit flavor. Sour. Funky. Woody.

2.5 750ml bottle (Pothouse, Tallinn) (6:3:4:4:8=2.5) Lovely heady dark berry and honey aroma. Soapy taste, harsh hibiscus, soap, soap soap. Full palate, smooth, soft, rather pleasant, but the taste is terrible. Waxy aroma, and harsh taste. Nope, I will never get the taste of this.

3.2 750ml bottle (thanks FatPhil). Clear deep red amber color. Sweet, honey, pink apple (Suislepp) in aroma. Sour, yeasty, more red-pink apples, acidic, herbal in taste. Apples, floral in aftertaste. Sour and acidic apples everywhere. I like hibiscus and rose hip, but not in my beer. Despite of everything drinkable brew.

3.8 Bottle (thanks fatphil). Pours red. Aroma is fruity, sour, hibiscus, floral. Flavor is sour, sweet, fruits, apples, rose hips, hibiscus, lemons. Finish is sour and fruity. Overall: very good.

3.8 Tap @So Good in Rome. Dark ruby-copper cloudy, medium off-white foam with retention and drafts on the glass. Nose: graveyard feel of flowers ;), funky sourish a bit (+). Mouth is easy compared to ABV, charming sour, mild pepper.

3.7 On tap at Biercab. Reddish colour with white head. Fruit, marmalade aroma. herbal, hibiscus, fruit, slightly acidic taste, barnyard. Medium body.

3.7 Fad: Orange meget let diset �l. Sur duft af eddike og let krydderurt. Smagen sidder i skabet. Den eneste grund til �llen ikke er helt oppe at ringe er den lidt tynde mundfylde. Der mangler lige det sidste.

4.2 Car orange with sediment and floaties. White head. Aroma is garden and linen. Taste is hibiscus, floral and a hint of light caramel. Enjoyable.

3.5 Bottle shared with Beastiefan2k! aroma 7 - slightly floral and wild yeast appearance 3 - clear medium Amber palate 3 - slightly thin mouthfeel, as it sits bit more carbonated straight out of the bottle. taste 7 - sour apricot and apple, finish is reminiscent of a cider. overall 15 - not my favorite jolly pumpkin, but it's an easy sipper. 3.5 total

3.8 Bottle: Deep copper, thick head and good lace. Lifted fruit, florals, caramel and the classic chalky Brett profile. Clean. The palate is light clean, sour. Hint of caramel.

4.0 So, this has been on my wishlist for a while. Like, back when Jolly Pumpkin was fashionable. So, naturally, I was excited to try it. I’ll save the suspense - it was really good. Now, describing the aroma and flavor is kinda pointless, because it is right there in the description - rose hips, rose petals and hibiscus. All of those are prominent, as well some brett and wine. Well balances and a prefect palate. Nice stuff!

4.0 Brilliant pinkish red. Aroma is floral rose and tart berry. Mildly to moderately sour, which works really well with what’s goin on here. Mellow for JP, but very nicely done.

3.7 Heavy lacing and light head. Beautiful red appearance. Flowery aroma. Sits lightly on the tongue with a mild spicy flowery taste. Unique and fun summer beer.

3.7 Cloudy, dark amber (almost brown) with thick beige foam, more smooth than jagged. Rich floral, peppery phenol notes with distinct lacto acid and tartness. Tart, minerally, and astringent on first taste with a smooth, slightly bitter finish. The rose hips, petals and hibiscus create a complex tart bitterness that compliments the mineral flavors. The yeast phenol gets a little lost. There is some sour apple flavors and a slight lemony tartness toward the end. The body is medium and the carbonation is soft. The finish is dry, but the middle tastes are quite fruity. Though it has the dry aspect, I would compare it to the Anchorage Love Buzz or the Long Trip.

3.3 Tap @ Mikkeller Viktoriagade. Clear reddish amber with pure white head. Apples, sour, malt. Medium sour and just a bit salty with apples, dust, malt. Slick and almost light. Good but not stunning.

3.6 On tap at mikkeller bar Victoriagade. Fast klare goldene dunkel orange goldenes Bier. Geruch säuerlich holzig, Trauben, viel Brett. Geschmack ist mild Säuerlich, Brett, fruchtig. Geschmack ist holzig säuerlich, Brett, Trauben, nice.

3.9 Tap @ mikkeller bar. Poured deep amber color with a thin white head. Funky, apricotty aroma. Flavor has apricots, apples, funk. White wine notes.

3.1 Tap at Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Colour is deep orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Berries, dryness, tartness. Very dry.

4.0 Draft at Meddlesome Moth, Dallas. Pours an opaque copper with an off-white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, spice, fruit, floral notes. Taste follows nose with a bit of funkiness. Finish is mildly sour and acetic. Excellent.

4.1 Rating #2487 - 2016.05.03 - Bottle at Bru in Philly. Pours a hazy straw colour with a frothy white head and lots of lace. Aroma is of rose petals, fresh cut flowers, farmhouse yeast, pepper, citrus, soft fruits Clean mouthfeel, medium carbonation, mild alcohol warmth. Taste is a crisp sweetness, tempered with herbal notes, mild pepperiness, mild sourness from the yeast. Great farmhouse.

2.7 75 cl bottle on January 28, 2017. Thanks to Brian FL (non ratebeer). Clear copper color, fizzy off-white dirty head. Sour, floral, a bit acetic acid scent. Acidic, floral, slight acetic, currants taste. Curratns, tart aftertaste. Fizzy, very high CO2 mouthfeel, very low bitterness.

3.7 Gremlin bottle share. Unsurprisingly floral aroma. Taste is more subtle. Bit of sweet maltiness, not quite sure but nice.

3.4 Bottle. Pours amber with medium fluffy white head. Aroma: malty, yeasty, spicy, mango-apricot. Taste: weak sour, spicy, berries and fruits, yeasty, malty. Medium body. Sourish finish.

3.6 Disig bärnstensfärgad öl med ett givmilt skum. Syrlig doft och smak med inslag av citrus, en lätt blommighet och lätt brettighet. Torr munkänsla.

3.6 Pours hazy light amber with a low white head. Aromas of sour red berries, citrus, hibiscus, rosehip. Taste is floral and herbal with moderate bitterness and some sour notes. Mouthfeel is fairly light bodied with medium carbonation.

3.5 Pours hazy red copper with low white head Aromas of herbs, spices, flowers, funk Taste has funky notes of flowers, sweet fruits, cherries, hints of citrus

3.5 Pours hazy brown copper with low white head. Aroma of cherries, citrus, hibiscus. Taste is mild funky tart with a lingering light sour finish. Light and smooth body with soft carbonation.