E. S. Bam
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
- From:
- Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 12.93%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 240
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 19, 2016
- Added:
- Feb 14, 2008
- Wants:
- 13
- Gots:
- 27
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
E.S. Bam - Extra Special Farmhouse Ale
A Bam celebration of excess. More malt, more hops, same vivacious personality.
Seasonal released in April
4.7% Alc./Vol.
A Bam celebration of excess. More malt, more hops, same vivacious personality.
Seasonal released in April
4.7% Alc./Vol.
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Ratings by Alieniloquium:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750 mL bottle poured into a Petrus chalice.
Appearance - Dirty gold body. The extra malt makes this look almost amber. Very clear and a huge head. The head lasts for over an hour as I slowly sip this. Nice pillow of foam on top. It's just too dark looking to be appetizing, though.
Smell - Funky, hoppy, and acidic smelling. Depending on the smell, I can get any one of those flavors to outweigh the others. Sometimes it smells like a saison, other times like a sour, and sometimes like a Belgian Pale Ale.
Taste - Tart lemon kick at the start, followed by hops. Starts off tasting like a bretty BPA. What follows is more saison-ish. Some funk and a bit of peppery malt. The finish is a little bitter from the hops.
Mouthfeel - It's nice and light with pretty high carbonation. Tingly, peppery, and bitter in the finish. Easy to drink.
Overall - A lot of flavors happening at once that don't necessarily blend together. It's disjointed in certain respects. Still, a good beer.
Overall
Aug 28, 2011Appearance - Dirty gold body. The extra malt makes this look almost amber. Very clear and a huge head. The head lasts for over an hour as I slowly sip this. Nice pillow of foam on top. It's just too dark looking to be appetizing, though.
Smell - Funky, hoppy, and acidic smelling. Depending on the smell, I can get any one of those flavors to outweigh the others. Sometimes it smells like a saison, other times like a sour, and sometimes like a Belgian Pale Ale.
Taste - Tart lemon kick at the start, followed by hops. Starts off tasting like a bretty BPA. What follows is more saison-ish. Some funk and a bit of peppery malt. The finish is a little bitter from the hops.
Mouthfeel - It's nice and light with pretty high carbonation. Tingly, peppery, and bitter in the finish. Easy to drink.
Overall - A lot of flavors happening at once that don't necessarily blend together. It's disjointed in certain respects. Still, a good beer.
Overall
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.52/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light amber colored, plenty of white head 3/5". Noble hop smells. Floral.
Hops weren't as big in the taste and mouthfeel, bitterness was up, spritzy carbonation. Was more like a highly hopped light pale ale moreso than a saison or esb.
Expensive price for what you get, would not repeat.
Mar 13, 2016Hops weren't as big in the taste and mouthfeel, bitterness was up, spritzy carbonation. Was more like a highly hopped light pale ale moreso than a saison or esb.
Expensive price for what you get, would not repeat.
Rated by suckaj from Florida
2.75/5 rDev -27.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -27.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Batch 374/375, no hops at all
Sep 22, 2015
Rated by BMBCLT from South Carolina
2.17/5 rDev -42.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
2.17/5 rDev -42.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
My least favorite JP beer so far.
Jun 06, 2015
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.25/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: Pours hazy amber under a 2” white foam cap that grips the side of the glass.
S: Has a lemony, tart, light funk aroma that reminds me of Orval.
T: Big lemony citrusy tartness balanced by an assertive hop bitter emphasis. The hop bitterness masks some of the barnyard funk.
F: Soft in the mouth yet tart, medium light body and medium high carbonation.
O: Tart, dry and refreshing with an assertive bitterness.
May 23, 2015S: Has a lemony, tart, light funk aroma that reminds me of Orval.
T: Big lemony citrusy tartness balanced by an assertive hop bitter emphasis. The hop bitterness masks some of the barnyard funk.
F: Soft in the mouth yet tart, medium light body and medium high carbonation.
O: Tart, dry and refreshing with an assertive bitterness.
Reviewed by jakewatt135 from Oregon
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
bottled on 3/16/12
enjoyed on 9/8/14
great aroma on this, citrusy with some funk, my favorite part of the beer. the flavor following the aroma kind of fell off for me. up front some good citrus flavor which fades into funk and some earth tones in the finish. very light and crisp, high carbonation which was to be expected in this particular bottle. overall not something i will rush out to get again but it was something nice to sip on for a change of pace.
Sep 09, 2014enjoyed on 9/8/14
great aroma on this, citrusy with some funk, my favorite part of the beer. the flavor following the aroma kind of fell off for me. up front some good citrus flavor which fades into funk and some earth tones in the finish. very light and crisp, high carbonation which was to be expected in this particular bottle. overall not something i will rush out to get again but it was something nice to sip on for a change of pace.
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