Noel de Calabaza
Overall: 8.0/10 by 1 dude
Dudes: 8.0/10
Trend: 8.0/10 over past 5 reviews 
Style: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
ABV: 9.00%
Seasonal: Winter
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- scot from Oswego, IL
- Date reviewed: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 at 08:53:04
- $9.99 for 24 oz. bottle
- 857 beers rated with a 7.8 average rating
Date tasted: September 06, 2009
Color: Dark Brown
Rating Breakdown
Aroma: 8 (25%)
Taste: 8 (25%)
Look: 8 (15%)
Drinkability: 8 (35%)
Overall: 8.0
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Poured cloudy as do most Jolly Pumpkin beers with their bottle conditioning. Huge, velvet, tan, tightly packed foam with some floaties. Good retention with spider-web lacing.
Aroma has some funky, sour yeast with dried fruit, vanilla, and earthiness.
Dried sweet fruits dominate the beginning of the beer which moves into the sourness that the brett adds. No alcohol evident to the palate. Some spices.
Medium body and carbonation work together to make a high alcohol beer that is easy to drink.
Very good beer and, as usual, as the normal twist from the brewery. I hope fate has me matched with this beer again. Enjoy!