{"id":14510,"date":"2011-10-25T10:11:13","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T14:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=14510"},"modified":"2011-10-25T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T14:11:13","slug":"review-jolly-pumpkin-la-parcela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/10\/review-jolly-pumpkin-la-parcela\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s the last pumpkin beer review for 2011! \u00a0It’s been a month already and we are on our fourth pumpkin beer for October! Let’s get to it!<\/p>\n

We had a hiccup with one of the pumpkin ales that we bought. \u00a0It was skunky.<\/p>\n

Ugh.<\/p>\n

A skunky beer is never a good experience. \u00a0So we were kind of scrambling to find a replacement beer. \u00a0The thing with pumpkin beers, they don’t last long. \u00a0When you see them in the store, you gotta jump on those quick because once they are gone, they’re gone.<\/p>\n

Only so many of them get made and sometimes they are in limited release.<\/p>\n

We stumbled across this Jolly Pumpkin , La Parcela No. 1 Pumpkin Ale<\/a> and picked it up.<\/p>\n

I have had Jolly Pumpkin’s La Roja<\/a> which is a sour beer. \u00a0It’s lovely for a very hot and humid summer day which means it’s great beer for an Ohio summer.<\/p>\n

I decided to go with their Pumpkin Ale because if the brewery has pumpkin in the name, they should know what they’re doing, right?<\/p>\n

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Smell:<\/strong> 2\/5 :pumpkin:\u00a0:pumpkin:<\/p>\n

Scott said if you breathed in deep enough you could pick up the spice in this beer. \u00a0I think he “thinks” he could smell something. \u00a0I got nothing. \u00a0This beer is aged in oak barrels and I definitely picked up that note but I didn’t get any pumpkin or any spices in this beer. \u00a0It’s also supposed to have some cacao in it to deepen the flavor and smell a bit.<\/p>\n

Seriously I got nothing.<\/p>\n

It gets a 2\/5 because Scott said he smelled some spice.<\/p>\n

Head:<\/strong> 4\/5\u00a0:pumpkin: \u00a0:pumpkin:\u00a0:pumpkin:\u00a0:pumpkin:<\/p>\n

This beer had a great head on it that developed perfectly as the beer was poured. \u00a0It stuck around for a little while as well which was nice to see. \u00a0It was more white than an off white, but still great nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Color:<\/strong> 5\/5\u00a0:pumpkin:\u00a0:pumpkin:\u00a0:pumpkin:\u00a0:pumpkin:\u00a0:pumpkin:<\/p>\n

The color on this beer was exceptional. \u00a0It had a smooth and deep rich orange color. Very fall-esque! \u00a0It was also perfectly cloudy and dense. \u00a0Exactly what I like to see in a beer, especially a pumpkin ale. \u00a0I couldn’t get over how fabulous the beer looked. \u00a0I kept turning the glass over and over just to stare at the color.<\/p>\n

Taste:<\/strong> 1\/5\u00a0:pumpkin:<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this beer fell flat. \u00a0With the color and given that it was aged in oak barrels, I expected this beer to have some heft and some kick to it.<\/p>\n

Nothing.<\/p>\n

It was extremely light tasting and almost evaporated on your tongue. \u00a0It was very similar in style to a cider and if you like ciders, perhaps you’ll like this style of pumpkin ale.<\/p>\n

I still didn’t pick up any spices or pumpkin flavor at all while drinking it. \u00a0It also reminded me of their sour beer as this had a bit of a sour finish to it.<\/p>\n

I was not a fan. \u00a0I didn’t have much of the glass and in the end neither Scott nor I could finish this beer.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My fault, I set myself up and had high expectations for this beer. \u00a0With it being created by a brewing company called The Jolly Pumpkin and with it being aged in oak barrels, I thought this beer would knock my socks off. \u00a0Sadly it did not. \u00a0It’s drinkable but not a beer I would seek out or purchase again.<\/p>\n

However if you like ciders and really enjoy sour style beers, give this beer a chance because it might be right up your alley.<\/p>\n

Jolly Pumpkin, La Parcela<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s the last pumpkin beer review for 2011! \u00a0It’s been a month already and we are on our fourth pumpkin beer for October! Let’s get to it! We had a hiccup with one of the pumpkin ales that we bought. \u00a0It was skunky. Ugh. A skunky beer is never a good experience. \u00a0So we were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[32,84],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3M2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}