Jolly Pumpkin "La Roja"

RATING:

95 Rate Beer.com, (B+) Beer Advocate

DESCRIPTION/REVIEWS:

"The bottle is handsome and very dark, protecting a hazy dark copper-colored beer. The aroma is fascinating---vanilla-like oak, malt, spices and dried fruits. Sweetness strikes the palate up front, balanced by light hopping. Fruit and spice spread across the tongue, followed by quenching acidity. It's semi-sweet into the finish and oak haunts the aftertaste. Despite the label, not very biére de garde-like, but no matter. It's very tasty, and excellent with duck or carbonnade flamande." – Garrett Oliver, All About Beer.

FOOD PARING:

Cheese: Peppery; Monterey / Pepper Jack - Pungent; Gorgonzola, Limburger; General: Salad