La Parcela's label states that this is an "ale brewed and flavored with pumpkin, cacao, and spices - aged in oak". I kind of worry about those folks who are not familiar with Jolly Pumpkin and pick this bottle up in the fall looking for a pumpkin pie flavored beer. I know JP and I know how much they love the funk so I was excited to try their spin on the pumpkin ale!
La Parcela pours from the bottle with a light orange hue and rests in the glass a golden orange almost mixed with a tinge of faint ruby. There's barely any head retention to speak of but what's there is off white to cream colored. There's significant lacing on the glass.
Smells right on par with what I'm used to from Jolly Pumpkin. I get astringent funk, exactly what I'm looking for from a JP beer! If I wasn't experiencing some Virginia springtime allergies, the faint pumpkin smell and almost non present roast cacao odors I'm getting would be bigger and fuller. I'm ok with it though, the smell of a beer is important as we all know but I'm most interested in the flavor!
This pumpkin ale is delicious. Perfect pumpkin taste with none of the cloying pie spices and a hint of cacao all balanced perfectly with the quintessential Jolly Pumpkin sour spin we all love. Sour in the front with the pumpkin and cacao bringing the middle to a perfect balance and ending with a bit of a....zing.... Spectacular!
Mouth feel is nice and easy with just enough body to compliment all the intricacies that come with a wild fermented pumpkin ale.
Overall all I can say is I love this beer and I still wish I didn't have to cross state lines to get Jolly Pumpkin stuff... But you know what? I will without hesitation!
4 out of 5. Great beer!
Cheers!
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