Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

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Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales is a microbrewery in Dexter, Michigan founded by Ron Jeffries in 2004. Jolly Pumpkin produces a variety of unfiltered and unpasturized beers described as "rustic country beers". They age their beers in wine barrels which contain microbiological cultures. These cultures produce a sour flavor in beer, which may approximate how beer tasted before the advent of pasteurization and industrialization.

Their Oro de Calabaza won the 2004 Gold and the 2005 Bronze Medal in in the Belgian- and French-style ale category at the Great American Beer Festival.^[1] ^[2] Their Bam Bière was named the 21st best beer in America by Men's Journal^[3].

Their beers produced year-round include:

Oro de Calabaza (8% abv), described as a Franco-Belgian-style strong golden ale.
La Roja (7.2% abv), a Flanders red ale^[4] and La Roja Grand Reserve, a blend of 14- and 16-month-old La Roja batches.
Bam Bière (4.5% abv), described as a light farmhouse ale or saison.
Calabaza Blanca (4.8% abv), a Witbier.

Their seasonally-produced beers include:

Madrugada Obscura ("Dark Dawn") (8.1% abv), released in January, described as a Belgian-style stout
Bière de Mars ("March Beer") (7% abv), released in March, a Bière de Garde
Luciernaga ("The Firefly") (6.5% abv), released in June, described as a spiced pale ale in the Grand Cru tradition
Bam Noire (4.3% abv), released in September, described as a dark farmhouse ale
Fuego del Otono ("Autumnal fire") (6.1% abv), released in October, a Bière de Garde
Maracaibo Especial (7.5% abv), released in November, a Belgian-style brown ale
Noel de Calabaza (9% abv), released in December, a holiday beer
Perseguidor, a limited-release, custom-blended oak-aged ale