I always love the unique and interesting beers coming out of Jolly Pumpkin Brewing in Dexter, MI, so I was really excited to see the approval of their NEW special holiday ale Collababeire. This is an “ale brewed with chestnuts, juniper, sage and caraway—Oak Aged bottle conditioned SOUR ale” so it should be a crazy beer to say the least. This is the ABSOLUTE FIRST PEEK at this beer so you’re seeing it here first! The label features the Haiku’s
Triad formed
Saged hills speak slowly
beer is born
Second batch
Distant Mountain Land
Drops to sea
Chapter three
Third coast offers
Fleeting fall
As you decode the Haiku, you’ll find that this is Jolly Pumpkin’s 3rd version, with previous collaborations with Nøgne Ø & Stone Brewing. Putting on my best detective cap, I’d say this year’s collaboration will include individual brews by each? Nonge’s logo DOES appear in the candle and the pumpkin DOES look like the Stone Logo but what of the Third Coast reference (Jolly Pumpkin)??
Third Coast is a name for Michigan's west coast.
ReplyDeleteIn the end they all brewed their own version so who knows what the haiku really means.
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ReplyDeleteOur version, JP version, of the Holiday Collaboration will be hitting shelves soon. We finally, took over 2 months, received label approval from the TTB and hence the reason why it has not been released as of yet. We brewed three batches of the beer using the same recipe as Stone and Nogne O. The first was brewed in April 2009 and the subsequent batches were brewed end of 2009. All three batches have been aging on Oak since then and will be blended. The Collabeire will be primarily released in California and Michigan due to its limited nature.
On somewhat of a sidenote I tried the batches the other day and they are tasting phenomenal!!
Cheers,
Mike