Big Boss Harvest Time Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Big Boss Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Raleigh, North Carolina USA

From the bottle, pours a clear, deep ruby red without a lot of head. Smells like pumpkin pie. Vanilla, alspice, and even the cool wip. Tastes like pumpkin pie, but not fresh baked pumpkin pie. Definitely been in the fridge for a day or two. Sweet, some cinnamon and sweet malts in there, as well as the vanilla, alspice, and cool wip. Not bad, not my favorite pumpkin ale.

12 ounce bottle from Thaichile. Pours crystal clear copper with a pertty thin white head. The aroma features cinnamon, all spice, sugars, even some cracker/crush type aroma. Spice flavor. Sweet flavor with a bitter finish. Medium body. Not bad for pumpkin.

Bottle thanks to OldGrowth: Pours a transparent copper bronze with a thin, but frothy and spotty-lacing white head. Has a sugary sweet caramel pumpkin nose and some pleasant cinnamon spice. Body starts with a mild malty sweetness, some toasted grains, and an earthy spice presence before a slightly more bitter dry finish. A pretty decent pumpkin brew.

Orange, with an off white head. Aroma is all spices. Flavor is also mostly spices. Palate is nice, a little creamy. Thanks to OldGrowth for this bottle.

I thought this was tasty, Smells spicy and sweet. Pours orange and a little head but didn’t last too long. Tastes sweet and spicy full of clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg. All of these are great autumn flavors. Tastes turns slightly bitter at the end to remind you that your drinking beer and not eating pumpking pie. Good but I think the thing was a bit too thin.

Bottle, from Raleigh WholeFoods. Good nose, Sweet. Like pumpkin pie. Cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin, caramel, allspice. Clean orange copper color. Small head that faded quickly to nothing. No lace. Sweet spice flavor, like aroma with nutmeg being most prevelant to me. Got a little sour yeasty taste as it warmed. Medium body, lite creamy mouthfeel, sweet finish. Nice Pumpkin brew, Don’t know if I could drink this all the time, but I found it enjoyable. Thought the aroma & flavors were best when it was cold.

Sampled at the 10th annual Brewgrass festival in Ashville. Light chestnut color, clear. Light white head. Pumpkin pie allspice is dominant but there are notes of cinnamon in the aroma. There is also a cloying sweetness that is not all that enjoyable. Light pumpkin pie flavors that is marked mostly by allspice (as in the aroma) but with some cinnamon notes hiding in there. Light spicy bitterness at the end and some faintly noticeable grain. Light body, too thin actually. A lightly dry finish. Not my favorite.

From notes 10/9/05: Pours a autumnal amber/orange color reminiscent of fall leaves. Fluffy off-white head. Aromas of pumpkin pie with all the spices. Pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, allspice. Flavors are also very nicely spiced. Adequate pumpkin feel. Pleasantly spiced. Nutmeg, clove, allspice. Modest mouthfeel. Very drinkable for this time of year. A comfy pumpkin ale, albeit not my absolute favorite one. Tasty nonetheless.