 cewldre (268), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Oct 3, 2006 Bottle: Pours orange/reddish in color with a medium, creamy looking white head. I smell a small bit of spice in this one, a little big of allspice. I think I may smell a trace of pumpkin, but I am not sure, as I don’t get a large aroma from this beer at all. Beer has only slighlty more flavor than the smell seems to make it out to have. Only a hint of pumpkin and spice in this one. Think regular Blue Moon plus a pinch of allspice and you’ve got what this beer is.
xav33 (313), Midland, MI, Michigan, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 3, 2006 Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale
12 oz bottle
Recent bottling, carved into 10/06
Medium pour in a tulip glass.
Poured clear copper/brown with a medium slightly off-white mostly diminishing frothy white head.
Smelt of light roasted malt and slight pumpkin.
Taste was upfront, light sweet licorice and pumpkin and moderate toasted wheat bread followed by a very light medley of traditional pumpkin spices and a strong bitter burnt malt finish on a moderately long bitter spice finish. Mouthfeel was light to medium, slightly oily, fizzy with light astringency that turns to harsh astringency on the finish.
Overall, a pumpkin beer that is intriguing, in complex flavors and strong earthy autumn feel, nice raw pumpkin taste, but leaves a bitter taste on the finish.
festyzizzle (30), Brooklyn, New York, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 2, 2006 I wasn’t impressed by this beer. Tasted like their White Ale that was passed in the general direction of a pumpkin. Head, color and nose were all decent. I’d have another but there are better pumpkin beers out there.
holdenn (1443), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Oct 2, 2006 12 oz bottle. pours a hazy orange with a diminishing off white head. The aroma is wheaty, carmel, and just a bit of pumpkin. Thin mouthfeel tastes very much like the regular blue moon with a little more carmel and a couple dashes of pumpkin spices.
Trooper11 (467), Suffolk, Virginia, USA
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Oct 1, 2006 Orangish-red, small foamy off white head diminishing. Aroma of spices, and background nose of alcohol but mostly nutmeg. Pretty thin body, spicy, even on the lips. A bit of a warming burn. Pretty malty but I don’t detect any pumpkin. Like all of the ingredients of a pumpkin pie without actually the pumpkin.
Oakes (8101), gone rambling, Cambodia
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Oct 1, 2006 Bright amber colour. Light tan head. Mildly spicy, somewhat boring caramel/toast malt nose. Fairly watery, mainly a caramel taste. Light spice (nutmeg) note. Pretty quick finish. Maybe a bit thin on the body.
505 (271), Echo Park, California, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Sep 30, 2006 Aroma is pretty weak. Nice amber look, not much head. Flavor is decent, kind of tart, lemony, but not getting too much pumpkin. Kind of thin bodied. I have had much better pumpkin ales. A decent beer to have at a meal or something, but nothing special about this one.
axlk322 (2), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
does not count  | 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 30, 2006 Not what I expected...was a little more bitter than most pumpkin infused beers.
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