Hazy orange colour. Lots of pumpkin, cinnamon in the nose. Fairly cinnamony, nice maltiness, some caramel. Decent, but fairly standard pumpkin spice brew. Good how all the elements make themselves known at some point.

Bottle-conditioned, dulled hazy pale orange beer with a slowly fading egg shell head. Spices punctuate the nose aromatics, some kind of pepper and nutmeg blend with possibly a small addendum of cinnamon. As of now, I can’t really think of it being particularly unified, the ingredients each going in different directions and not engaging too much together. Nevertheless, the global effect is pleasant and quite drinkable, the focus remains on the spices, but it’s fleshy enough and masks its alcohol with great competence. The texture feels a bit weird though, kinda segmented with a not too uniform carbonation that goes from very active to bare support switfly. Does not quite have the nourishing balance and cohesion from most ales bottled on lees.

<i>Any first impressions?</i><br /> -A creamy head stays atop the clear, pale orange.<br /> -Simple cereals and pumpkin pith hold the calculated spiciness of cinnamon and nutmeg.<br /> -Quiet cereal sweetness evolves into caramel and biscuity ramifications.<br /> -The typical oily Brasseurs et Frères tap mouthfeel is present, partly formed by their low carbonation.<br /> <br /> <i>What if you dig deeper?</i><br /> -This is very reminiscent of a cream ale in palate, carbonation, and malty simplicity and sweetness.<br /> -The spices are well-integrated, and only add subtlety, which is refreshing for this kind of beer.<br /> -Sweetness is a little too important for my tastes in pumpkin ale; I would have preferred a drier, crisper result.<br /> -This remains a cleanly crafted brew from Brasseurs et Frères, which isn’t surprising.<br /> <br /> <b>On tap at Benelux, Montreal.</b>

500 ml bottle from Metro Joanette in Verdun, Quebec &#40;December 2006&#41; consumed from a Unibroue glass at cellar temperature. Hazy to opaque orange-amber color with a thick bubbly moderately-lasting white head that leaves thick chunks of foam as it settles.....pleasant pumpkin-spice aroma, fresher and more truly vegetal &#40;in a good way&#41; than most, the spices not strong enough to remind one so obviously of pie, hints of caramel and biscuit showing through as well....pretty solid in the flavor department as well, juicy and lightly fruity-spicy, moderate just-right alcohol presence, nicely warming and feeling more like and English strong ale than anything else with a very low herbal/earthy hop character and lots of bready malts....bit of pepper, bit of salt and seaweed touches, a touch syrupy at midpalate with a bit of dryness coming in to finish and light bitterness; quite low though lightly tingly carbonation. Nice effort; this might actually be a brewery worth keeping an eye on.

Pumpkin is discernible in the lightly spicy &#40;cinnamon, mint&#41; aroma. Malt is sweet and subdued. Very hazy golden copper coloured body is topped by a decent off white head that recedes to a partial cover with some lacing. Strong fruity pumpkin flavour with minty notes. Sweetness is lingering and bitterness just enough to take the edge off. Medium body is somewhat slick in texture with decent and lasting carbonation. Bottle sampled with Oakes in January 2007.