Cape Ann Fishermans Pumpkin Stout

Brewed by Cape Ann Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Gloucester, Massachusetts USA

Modest head that leaves spotty lace. Pours a dark brown where the slightest of light will penetrate the edge of the glass. Strong sweet chocolate with spicy pumpkin pie aromas. Given the smell, this is a surprising taste--dry and bitter. A generous amount of hops gives this beer a bitter finish. The black patent malt gives this a coffee-like flavor. The sweetness is gone. Full bodied with a correspondingly above average carbonation. This beer has character. It is complex without being gimicky. While this may be a Pumpkin Stout, I see it more as a good beer.

Nice amount of spice and pumpkin with some stout flavors that faded as the beer warmed.

Aroma of chocolate bread, cardomom and clove. pours jet black, little bubbly cream head, could’ve used more. Flavor of a little spicy cinnamon, then a deep vegetal bitter finish with an off taste left on the tongue; touch of sweetness with some warming. Nice medium-full body, good carb and mouth feel. I expected a bit more sweetness from the stout, even some roasted nut and caramel, but this was just pure bitter pumpkin off-flavor.  Great appearance and aroma, but it failed to deliver  

Obtained in trade. 12oz bottle. Very dark walnut colored pour. Slightly roasty with a nice gourde like aroma filled with spice. The flavor is somewhat overpowered by the black pat malt but still has minor pumpkin and spice (allspice and nutmeg). Dryish medium body. Not too bad.

pours black with a medium mocha head. aroma has some spices and pumpkin with a hint of anise...imilky too...nteresting. flavor is roasty with coffee. the pimpkin and spice come in right at the end. mouthfeel is very lively at first with a creamy finish and a lingering light and spicy roastiness. much better than i expected!

Bottle. Pours deep brown, almost black, with a reddish tint and a medium tan head. A hint of spices on the nose, cinnamon, nutmeg, a touch of pumpkin/oven-roasted pumpkin seeds. Some sweet roasted malts present too. A touch of sweetness initially, brown sugar and roasted chocolate malts, pumpkin pie spices, Finishes with some bitter cocoa/espresso. Nice stuff on a cool evening, although a tad thin for a stout. Good seasonal beer.

12oz bottle. Pours black in color with thin tan head. Aromapumpkin, roasted malt and coffee. Taste roasted malt, coffee with dry and pumpkin finish.