Captain Lawrence Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Pleasantville, New York USA

On tap at rattle n hum. Semi sweet pumpkin with nutmeg and cinnamon. Nice and above average. Pumking still owns this

Draft. Pours amber orange with a thin head. Toasty, nutty malt aroma, with pumpkin and a hint of spice. The flavor definitely lets the flavor of actual pumpkin take precedent over typical spices that usually get thrown in these beers. Decent.

growler that I was so glad to get after missing this one last year. color is a dark orange amber with a thin white head. aroma has fresh pumpkin, light spices, dark sugar, and a bit of nuts. mouth feel is medium and the carbonation on the low side. flavor has a nice authentic pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, sweetness, and some back ground hops. I like the fact the pumpkin takes a front over the spiced side and the vanilla bean version took this to a whole new level.

Sampled at the SFTO Apple Brandy Barrel release. Pours a dark golden orange color with some light coppery/ golden burnt orange hues when held to a light source and a frothy white head which has great retention lasting throughout the glass, leaving splotches of soapy white lacing in it’s wake. Aroma was kind of weak, especially after sampling the cask conditioned version with vanilla added. There is some pumpkin pie spice, caramel malt, cinnamon and brown sugar but it is kind of fain. Disappointingly watered down mouthfeel with a lighter end of medium body. Caramel malt backbone with a subtle hop presence and faint pumpkin and pumpkin pie spices in the finish. Hints of pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. A decent pumpkin beer but a let down after the pumpkin pie in a glass cask conditioned version with vanilla added.

Draft. pours clear orange/brown with thin head. Smells of very light spice, cinnamon. nutmeg but with a bleach-y characteristic. The body is pretty thin, the beer came off as being watery. Almost no pumpkin flavor or aroma, this isn’t a great spiced beer.

On tap at Captain Lawrence during the release of Smoke from the Oak Apple Brandy Barrel. Pours a clear orange amber with a thin white head. Smells of warmed pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Medium bodied and spicy, some biscuit notes. Light spicy finish with a dry bitterness. Blended this one for one with the smoked porter… excellent and highly recommended.

Growler. Pours light mahogany with a thin white head. Smells of sweet malt, some pumpkin spice, nutty. Tastes spicy and pumpkiny with a caramelly finish.

On Tap at the Brewery. Nice pour with a light head. brown/Orange color with a fine pumpkin finish. a little cinnamon and spice. Very flavorful! I love this beer!