Cottonwood Pumpkin Spiced Ale

Brewed by Carolina Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Mooresville, North Carolina USA

12 oz bottle. Hazy amber with a tight tan head. Nose is full of fresh pumpkin, lightly spiced with nutmeg and hints of clove and ginger. Very pumpkin pie flavored, which is nice - many try, but few hit it on the nose like this. If the body was a bit richer, this would be an amazing dessert beer. Still, a good seasonal brew.

When I think Pumpkin beer, I think Cottonwood. Every year I buy 2 or 3 six packs of this one. It’s the first pumpkin beer I ever had and it defines the style in my mind. Much sweeter than other pumpkin beers. I get strong notes of cinnamon and nutmeg on top of the obvious pumpking and allspice. Creamy mouthfeel. Attractive orange color. I think I’ll open another.

Amber colour with a slight haze. Big nose of pumpkin, nutmeg and a little clove. Sweet palate, very spicy. Quite dessert-like even for a pumpkin beer with lovely sugars, pumpkin accents and smooth but assertive spicing. Nicely rounded example.

Bottle, at Charlotte airport. Warm, hazy autumnal hue. Lots of nutmeg and pie filling in the nose. Slightly fizzy but not too bad. Goes through a lot of flavors. Starts off with pure pumpkin, then passes through a layer of spice, and ends with a dollop of cream. Sweet and spicy both. A pretty darn good job.

I had this beer last fall with a buddy and it was good. It had a nice pumpkin taste and aroma. I am a huge fan of pumpkin pie and this honestly tasted like one.

12 oz. bottle from Beer Run. Pours a hazy reddish brown with almost no head. Big spice aroma. All the usual suspects. It’s pleasant but a bit too much. Straightforward malty taste with pumpkin pie and caramel notes. Again, too overly spiced. Medium bodied.

12 oz bottle received as an extra in my first completed trade here at rate beer from Thaichile, thanks so much Mark! Pours a dark amber with an off white head. Aroma of nutmeg, cinamon, clove and pumpkin. Taste was of lite spice, malt, pumpkin and very thin mouth feel. Left a nice pumpkin pie after taste. Over all not a bad fall brew, just a touch thin for my taste.

bottle. average off-white fizzy head into clear sparkling amber body. aromas of pumpkin, cinamon, nutmeg (all things that you would expect). Also some light hops present and some brown sugar in the finish. flavor is initially bittersweet but finishes sweet. moderate finish duration. watery texture. Good pumpkin.