Cottonwood Pumpkin Spiced Ale

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

Pours a clear medium amber with a fuzzy orangish head. This beer smells like pumpkin pie filling that comes from a can. It is a pretty sweet aroma. It also has a sweet pumpkin taste with some hints of other spices in the background. It’s not a bad pumpkin ale, but it is a little sweeter than I would like, and the taste of pumpkin really overwhelms any other flavor.

Bottle. Color was an orangeish amber color. Head was small white. The aroma was light in spices (nutmeg and cloves) and actually relatively strong in pumpkin. The flavor actually tasted a bit like pumpkin! I was very impressed as so many pumpkin beers don’t really taste like pumpkin so much as they taste like pumpkin pie.

On tap at The Taphouse in Norfolk. Almost clear, orange brown with no head. Faint nutmeg and clove. Medium light, light carb. Minimal pumpkin taste, if any, with mild spices. A hint of lemony tang keeps this from getting too bland.

The color was medium amber. The head was creamy, thin, and light beige. The aroma was nutmeg, pumpkin, and sweet malt. The flavor was cider, nutmeg, other spices, pumpkin and sweet malt. It tasted like pumpkin pie. The palate was lively. The finish was clean.

12oz, no date from NachlamSie, thanks Ben for the bonus! Clear orange copper with a small beige head, fading to a ring before long. The first beer I’ve ever had that smelled like A1 steak sauce--I actually want a steak now. Aside from that, this is one of the spicier pumpkin beers--nutmeg and cinnamon strongest, some pumpkin and bread crust are a bit lighter. There was almost a hint of fall leaves. Flavor even has a bit of salt and tanginess akin to A1. I know lots of things are salty and tangy, but this is just like A1. Otherwise, nutmeg, cinnamon, very light pumpkin, and some weird lactose like sweetness for a finish. No bitterness. Thin body with moderate carbonation. The flavors of this didn’t meld well for me. It’s how steak is done®--not beer.

Bottle. Sour pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon aroma. Cloudy orange-brown with small head. Strong pumpkin malt and cinnamon/nutmeg/mace flavor - spices more subdued than in the aroma. Very nice beer.

Not good at describing beer. This was my first pumpkin beer. Basically, thats what it tasted like...pumpkin! It was a bit watered down though. Nothing special overall. Had it on draft at bass lake ale house, Holly Springs North Carolina.

I was excited about trying this.The pour was a dark amber with pumpkin on the nose.after that my expectations were deflated.Flavor was pumpkin, spices coriander, nutmeg but had this strange veggie taste flowing through it.The mouthfeel was slightly watery.the finish was pumpkin and spicy.