Four Peaks Pumpkin Porter

Brewed by Four Peaks Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Tempe, Arizona USA

Cask & tap at Tempe. I really enjoyed the cask. Pours pitch black with a smallish tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malt, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla. Flavor is wonderful! Dark roasted malt, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, and a touch of brown sugar. This one is creamy and smooth and very easy to drink way to many. Thanks Derrick!

Tap/cask vertical at 4P. Tap is better. I think I can pretty well ditto nbutler11’s review (though I will not admit to ever having eaten gingerbread with vanilla nads in it) with the addition that the tap version is creamier than cask (which is wholly baffling to me).

Pours black from the tap at the brewery with a reddish tint and a fluffy brown head. Smells of pie spices (mostly nutmeg and cinnamon) and tastes of toasted malts, pumpkin, and caramel. Vanilla nad gingerbread are also apparent, but there’s an element of cream that seems missing. Regardless, this is a champ of a beer that way underrated.

Draught at Four Peaks Tempe.
Black with a nice thick but quickly dissipating head. Nice lacing that clings to glass. Crisp roasty aroma with a roasty malt and chocolate flavor and just a hint of pumpkin. Light- medium body with a sweet roasty finish. I could drink this all day!

Dark clear brown pour, with no head, there is never a head on this beer (?). I love the aroma, gets the holiday spirit going in me, notes of spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and pumpkin pie spices. Flavor is roast pumpkin, more spices (nutmeg), and a dry caramel like finish to the beer. Very thin beer, but very flavorful non the less. Drinkability medium, on its own, and very high when drunk with food. "I love this stuff!"

On tap in Tempe. Near black pour with s small creamy tan head. Porter elements are more obvious in the aroma at first, including roasted caramel malt, coffee and chocolate. Pumpkin and spice work their way through as it rests a bit. Flavor is similar, subdued pumpkin, lots of pie spices, and a fairly standard porter. Smooth on the palate, but a bit too thin for the style. Overall a very good local brew.

I believe I could drink this beer at any occasion. I once saw someone offer Four Peaks $100 for a keg of Pumpkin Porter but they declined. A very popular seasonal beer around ASU. A little watery, but nothing serious.

Mahogony color w/ thin tan head. Faintly sweet pumkin aroma w/ caramelized malts and mild hops. Lightly bitter flavor of sweet light roasted malts. Well-balanced w/ easy slow finish and light carbonation.