 tennisjoel (951), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 8/20 |
Dec 5, 2007 Deep red pour with a a thin head. Nice lacing. Aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, and molasses. Interesting beer. Lower in hop profile than I like, but sometimes malt heavy beers can be good. Alcohol is hidden well (this years version says 8.5% ABV). This is okay for what it is, but not really my cup of tea. It started out ok but became sickingly cloying after about half the bottle. I had to pour the rest out.
Rockinout (946), Kent, Ohio, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 27, 2003 Dark copper color. Starts out with some caramel and cinnamon and then finishes with a burning ginger spice. This is a very spicy brew. I think if you're going to add spices to a beer then do it heavily. It's an allout spice assult.
BeerBelcher (943), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 5, 2007 I thought this beer was decent, but not outstanding. While it has a significant amount of alcohol, I thought the alcohol’s presence in the flavor was a bit overstated. Nontheless, I thought it to be pretty good.
This beer poured a brilliant copper color with plentiful amounts of fairly sticky head. It had a very pumpkin-beer-like aroma with lots of nutmeg smell, although it also had a chlorophenol odor of metallic tapwater. Flavor was very much like a number of pumpkin beers I’ve had, but with some bourbon notes and a very pronounced alcohol presence which may have resulted from not a lot of malt character to conceal the alcohol esters. Mouthfeel was dry in nature, but not remarkable.
Not bad; I’d recommend it. The pronounced alcohol flavor made me feel like it was winter outside. Having it be 20 degrees and snowing outside when I was drinking it helped too.
Nejhleader (930), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 4, 2005 I wasn’t a big fan of this. To me seemed to have a huge licorice(sp) aftertaste, and i don’t like licorice.
edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 1, 2004 1/4/04: bottle.
red-brown body. very flat looking (no head, no lace) but there are tiny carbonation bubbles. quite spicy to the nose; cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. taste is also very spicy. flavors include cinnamon, orange zest, clove and ginger (the ginger shows up towards the finish).
MrWalker (927), Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 8, 2006 Keg @ Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Christmas spices en masse. Sweet with dades, raisins and maybe a little bit smokiness. Bitterness does not come through until aftertaste. Quite special.
danielcurtis81 (909), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 13, 2009 BPW #58
On tap at HopCat. This brew has aromas and flavors that start with a good cinnamon tone on top of roasted malts with notes of candy sugar as well.
bubbleflubber (898), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 13, 2009 Nice spiced offering! Pours flat cola into the glass, with stalactite lacing that cascades from the top of the glass rim. Lots of pumpkin and dry pie spices to the nose... nutmeg dominates, with cinnamon and ginger. Very much a spiced pie (pumpkin) on the tongue. There are so many variables here.... pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, dark fruits, orange zest/peel, roasted malt, licorice.... all well-woven together for a complex palate. The finish contains a hint of pumpkin seed, backed by just a kiss of alcohol (well-integrated, by the way). The mouthfeel is medium, with soft carbonation. All-in-all, a very nice spice brew. Went down really, really well for me.
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