Moccasin Bend Barrel Aged Imperial Pumpkin Seed Pale (Maker’s Mark)

Light bronze with a foamy white head and lace. Nice boozy aroma with a hint of brown sugar. Caramel malt, flat pumpkin, whiskey and abv all come through. An almost cloying flavor that swells on you. Medium bodied with good carbonation.

Draft sample at brewery. Orange with an off-white head and good lace. Decent amounts of wood and pumpkin seed. The flavor is like eating a bag of pumpkin seeds. Lots of seed flavors, wood, with a whiskey punch at the end. Medium body. Very earthy. Enjoyable.

Cloudy light copper body. Woody nose with a lot of the pumpkin seed smells. The taste was was malty with lots of booze. Wood and then the ever present pumpkin seeds. Interesting like the original pumpkin seed, but the booze certainly added another dimension. Nothing subtle, but good for what it is.

Dark caramel orange, thin white head. Aroma is big caramel, toffee, lightly woody spiciness, some vanilla and apparent whiskey. Taste is big sweet malt, charred oak, a bit of pumpkin spice, caramels, fruity toffee, and a finish of whiskey and vanilla.

A very interesting beer we have here. This was aged with Makers Mark and it definitley shined through. This poured a copper color with little to no head. The aroma contained some caramel, vanilla, whiskey, and a hint of pumpkin. The flavor was rather sour with a big malty flavor containing tons of caramel and burbon. Some dark fruit notes as well. This is a sipper for sure but a nice one.

Name: BA Imperial Pumpkin Seed
Date: May 02, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery
Appearance: clear orange, frothy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet caramel candy aroma, sweet vanilla, light oak, light bourbon
Body: big body
Flavor: sweet caramel and vanilla flavor, light oak along with an earthy bitterness, light bourbon
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4