OFallon Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by OFallon Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
OFallon, Missouri USA

12oz bottle. Pours a lightly hazed, rusty orange body with a thin, fizzy, off-white head that dissipates immediately and leaves a light lacing. Aroma is pumpkin pie and holiday spices (mostly cinnamon and nutmeg). Flavor is exactly the same. Starts with a light caramel malt before lots of pumpkin comes in. Finishes with a pumpkin pie spice of cinnamon and nutmeg and lots of sweet pumpkin. Dry with a long pumpkin pie aftertaste. Light to medium bodied with a medium carbonation. Overall, I like this one. It tastes and smells just like pumpkin pie. Very balanced spices and sweetness of the malts make this a really enjoyable holiday ale. One of the better pumpkin ales I’ve had.

12oz bottle. Slightly hazed orange-brown color with solid off-white head. Sweet candy pumpkin aroma, not as thick and brutal as some others in the style. The spicing really shines in the taste, with a sticky cloying feel. Still pretty nice taste-wise if you are into the style, but just lacks the depth and feel of some of the thicker varieties..this one just comes off artificial. A hint of spicy hops balances it out and keeps it moving along. OK, a hair below par.

Bottle. A hazy light copper color pour with a small white head that fades rather quickyl , medium carbonation , a little spotty lacing. Aroma is lightly sweet with notes of pumpkin , cinnamon,nutmeg,cloves ( as promised) a hint of toasted grain and if you let it warm you get this faint hint of baked pie crust , very subtle . Flavor is rather light a nice blend of light malt and punkin pie , a little kiss of hops , little if any bitterness , very balanced . Nice bubbly mouthfeel , light body . Very sessionable I would say . Not my favorite style , but a good brew and a fun try .

Quite Hazy orange collor appropriatly and not much head. Pretty good with some reasonable if not great ale behind the spices. Bottle from 3 Sons.

Hazy orange-amber with an extremely thin white head. Very different from my first pumpkin of the eve, New Holland’s Ichabod. LOTS of pumpkin in the nose to go along with loads of nutmeg. The most striking difference in the flavor is the resemblance to Libby’s pumpkin pie, a canned pumpkin and evaporated milk touch with nutmeg and clove, and a subtle cinnamon. While these notes are actually very pleasant, it doesn’t quite come together correctly to really push it up the scale on score. If you’re looking for pumpkin, you can find it in this O’Fallon, MO-by-way-of-Stevens’ Point, WI beer.

I bought this beer begrudgingly thinking, "fine, what ever, at least its a seasonal." Wow, what a surprise I got with the aroma let alone the flavor. Very well balance between the spice, hop, CO2, malt and sweet. Great beer.

Pours a golden to orange color, very hazy with a nice but small head. Aroma is pumpkin pie with light fruity notes and some nice nutmeg. The flavor is largely dry some what spicy with a little pumpkin and cinnamon.

Date: August 08, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker
Appearance: hazy copper, wispy off white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet pumpkin aroma with lots of festive spices
Flavor: sweet pumpkin pulp flavor, balancing spices, hint of tartness, light spicy finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4