Sea Dog Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Sea Dog Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Topsham, Maine USA

12oz bottle labeled best before J ’07. Poured a medium golden color with an averaged sized, quickly dissipating, head. Aromas and tastes of light pumpkins and some spices. Lightly sour / tart. Thin, fizzy and over carbonated body.

Pours a copper/golden golor with a small white head. Smells of pumpkin pie and the accompanying spices. Taste is slightly hoppy with some hints of spice, but not enough to distinguish it from the peppery hops and basic malt profile. Mouthfeel is tingly and watery.

The beer was a bit thin to support the spices, although it did have a nice surge of allspice in the finish. Light gold in color with a modest head, it seems to be more about the spices than the squash, since I didn’t detect any pumpkin in the taste. Okay.

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Bottle from Trader Joe’s. Pours a copper color with an average creamy white head that diminished quickly with little lacing. Light hoppy pumpkin aroma. Light to medium body with thin texture. Light sweet pumpkin flavor with a short finish.

Bottle. Smells like pumpkin pie spice. Orange tinged gold color with a white head that barely exists. Near medium body with fizzy carbonation. It has the pie spice, and seems to have pumpkin. It’s dryish, and there is hop. However, the main attraction is the spice, including nutmeg. The finish is spice with some light bitter. Decent enough, and better than many of the style.

Best before March 06. This ale pours a light orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is cinnamon, pumpkin pie, nutmeg and ginger. A light to medium bodied spice/vegetable beer. Malts are fruity and sweet. The sweetness seems to come from some artificial means and not the malts, as at time it tastes a little like an orange soda, then the pumpkin pie spices, cinnamon and nutmeg show up. A little light in body, a little thin tasting and somewhat artificial. As Pumpkin beers goes it’s not bad, Mouthfeel is full. Finish is a touch harsh and dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

2004 bottle. Pours a light yellow, foamy white head, bubbly and clear. Aroma of light vanilla, slight pie spice and a touch of pumpkin meat. Flavor begins with some light malt sweetness followed by a good pumpkin flavor that sticks around. Almost a creamy sweetness with notes of vanilla and sugar. Bubbly mouthfeel, and extra light bodied, but somehow, I seem to like it. It isnt overly spiced, it concentrates more on the malt and pumpkin flavor, which is a big plus in my book.

Pours a translucent golden/yellow with hints of orange. Pours with a small white bubbly head that went away to nothing quickly. Aroma of some pumpkin, also something tart and almost sour with hints of pumpkin pie spices. Flavor was kind of an artificial pumpkin pie thing over a rather lame low taste ale. Almost thought this was pale lager with some pumpkin spices added.