Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Portland, Maine USA

I look forward to this brew every year as soon as it comes out. many will say there are far more better pumpkin beers, and maybe there is, but of what I have had. this is a good one. Sure I have had many others that I also like. As a matter in fact, pumpkin beers tend to be my favorite seasonal beer, and I try any I can get my hands on, but I still seem to keep coming back to this one. The appearance is a orange clear body and a small head, that doesn’t last long (one negative). Its aroma is strong with vanilla, and cinnamon. The flavor has a strong cinnamon, and pumpkin flavor, like spiced pumpkin pie in a bottle. It does go down a bit bittery. Overall a very enjoyable holiday beer.

From a 12 fl. oz. bottle with an expiration of March 2009. The pour is mostly orange but clear with a short-lived puffy head. The lacing is okay. The scent has an incredible burst of pumpkin spice, allspice, and maybe nutmeg. It’s mouthfeel is rather watered down and felt like a routine American pale ale. But I have to say that I enjoyed the mix of pumpkins and spice in the flavor.

copper pour with small white head, slight pumpkin aroma. taste is not over powering just right! dry finish.

Bottle - Poured a hazy golden amber in color with a very small white head that quickly faded to almost nothing. Aroma is medium of pumpkin pie spices and slightly sweet. Flavor is fairly strong of the spice, particularly cloves. Some of the pumpkin does come though, but is is not pronounced. The spices linger in the finish along with a slight sweetness. One of the better pumpkin beers I’ve had...

Gold pour with a quickly fading white head. Aroma of malts and pumpkin. Pumpkin pie flavor with a sour fruit finish.

Another good pumpkin ale that is well balance between the clove and cinnamon taste. A weak finish though.

12 oz bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2008. Sweet aroma with lots of cinnamon, some clove and some cardamon. Dryer but still sweetish flavor with plenty of clove, cardamon and cinnamon. Very long finish. My first pumpkin beer. I like the aroma.

<b>Bottle 355ml.</b>
Clear light to medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is spicy - clove, cinnamon like Danish Glögg or blood sausage. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [260908]