Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale

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

Bottle. Pours a shiny orange body with a small white bubbly head. The aroma is perfumey and flowery, brown sugar, ginger, and a touch of pumpkin. The background has grainy bread and caramel - up front you have some light spice but it’s never too flavourful or complex by any means.

Bottle shared with GregClow, Hogtown Harry, Blankboy, and Jerc, courtesy of me via Big Red and K. Really good aroma - so much pumpkin pie spice, Yellow, small white head. Good taste - mild pumpkin, very drinkable, short finish. A good beer, I really enjoyed it, more than the others I think.

An OK pumpkin beer, mainly because it didn’t try to do too much. Nose seemed focused on pumpkin and cinnamon. There were some buttery caramel malts in the background. Appearance unimpressive, a lifeless faded amber, no head. Flavor undistinguished, it didn’t really shout out pumpkin and that can be a good thing, but it didn’t do much else either.

12oz btl. A goldne roange pour wht light off white head and lace. A slightly spiced aroma of corn. Unusual flavor? A bit sweet with a hint of bitter in the finish. A bit foamy and a tad thin. An unusual beer that leas that odd flavor this almost like perfume. odd?

12oz bottle. Poured a medium orange color with an average sized off white head. Aromas of pumpkins and cinnamon. Tastes of pumpkins, cinnamon, other spices, and some pie crust.

Pours a dark gold/orange and a half-inch of off-white head. Oily, spotted lacing. Nose is surprisingly inviting with apparent notes of cinnamon, wheat, and subtle pumpkin. All flavors are present and harmonious: pumpkin, allspice, subtle nutmeg, apples, and mild banana. Very tasty and crisp. Medium carbonation and body. Refreshingly drinkable. A good holiday session beer.

Goldden transluscent color. Cinnamon aroma. Mouth is refreshing and crisp though a little flat. Pumpkin flavor is subtle and smooth. Not much hops to speak of

Bottle shared with tupalev, HogTownHarry, blankboy and jerc - tupalev’s bottle. Clear golden-orange with a small white head. Aroma is sweet and spicy. Flavour of pumpkin pie, with a lot of cinnamon and allspice. Fairly MOR as far as pumpkin beers go, but not bad.