Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale

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

Had this on tap at the Smokehouse with my buddy Tommy and good friend Allison while watching the Buckeyes spank the Badgers. Nose of wheat, pumpkin, and vanilla. The brew is a sparkling honey amber. The frothy white mostly diminishing head leaves no lace. The brew is again very wheatish with no shortage of pumpkin presence, a light acidity and a brief crisp finish. The light body is creamy and lively. I’m surprised this brew rates so low!

12oz bottle of Kennebunkport Pumpkin Ale. Pours a clear cider color with a good head. Aroma is crisp and earthy like an IPA, with yeast and malt alongside tart citrusy hops and the unmistakable aroma of cloves and pumpkin. Taste is medium and creamy, with a strong and somewhat sour pumpkin flavor along with clove and cinnamon-like spice flavors. It tastes like pumpkins, you’ve gotta give it that.

this was a poor example of a pumkin flavored beer. Granted I did have this next to a punkin ale from Dogfish head, but none the less...this beer is weak.

12 oz bottle. Pours clear and golden with no head. Light malt with pumpkin spice in the aroma such as clove but there also seems to be a banana bread hint. Flavor is fairly boring with light clove, cinnamon and very light malt. Thin body and mouth feel with OK carbonation. The whole thing is just an average/ho-hum brew.

not overly artificial which is easy to get in this style. the spice is probably a little overpowering with a decent hoppy bitterness. would have been a lot better if the flavors were more balanced

First pumpkin beer i have tried, not bad, filled with pumpkin spices and great to have right around the fall time....almost tastes like you are drinking a pumpkin pie.

12 oz bottle. Clear and medium gold pour with a very small head. Malty aroma with just a hint of pumpkin—enough spice to make it nice. The pumpkin flavor is pretty weak and watery—more of a mild honey flavor. Finish is a little dry and tastes like honey. Sad to say but Anheuser-Busch’s Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale tastes better.

12oz Bottle Thin mouthfeel almost watery. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and pumpkin are present but not dramatic. I probably would have enjoyed it more if the flavors were a bit more pronounced. Definetly goes down well on a cool fall night though.