 jhumphries69 (736), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 29, 2009
12oz bottle. Bright orange pour. Aroma is malty, light graininess, more subtle than expected pumpkin spice and vanilla. Flavor is more of the same: malty with some breadiness and toffee/caramel residual sweetness, light notes of pumpkin spice, and vanilla. Vanilla is actually much stronger than expected (it indicates vanilla on the label, but I’d expect more pumpkin spice from a beer called "pumpkin ale"). Finish is lightly sweet with a soft, neutral, balancing bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and creamy with nice level of suds. Overall, a surprisingly sessionable brew - a bit too ordinary for me. I’m struck by the vanilla - I like it, but also find it distracting how it annoyingly covers up the pumpkin and spice flavors. Not bad...
ratman197 (3273), Arvada, Colorado, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 Bottle poured a clear orange amber with a small disapating amber head. Aromas of carmel, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and light pumpkin. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of carmel, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and light pumpkin with a smooth dry lingering spiced finish.
guzzler67 (1289), Hanover, Maryland, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 Clear, deep amber appearance with a small beige head and little lacing. Sweet malty aroma accentuated with typical seasonal spices. Cinnamon and nutmeg linger in the taste. Light to medium bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel. Finish was short lived.
Ernest (4515), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Dec 15, 2009 Bottle.
Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, fully diminishing.
Body is medium amber.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), with light notes of dish rag, allspice, squash/pumpkin.
Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter, unclean.
Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, slightly metallic.
Unpleasant...dirty and metallic aftertaste, and a simple, somewhat tainted nose. Drain pour. Compared side-by-side with Elysian Night Owl.
joeymacaroni (242), Wagontown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 15, 2009 pours straw-orange with a thin white head. nose of pumpkin pie, allspice, nutmeg, but more pumpkiny and vegetal than most I’ve had and not in a bad way. flavor has a flavor reminiscent of the pumpkin spice liqueur I bought last thanksgiving...also a nice spicy floral note not unlike some Indian incense. dry finish with a slightly malty lingering taste and fizzy mouthfeel.
JCastner (108), New York, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 Pours golden with a faint white head. Aroma is of nutmeg and allspice. First sip is watery, with no malt/yeast presence and a bitter finish.
fidelis83 (732), Clinton, Iowa, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Pours a sparkling pale copper with a tin white head. Aroma is cinamon, lots of nutmeg, cloves, there is a faint citrus note, a little pumpkin, a hint of toasted grain and lactose. Flavor is a little more pumpkin like than the aroma indicates, again big on nutmeg here, some cinamon, sweet cereal grain and a nutmeg and mineral finish. Palate is light to medium bodied, somewhere between creamy and slick throughout with a light, but overly sharp carbonation. Overall this was pretty good stuff, it gets a little better as it warms, a little more sweet and the spice notes become less sharp and a little earthier. Once it reached room temperature I didn’t like it quite as much though, alcohol came out though and the nutmeg sort of ran away with it..
jbye4334 (719), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 4, 2009 (bottle). Clear orange color. Small white head. Aroma and flavor of cinnamon and nutmeg, with very light pumpkin. Avg duration. Smooth finish with lasting spice flavor. Thin texture. Moderate/fizzy carbonation. Spare lacing.
dmac (1507), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 4, 2009 12 oz bottle from Jersey City Buy-Rite. Pours an attractive clear burnt orange with a medium sized foamy off white head. Aroma has the right touch of cinnamon ad nutmeg with lesser notes of all-spice and clove. The body is a little astringent for its thinness with very bubbly carbonation. Flavor starts off with lots of pumpkin pie spice and finishes with mostly a malt based body. This one reminds me a lot of Weyerbachers without the alcohol kick.
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