Southern Tier Pumking

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Lakewood, New York USA

Big thanks to bwyker for throwing this in on a recent trade. First whiff is pumpkin...bread. Yep, straight pumpkin bread and not pie. Nice orange color, white head. Ok, maybe this does have a little pumpkin pie to the aroma. The taste is pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, graham cracker crust, mmm. I only need about one pumpkin beer per year and this one hits the spot. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-30-2008 01:23:40

Bottle courtesy of markwise. Pours a generally clear amber color with a thin white head. Smelling this beer in like a smack in the face -- the aroma is spicy and sweet with tons of aroma blasting through. Notes of spice, nutmeg, graham cracker, pumpkin, and other interesting smells. Flavor is probably less impressive than the nose but still great. Hearty notes of pumpkin, nutmeg, malt, spice, graham cracker, honey, and other sweetness. Generally light to medium body with a pleasing spicy and sweet finish.

2007 bottle, thanks to HogTownHarry and shared with him,. Appearance: Glorious hazy pumpkin orange colour, large pancake head. Aroma: ’Comforting’ like your grandma’s kitchen. Pumpkin pie, cinnamon, spices. Flavour: Like drinking liquefied pumpkin pie, delicious. Creamy, cinnamon and winter spices. Just incredible.

bomber from a local private order. pours bright orange with little head or carbonation. huge gigerbread and pumpkin flesh aromas. fresh pumpkin pie. the flavour has tons of real pumpkin and the spice plays a secondary role. a touch to sweet and this takes away from its drinkability. i wouldnt change anything about this brew and would love to have it whenever i feel like an imperial pumpkin ale.

Got this one from a trade, and wow. Pours a yellow gold with a nose that jerked my head away from the glass. Dang! Smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, graham cracker, butter, spices, and lots of pumpkin goodness. Flavor is very similar with hints of sugar, spices, and all that is nice. Excellent pumpkin beer. Blows the rest away, except Cigar City Good Gourd, that beer can hang with the Pumking. Great job on this one, with well hidden alcohol presence, too.

finally scored one of these from moelikebeer! many thanks.

pours a hazy coppery amber with a small creamy white head. drippy rings of lace form as the beer retreats.

the aroma packs a mean punch of real cooked pumpkin... i’m talkin’ relevent, real deal holyfield, MF pumpkin!... earthy cinnamon, wood, caramel, vanilla, flowers and real effen fresh ground nutmeg.

the palate is surprisingly NOT sweet. holy mother of gambrinus!...it contains the MOST real pumpkin flavor i’ve had outside of eating a pumpkin... earthy gourd sweetness, vanilla woodiness, caramel/brown sugar/highly toasted almost burnt sugar, buttery short dough, a touch of umami and a floral hoppy finish with tons of cinnamon and spice.

smooth texture and soft carbonation make it luscious on the tongue. medium to full body which is not thick or syrupy... highly enjoyable. dare i say, sessionable?10/4/10/5/19/4.8

22oz Bomber – 99 Bottles – Federal Way, WA – Huge aroma with this beer. The flavor was not too far off. Lots of spices that made this beer very much like drinking a liquid pumpkin pie. Almost too much flavor for this beer. Could have been toned down so it was not so overpowering for the pumpkin spices.

AWESOME!! I ordered 5 cases of this stuff and went through everyone.I had one guy that was coming back months later for it.Strong at first seems like all your going to taste is alcohol but not even half way through the pint it smoothed out and was just so easy to finish.My favorite PumKING ale of all.