FirmButtstone (47), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 30, 2008 A pumpkin ale that actually has the taste of pumpkin instead of just over the top cinnamon and clove. This is new! I really love this beer, a great fall treat.
MrP00tz (14), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 29, 2008 P00tz sez....It wasn’t long before I grew weary of my employment with the postal service. Long hours of perusing around neighborhoods barely leaving the interior of my transport. P00tz needs more excitement in his day to day. It is with great pleasure that P00tz has taken apprentice with a mercenary and is learning his craft. This beer pours a soft copper orange with a nose and flavor reminiscent of eating raw pumpkin meat covered in nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and vanilla. P00tz likes.
 Rib Eye (143), USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 28, 2008 Finally a pumpkin beer that ACTUALLY TASTES LIKE PUMPKIN. The surprise is it’s much weirder and not necessarily as good as you might guess.
You know how a pumpkin smells when you are carving a jack-o-lantern? That’s how this beer tastes. It also has some strong bready notes and light pumpkin spice. The overall sense though is vegetal. The mouthfeel is a bit heavy thick and oily. Not bad, but not what I was expecting.
Dogfish Head Punkin Ale is a better beer, but doesn’t taste nearly of pumpkin the way this does.
Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin ale might be a nice compromise between something that tastes something of pumpkin and isn’t too far off from a traditional bitter.
Suttree (2740), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 3/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Oct 26, 2008 Updated: Oct 27, 2008As soon as I opened this, The Bride says ’I want a candle that smells like that’. The aroma is truly amazing, with spicy pumpkin notes mixed with graham cracker. hints of cinnamon and ginger and clove. I was actually a bit scared to drink it fo fear that the flavor wouldn’t match the flavor, but I shouldn’t have worried. Nicely rich palate, with pumkin, and cinnamon and graham cracker and ginger and vanilla clove and - just trust me, its really, really good. Thanks to theisti for the trade!
jpiper (6), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
does not count  | 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 6/20 |
Oct 25, 2008 On tap at Buckeye Beer Engine. I’m not much of a fan of pumpkin ales, but at least they’re generally drinkable. This one lacked balance, in my book. Too much malty sweetness with not enough backbone for my tastes Aroma was nice, though. This was a 3-4 sipper. Couldn’t make it through the rest of the pour.
Syd (903), Waconia, Minnesota, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 24, 2008 Updated: Oct 25, 2008Bottle pours a crystal clear light amber with a decent clingy head and residual lace. The aroma is rather nutty, pumpkin pie, pumpkin spices, and cookies. The flavor is quite like a slice of pumpkin pie, in an almost disturbing sort of way. There is no mistaking, this is not subtle, it is quite pumpkin forward. The ABV is well hidden. The palate is quite rich and lively. Overall, this is great if you like pumpkin pie - and I do, but man, this is the real thing.
Drink4Satan (586), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 23, 2008 Pours a clear orange colour with a sudsy white head with decent retention. The nose offers an explosion of pumpkin pie, with butter, brown sugar, all spice, nutmeg and an assault of pumpkin essence. The flavour is spicy, vegetal (pumpkin) and root-like. The mouthfeel is slick and amply carbonated and easy drinking considering the abv. This is very fresh tasting.
Rogueone (506), I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 23, 2008 This is one of those kinds of beers you can rate from memory because there is just so much memorable about the flavor of it. Definitely one of my favorites. You know how they have those bed-in-a-bag things, where you can get basically the entire sheet set, shams (whatever those are), pillowcases, comforter, etc.? That’s like this beer for pumpkin pie. It’s like the Willy Wonka everlasting gobstopper of pumpkin pie. You can taste the crust, then you work your way to sweet pumpkin pie filling, the palate acknowledges the spiciness of the nutmeg and cinnamon, then you are left with the creamy airy flavor of whipped topping. NOM NOM NOM. Best fresh, for certain.
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