Southern Tier Pumking

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

Pours orange with a white head. It smells like my grandmother’s house. Taste is all the spice and pumpkin flavor you’d get in a pumpkin pie. The alcohol isn’t apparent while drinking. Finish is malts and cinnamon.

strangest nose i ever experienced in my life, its not pumpkin, i dont know what it is. burnt clove? burnt something. very odd. flavor is not nearly as overwhelming as i thought it might be after wrangling the creme brulee recently. it has some real sweet pumpkin pie flavor but its very much in the background and an aftertaste, along with that mystery ’burnt’ smell. zero evidence of alcohol, thats for sure. before drinking this, i was convinced that southern tier was some kind of novelty brewery making silly beers becuase the vanilla in the creme brulee was just too much. forgive the constant references to that brew, but i think its representative of the chances southern tier is willing to take. this is very interesting and not overwhelming, and definatley thought provoking at the least.

22 oz bottle, earlier release than last year. Had on draft last year and honestly can say the draft was superior. However, quite unique taste and aroma-anyone for pumkin pie-A nice treat for the fall season. Alcohol is downplayed by the spice and the pumpkin.

22 oz. bottle from Wine Warehouse. Golden orange pour with a medium head and subtle lacing. Aroma is pumpkin, spice and a surprising strong creamed corn. Very spicy taste up front, nutmeg and cinnamon, some subtle pumpkin in the middle followed by strong corn. Some subtle hop bitterness. Medium body. I’m downgrading this one. As I drink it it simultaneously becomes overly bitter and cloying sweet.

Bottle. Pours clear golden, with a very thin white head that disappears. Aroma is sweet and well like pumpkin pie with all the assorted spices and some corn. Taste is corn up front, then some more of the pumpkin and spices, nutmeg, cinnamon, etc. I’m not a fan of pumpkins or pumpkin pie, but this seems to be spot on.....assuming that is what they were going for. Not really my thing, but seems well done from a great brewer.

22oz bottle. Pours clear amber in color with thin white head. Aroma sweet, spicey and pumpkin. Taste spicey, spicey, caramel malt and pumpkin with bitter finish.

Bomber->lager glass: Pours an average, frothy, white head that exhibits excellent lacing atop an amber body. There is a earthy yeast aroma, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon aroma emanating from the glass. The body is medium, texture is oily and creamy and no carbonation. The flavor’s duration is average-to-long, and lightly sweet. Really makes me think of pumpkin pie--an excellent beer.

Pours clear orange with a thin fizzy head. This is one of the most unique beers I’ve had. Tastes like eating the crust of pumpkin pie. Very good, but towards the bottom the taste gets a little doughy. Overall a nice beer.