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Southern Tier Pumking 3.71 650

Southern Tier Pumking

Percentile
96
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6503.72/5.03.71/5.0Autumn9%99.1Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Pumking is an ode to Púca, a creature of Celtic folklore, who is both feared and respected by those who believe in it. Púca is said to waylay travelers throughout the night, tossing them on its back, and providing them the ride of their lives, from which they return forever changed. Brewed in the spirit of All Hallows Eve, a time of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent. Pour Pumking into a goblet and allow it’s alluring spirit to overflow. As spicy aromas present themselves, let it’s deep copper color entrance you as your journey into this mystical brew has just begun. As the first drops touch your tongue a magical spell will bewitch your taste buds making it difficult to escape the Pumking.
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livelaughlovep (96), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Oct 20, 2009  
Just not for me. Smells like a pie, tastes like a pie. WIth a weird aftertaste of beer. So its like you ate pie, and then belched up some beer with it. Heavy on the pumpkin pie spices and even a note of crust. I just couldn’t drink this one.


acblue (64), Seattle, Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/518/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Pours orange with little to no head. Aroma is brown sugar, molasses, caramel and pumpkin. Flavor is sweet with lots of brown sugar and notes of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. I don’t find the pumpkin to be as prominent as others. Hides its ABV well.


 AndyReynolds (284), Wilder, Kentucky, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a nice orange with a very small head. Aroma is strong with pumpkin and sweet malts. Notes of nutmeg, cinnamin, allspice, and ginger come out. On the palate, it is light and bubbley. The flavor really brings out the ginger and pumpkin. This is one of the better pumpkin beers I have had. It is a great fall beer.


 gracefullypunk (324), Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Golden orange with no head. Smells exactly like pumpkin pie, exactly. Definitely can’t taste the alcohol. This is like drinking melted pumpkin pie ice cream, with a bit of a cinnamon spicy tang and an ending of slight bitterness.


 jcr (1177), Jasper, Indiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Bomber. Hazy amber body with a fizzy, off-white head, mostly diminishing. Pumpkin and spice aroma along with some earthy vegetative notes, like fresh green beans. Nutmeg, cinamon, vanilla, candy caramel and alcohol are all in there. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes much the same as it started with the sweetness and spice dominating. Medium to full body with a velvety texture, moderate carbonation. I like pumpkin and pumpkin pie. But I didn’t like this. Too heavily sweet, too spicy.


 MrPickles (120), Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 18, 2009  
22oz Bomber. Pours a hazy coppery amber with a small creamy white head. Aroma is gingerbread and pumpkin and cinnamon. Flavor is much of the same with some added nutmeg, graham cracker. I has no idea that this was a 9%. The alcohol is very well masked. If you don’t like spice this is not the beer for you. The best pumpkin brew I have had, but I don’t think that I could have more than one.


 JediMindTricks (240), Hampton, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 16, 2009  
Bottle. Pours slightly hazy orange body. Aroma is spice, ginger, and pumpkin pie CRUST. Taste is pumpkin pie.


 Hopper (318), San Antonio, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 16, 2009  
A orange color beer with a small head. The aroma was so much like pie crust it is amazing. The taste is again a lot of pie crust with some pumpkin, but the pie crust being dominant. This is a pumpkin pie beer with more crust than filling & not a whole lot of sugar. Interesting, but this is a one time beer.



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