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Southern Tier Pumking

Southern Tier Pumking

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A Spice/Herb/Vegetable brewed by
Southern Tier Brewing Company

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
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3033.66/5.03.65/5.0Autumn9%97.8 Lager glass, Tumbler P  Stats

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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Damico (50), Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/519/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Wow, this beer is awesome! Just like the menu said, it tastes like pumpkin bread right off the bat. There is the perfect balance of malt and pumpkin flavor and just the right sweetness. It’s the best pumpkin beer I’ve tasted, no wonder why I’ve matched it with my Chimay white rating.


 estoppel (1014), Buffalo, New York, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
Sep 7, 2007    Updated: Sep 12, 2007
On tap at Cole’s. Amber body, small head, very spicy nose. Spices, pumpkin and nice malt development (like the crust of the pie). This rules; by far the best pumpkin ale I have tried.


NJDevilz69 (22), Absecon, New Jersey, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/59/104/519/20
Oct 14, 2007  
From a 22oz bottle. This is one of those times when you try a flavored beer and it tastes like what you think it would. Pumpkin pie. Its nose is like a pie baking in your grandma’s oven. Only complaint I guess would be the head didnt stick around long and it was kinda light in color. But for a beer that is 9% you couldnt even tell. The best pumpkin I have ever had and I have tried plenty. It’s just that F**kin good.


 Funknmilla (515), Absecon, New Jersey, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/59/104/519/20
Oct 14, 2007    Updated: Oct 19, 2007
2007..22 oz bottle....straight up pumpkin pie aroma, and some candied yams....tastes like candied yams, and not as much pumpkin, marshmallows as well....dark orange with an off-white head...creamy texture, one of , if not the best pumpkin beers i’ve ever tasted....a sweet finish, and nice lingering light spices...cinaminy!!...(9 % well disguised)


Chucks66 (84), USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/59/105/518/20
Sep 2, 2007  
The aroma on this beer alone is the most impressive thing I have had in a beer for a long time. Huge aroma of ginger bread men, cinnamon and spice. Great flavor of pumpkin spice, cream, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg. This is the best pumpkin beer I have had by far.




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