Weeping Radish Pumpkin Bock

Brewed by Weeping Radish Farm Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Jarvisburg, North Carolina USA

Pours fiery amber orange with a dirty white head. This beer is infected. You get a bit of pumpkin in the nose, but everything is over run by a harsh sour vinegar twang. Too bad. The locals liked this one fresh. I had high hopes.

Bottle from Sams. Pours deep amber with a large, popping, off-white head. Nose of spice, light hops, light pumpkin, lemon. nice malts. Very easy drinking Really expected this to be more sweet and spicy, but its rather bitter and dry. Unlike the other WR beers I have had, I dont think this infected. Very enjoyable with alcohol well hidden. I have no idea what style this really is but its great beer, if not great pumpkin beer or a great bock. Everything balances very well.

Bomber. Copper colored beer, lightly hazy with a big soapy head. No lacing. Strong nose of spicy pumpkin and dough. It tastes more like real pumpkin than most "pumpkin" beers, instead of just tasting like spices. It leaves the mouth pretty sticky with an every so slightly sour finish. Nice, rather unique brew.

Pours a bright copper orange with a 1-2 finger with a fizzy yellow orange head. The nose is sweet, sweet spices, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, malty with some leafy hops, some pumpkin meat. The flavor is similar, spicy, some malt character, a little bready, crisp, mild hop bitterness, a bit tart, some pumpkin meat under the spice. The palate is crisp and sweet and finishes a little dry. Has a tart/sour character that shows the forebears of their bottling infections. Plays to the advantage of the beer right now.

Amber beer with a slightly off-white head. The aroma is vegetabley and pumpkiney with a hint of all-spice. The flavor is not overly sweet and is mostly an added spice affair. I catch a bit of sugared graham cracker at the finish and the touch of bitterness is not unpleasant. Not a bad pumpkin beer at all.

What a unique beer. Interesting that other raters said it was brown/red or mahogany. Mine was a hazy amber with a big creamy off-white head. Nose is pumpkin bread, dough, and crystalized ginger. Taste is pumpkin pie, cinnamon, pie crust, ginger, and lemony citrus. Tart finish, but pie crust comes out more and lingers in the aftertaste. Tart tingly mouthfeel. I’m not very much a pumpkin beer guy, but I found this quite good. I’m fairly certain this beer was infected as it tastes nothing like a bock... a happy accident.

1 liter bottles from the brewery in the refrigerator, but basing this on the draft beer tasted at the brewery. Beautiful brown/red color, fair head. Pumpkin flavor not overly present, with more spice flavors than anything else. Slight tartness to the finish. One of the best Radishes I’ve had.

Bottle. Poured a deep brown/red with a one finger off white head. Aroma of pumpkin, sweet malt, pumpkin pie spices. Flavor was sour, with pumpkin notes and some citrus (?). Absolutely awesome beer. Glad I bought a case of it :)