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Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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 Percentile 
93
overall
Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Easton, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6313.63/5.03.62/5.0Autumn8%97.2Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Brewed with Pumpkin and Spices(Cinnamon,Nutmeg,Cardamom,Cloves). This 8.0% ABV pumpkin ale is heartier, spicier, and more caramelly and pumpkiny than its faint brethren! Perfect finisher on a cool autumn night, or match it up with a slice of pumpkin pie and fresh whipped cream. If you don't agree this is the mother of all pumpkin ales, then you just don't like mothers!
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 Soonah (900), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Nov 5, 2009  
From dmac via trade. Poured a fairly attractive rich copper color that was clear with a solid off-white head that was about one-finger tall with average lacing. The aroma was loaded with clove and cinnamon and light citrus. The flavor was more cinnamon and clove over thin citrus hops. The malt that held it together was hard to find. These pumpkin beers all pretty much taste the same to me. Thin to medium in body.


simonbilyk (40), Maine, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/518/20
Nov 2, 2009  
12oz. Pours brown/red/golden, there’s a fair amount of sediment on the bottom but it doesn’t look like yeast. Aroma is incredibly enticing, the pumpkin/spice aroma here is like the fruity yeast in an ESB. Tastes different but just as good as it smells. The flavor develops from pumpkin/spice into beer with a full hop presence that lingers a bit. Fantastic! Yay beer!


 wcampbell (567), Central, South Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Surprisingly well balanced for an imperial pumpkin. Light caramel creaminess with mostly cinnamon spice. Could have used more pumpkin taste instead of relying on cinnamon. Mildly flavored but highly drinkable. Lightly dry throughout with no taste of alcohol.


 italianjohn (337), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Oct 29, 2009  
Orange clear pour with a light head some lacing ... aroma of pumpkin cinnamon and nutmeg .. taste of cinnamon caramel nutmeg pumpkin and light clove with a slightly bitter finish ... its second to southern tiers pumking but beats out dogfish punkin ... a solid tasting brew that hides the abv well


 vtafro (452), , New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/104/513/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Draft @ hulmeville inn. Dark orange pour with small head. Nice spicy pumpkin aroma. Flavor doesn’t back it up, abv might be the reason.


Tricountybeer (11), USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/514/20
Oct 27, 2009  
bottle, pours light amber with a light tan head. Nice pumpkin pie aroma. Thin body with lively carbonation Finishes dry and spicy.


 VTHopHead (890), Barre, Vermont, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 25, 2009  
Bottle - Pours a quite dark orange-amber in color with almost no head and very little carbonation. Aroma is sweet and heavy with "pumpkin" spices... cinnamon. clove, nutmeg, etc. Flavor is not nearly as sweet as I expected, but nearly overpowering with spice. Pumpkin flavor is actually apparent and lend some moderation, along with the hops that sneak in underneath, to the malty sweetness. Finish is slightly bitter and clean... except for the lingering pumpkin spices, which I seem destined to (burp!) relive for a while. Beer is pretty good, actually, but too many spices... a common complaint that I have about this type of beer.


 fata2683 (833), Panama City, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 25, 2009  
bottle, pours light amber with a light tan head. Nice pumpkin pie aroma. Cannabis and plant flavor, hard to pinpoint. Some spice and pumpkin there as well, but very odd.



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