Arcadia Jaw-Jacker Ale

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Pours amber with a large soapy tan head. The aroma is quite spicy with the spices listed on the bottle (cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg) all being represented. There is some toasted caramel malt underneath and little, if any, pumpkin on the aroma. Medium body that’s slick and smooth with very unobtrusive carbonation on the finish. The flavor starts exactly as noted for the aroma. The finish has pepper and a hint of pumpkin (or possibly some fruit). A decent beer with a very cool label.

UPDATED: OCT 7, 2007 On-tap, served in a imperial pint glass. The ABV is 6%. "No pumpkins were harmed" in the brewing process, this is a spice/herb ale. Poured a slightly hazy orangey amber with visible sediment, creamy white head, good retention, light amount of ringed sticking. A fall seasonal nose, allspice and clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, malted wheat, toasted grainy malts, a subtle citrus at the edges. I like the taste of this, a pleasant balance of spices, malts and citrus hops. Dry flakey pie crust-like malts, baking allspice that is sweeten by cinnamon and nutmeg. The malted wheat meshes with citrus hops for a unique sweet and sourness. The alcohol is barely noticeable, just a brief flash in the taste towards the end, warming in the back of the palate. Finishes dry, spicy soft baked pie crust covered with lemon zest. Jaw-Jacker is a good seasonal ale from Arcadia, a unique blend of spices, hops and malted wheat. There is no pumpkin used in this, yes, I know, it seems surprising, but email Arcadia yourself if you don’t believe me.

#3,500. Bottle from Capone’s. Turbid deep copper pour with 1-finger whitish head. Aroma of huge pumpkin spice, cinnamon, plus caramel malt and nutmeg. Tastes caramel malty, with the flavor of pumpkin pie + the crust, and the applicable spices to go with it. Medium palate heft, with a smooth finish. This one was nice, and kudos for another great label that is very original and season-appropriate.

whoa nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, clove, and pumpkin pie mix. this is a lot like pumpkin pie in a glass. yum

Pours a cloudy orange amber with a smaller bubble/creamy off white head that left some light lacing. Aroma of nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice, vanilla, bready and some pumpkin. Flavors of the same spices, some pie crust notes. Comes across nicely...a well done pumpkin ale. I personally like the style and look forward to new ones coming out each fall.

On tap at Mad Mex Robinson. Nice fall beer. Thought it was pumpkin at first. Aroma of spices; cinnamon and nutmeg mostly. Pour was orange with a one finger off white head. Taste was very spicy. Nutmeg, caramel and cinnamon which, when all together, tasted like pumpkin. Nice one.

12oz. Bottle: Faint sweet aroma. Smells of spices, nutmeg, caramel malts, and pumpkin pie. Poured dark orange in color with a small, fizzy, off-white head that diminished immediately. Hazy. Lightly sparkling. Some small particles. Tastes lightly sweet. Flavors of pumpkin, light spices, and caramel malts. Light to medium body. Creamy, oily texture. Soft to average carbonation. Malty pumpkin finish.

This has one of the coolest looking pumpkin beer labels I have observed. When you pour you get a swirling hypnotizing tempest from the gunk on the bottom of the bottle. Pour it properly like a n unfiltered dunklewiezen. Has a rolling stream of fine bubbles coming from within this light crazy hazy iced tea appearance. Taste is spicy but not quite as bitter as most pumpkin beers I’ve tasted lately. Does coat your tongue with an almost Oktoberfest inference. The spices are a little difficult for my palate in any pumpkin beer, but this is probably one of the better ones so far, overall it lacks the bitter medicinal taste on the finish. The spices somewhat remind me of the heavily spiced american wheats.

UPDATED: SEP 25, 2007 Bottle: Great aroma of ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon. This is about a close as you’re going to get for duplicating a pumpkin pie aroma. It pours a slightly hazy orange with a minimal off-white head that fades quickly to a ring around the edges of the glass. The flavor starts with a light sweet caramel maltiness. All the pumpkin pie spice comes in the finish. Great combination of nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon with the slightest hint of grassy bitterness. I’ll be surprised if anyone scores this as well as me, but I like pumpkin beers and this is as good as I’ve had for a non-Imperial pumpkin beer.