Buckeye Pumpkin Dead Ale

Brewed by Buckeye Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Lakewood, Ohio USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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At first, the taste was a little too much with all of the spices. After a few sips, the flavor mellowed out. The cinnamon, pumpkin and nutmeg were apparent. Nice cinnamon aroma. It was a medium amber in color. This beer would be good with Thanksgiving dinner.

Poured into a pint glass. I had never heard of this beer or even this brewery until I saw this bottle at a local place a few days ago. The best part about being new in town is discovering all this new stuff. 3.0 A: Clear light orange color. One finger of frothy off-white head that doesn’t retain that well and leaves no lacing. 3.5 S: The first whiff was full of spice, but after that it seemed to lose most of its steam. Still, all the requisite players are there: cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and clove. Maybe even a touch of stringy, fleshy pumpkin. There may also be some light caramel beneath the spices. 3.5 T: The malt is a bit weaker than I’d prefer, but overall it isn’t bad. The spiciness in the taste is a lot less potent than in the nose. Light caramel maltiness. This comes off as a very lightly spiced pale ale. Like I said, it’s not bad. 3.5 M: Light body. Good moderate carbonation. Super smooth. Not bad here, but I would like a thicker body and more creaminess. 3.0 D: Average, easy drinking pale ale with pumpkin and spice aspects. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 11-11-2011 04:44:25

Nice amber pour. The head was small and white. The aroma mild malt and pumpkin. The flavor is very mild pumpkin. Not much spice. Decent beer over all. I nice seasonal.

22 oz. bottle from Root Cellar. Pours a clear, bright orange-amber with a small eggshell white ring for a head. Aroma of nutmeg, vegetal pumpkin, pumpkin pie, cinnamon, and sugar. Flavor of caramel malts, medicinal notes, big spice, and soap. Light-bodied with a little sharpness and a medicinal mouthfeel. Disappointing.

The color is remarkably clear. The aroma is full of pumpkin pie spice along with something unexpected, butterscotch. Warm spices at first back off to a nice blend of pumpkin and pie crust. That butterscotch is still in there, too. A hint of hops make their presence felt at the back end. A great beer here. Big flavors, fantastic balance, excellent mouthfeel. I already want more!

Tap sample. Poured clear orange copper color with an average off-white frothy head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Solid doughy pumpkin, ginger and small sweet spice aroma. Medium to full body with a creamy texture and soft carbonation. Medium balanced pumpkin sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.

On tap at buckeye, taste is cloying and sweet and lots of spice on the exhale while no brown sugar on the rim the 2011 is listed at 6.5%

Sample at Buckeye Beer Engine. Clear copper pour with a thin beige head. Cinnamon nose with lots of ginger, some malt and clove. Flavor starts out with ginger and cinnamon, then turns to a malty crisp finish.

orange with barely a head present. sweet nose. low bitterness before some cinnamon and ginger flavor with some low crystal that is overwhelming and leaving a cloying and unpleasant flavor. low position on the style chart

Definitely something you have to be in the mood for. I got mine on draft at the Beer Engine without the brown sugar rim. Good thing too as it was incredibly sweet. I liked everything but the taste, which kinda put a damper on my experience. The pumpkin taste is overwhelming and I didn’t finish it, good thing someone else bought it.