Buffalo Bills Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Buffalo Bills Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Hayward, California USA

12 oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange body with a small fizzy off-white head that vanished quickly. The nose is heavy on the spice with lots of cinnamon, some clove, nutmeg, and some nice, albeit light, caramelized pumpkin meat. The flavor is so heavy on the cinnamon that it almost burns the tongue, reminds me of red-hots candies. The clove emerges on the finish more than the other spices. There is some actual pumpkin flavor here, but I wish it were a bit more center stage. About on par with the majority of Pumpkin beers, but heavier on the cinnamon than most.

bottle tasted 10/17/2009. pours a hazy shade of burnt orange-ish yellow with a scant white head. lots of dust and spice make it smell very hefe-like... orange, lemon, dust, florals, cinnamon and co2 play roles as well. the flavor is pretty much the same. it lacks any real pumpkin character and finishes lemony acidic. it is medium bodied though the acidity thins it out. 5/3/5/3/12/2.8

I havn’t tasted many pumpkin beers that I’ve liked a whole lot, but this one is actually decent. The aroma and flavor are pleasant with a nice mixture of spices and nutmeg. This pumpkin ale is more understated than others, thankfully. It’s quite drinkable but only the balance really stands out.

Hazy very fizzy orange gold pour spicy aroma of cinnamon kinda looks like cream soda taste of cinnamon nutmeg and light clove ..... nothing special here but drinkable more like a pumpkin spice beer really

Cinnamon-heavy in both scent and taste. Cloves and nutmeg creep in, more in flavor than aroma. Smooth drinking, medium-low carbonation.

Bottle. Clear orange gold with small receding/disappearing head. Aroma is herbal with cinnamon. Flavors of pumpkin, cinnamon, and clove. Watery with sparkling carbonation. Very disappointing.

Nice, solid amber color. Good, large foamy head. Sadly it dissipates fairly quickly. Lacing is minimal, at best. Big cinnamon presence in this one. Nutmeg and cloves are in there, too. A little bit of malty sweetness. Oh, yeah, and some pumpkin smell here, too. Nice blending of flavors, here. Nothing overpowers anything else, creating a good balance. Good pumpkin flavor. Throw in the same spices from the smell, but the cinnamon is not so dominant, here. A little bit of sweet maltiness on the backend. Good medium body in this one. Nice level of creaminess. Here’s one that I will drink again, when I have the opportunity.

12oz bottle. Pours a cloudy light orange color with a puffy white head. Spicy, sweet, cinnamony aroma. Flavor of malt, quite a bit of pumpkin and spice, finishing with a touch of hops bitterness.