Cape Ann Fishermans Pumpkin Stout

Brewed by Cape Ann Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Gloucester, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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pours a black tar color with a quickly disappearing head.. smells very festive with prominent notes of spice and pumpkin pie flavorings... surprisingly light to the palate with the usual notes of chocolate and coffee but with a healthy dose of oats and a hearty earthy flavors that segway into the namesake of pumkin.. refreshing and light on the palate but hearty enough to call itself a stout.. another solid offering from cape ann...

Pours dark brown to black thin tan head.Light aroma with nuances of coffee and chocolate.Flavor is good but the pumkin is almost invisible,coffee is the most notable.

12oz bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a medium, light tan head. Smells of dark roasted malts, unsweetened chocolate, pumpkin, and pumpkin spices. Taske is rich roasted malt, with some coffee notes, and a touch of pumpkin. Finishes strongly dry with some light pumpkin flavors. Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.

12oz bottle pours a watery, opaque black with an off white head that faded fast and left zero head. Nose had some pumpkin spice, some nutmeg, a little butterscotch, some ginger, a little bready, some light malt. Flavor is sweet malts, ginger, nutmeg, there’s definitely some root vegetables, pumpkin, carrot, toasted bread. Medium bodied, dry finish.

shipped from my bff dave in shitty baltimore. pours oily, black and heavy with dense tan head. nose is typical dark roast and spice, but surprisingly not much pumpkin. taste is char of a imperial stout with unpronounced spice that then gives way to the mild sour pumpkin. high alcohol content isn’t really hidden. Not as good as Elysian’s, but I’ll definately worth drinking.

Black, no highlights. Aroma is fairly complex- oats, soy sauce, milk chocolate. Taste has tobacco, Dutch coca, roasted wood, smoke. Not much pumpkin or spice but really delicious.

12oz bottle. Poured a dark black color with a tan head. Aroma was malty, roasted, notes of pumkin and a some spice. Flavor was chocolates, coffee, pumpkin, general roasted malts. Not overly strong in the pumpkin flavor, but good none-the-less.

(12oz bottle thanks to zdk9) espresso brown with few bubbles. Nose of chocolate, mild pumpkin mash, sweet bread and cocoa. Taste of cereal grain, chocolate malt, fudgey, watery body detracted from this overall though. Mild dark chocolate linger.

20101018 12oz bottle from State Line. Looks stouty, very dark brown with thin but lasting tan head. Aroma is very inviting and just what I had in mind for a chilly evening. Graham cracker, nutmeg, clove, and roasted root vegetables, with some basic chocolate and coffee stoutiness. Body is pretty thin which would be more forgivable if this was a five percent stout, but this is a fairly big beer for the style, I think, and should have some heft to go along with it. At the same time, I’m pleased that the stuff isn’t stickily sweet (although there is some milky sweetness). It’s pretty hard to get past the thin body and relatively watery texture, and that’s a shame because it smells and tastes pretty good.

Fisherman’s Pumpkin Stout is a brownish black ale. It takes a heavy pour, but a small light khaki head emerges and quickly fades to a ring and leaves nice lacing on the glass. It has a huge pumpkin aroma. Underneath, there’s a little roastiness, like coffee, and a hint of sweetness like cola. It’s pretty light bodied and smooth. The clean finish is a little chewy. There’s lots of pumpkin and a little roast in the taste. There’s a touch of sweetness... maybe lactose? There’s not really any bitterness. This must be a milk stout. It’s pretty straightforward and very drinkable.