3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tasted on 5/11/13 from a capped, orange 750mL bottle purchased at Sun Devil. Pours hazy dark auburn with an average beige head that slowly recedes to fairly thin lace. The nose is just like a pumpkin pie, with plenty of baking spices, pumpkin, and caramel malt. The flavor is more focused on the baking spices, is very dry up front, with the pumpkin and caramel malt on the back of the palate. The body is medium with average carbonation and a long cardamom and other baking spices finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2013-04-19. Lightly hazy dark amber brown with a large beige head and lace. Sweet malty aroma with good amount of spice character. 7+ Flavour is similar, pleasantly spiced, sweet malt core, sort of sharp bitterness to the spice in the finish. Lingering nutmeg? 7++ Smooth average plus bodied palate. 3++ Pretty tasty, don’t love the spice but it is a pretty solid beer overall. Bottle from LCBO, Toronto
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
First Chatoe Rogue single orange bottle at the LCBO. Production date: Oct. 4, 2012. Pours a hazy amber colour with an off-white cap, good retention and soapy lacing. Typical good pumpkin ale scent with the spices and amber ale base. Silky, oily mouthfeel. Nicely balanced spices (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg) with mild roasted malts and some pumpkin purée. Slightly sweet finish with maple notes. A nice companionship between farmers and fermenters. A good "Grow your own" project from Rogues. This is how a fresh pumpkin ale should be, without the fake stuff of most.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a dark orange copper color with a frothy off-white head. Aroma of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, and some light spices. Flavor was slightly sweet with pumpkin meat, nutmeg, caramel, cinnamon and had a sweet dry finish
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
750 ml bottle from LCBO, cool, tulip. Hazy ruby copper with a thin ran head. Typical warm spices, really nice caramel and bread crust malts, ok. Medium body, relaxed effervescence. A fairly nice blend of warm spices and rich malts; dry with low bitterness and a reasonable spice finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Holy crap. Found my new favourite pumpkin beer. Essence of roasted pumpkin, nutmeg, mace, cloves, and anice. All present. Even the pie crust. Wish the pumpkin was just a tad bit more prevelent.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from great spirits - pours cloudy red with a white head. Nose has pumpkin and nutmeg. Taste is a nice mild bittersweet balance, finishes dry. Overall, pretty decent pumpkin ale.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from piggly wiggly homewood. Pours dark orange with an inch of khai foam that disappears quickly and leaves no lacing. Nice pumpkin and spice notes on the nose. Solid pumpkin in the tongue. Finishes clean. Solid!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Amber pour medium head. Great aroma of pumpkin and spices. Great tastes of pumkin finishing with light spice. Clean and crisp.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle in the lobby for RBWG. Pours clearish amber with a fine, foamy head. Loads of autumn spices in the nose, gingerbread. Light to medium sweet flavor, spicy nutmeg, bready malts. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, dry bread, lots of nutmeg and cinnamon. Food spiced ale.
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