Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Milton, Delaware USA

Clear heavy orange color. Some cinnamon and ginger spice right away. A feel of pumpkin is not far behind. Fairly well done flavor. Upfront is mostly roasted spices with pumpkin and cinnamon taking point. The finish morphs into a ginger finish which reminds me of the third day smell of the pumpkin lid that has sucked up flame and candle smoke nightly. For a pumpkin spice ale, I enjoy this.

very flavorful, nice mix of spice. not much pumpkin though.... i did like the brown sugar this is what attracts me to this.

Copper pour with a nice dense, 1 finger, white head. Caramel, brown sugar, and toast aroma with a nice balance of roasted pumpkin and spices. The aroma has a nice balance to it that many other pumpkin ales don’t have. Not cloying. Not overly spiced. Just nice and balanced. The flavor is predominately allspice, yet not too strong, with a lingering pumpkin pie filling at the finish and light notes of bread, brown sugar and toast. Creamy medium body with soft carbonation and well hidden alcohol.

great pumpkin beer , smells mildly of clove n cinnamon and molasses . pours an orange amber with a disappearing head , nutmeg malty sweetness without being cloying pumpkin n hops in the back . finishes clean not too heavy , enoyable

This is the only good pumpkin beer I have ever had. It is exactly what it should be, and I think I can even taste the whipped cream on top. So it isn’t as good as some of Dogfish Head’s other beers, but it I don’t really see how it could be and still be in this style. Bottom line is, if you must have a pumpkin beer, this is what I would recommend.

Pretty good. In the middle there is an interesting medley of pumpkin pie spices that I haven’t tasted in beer before. Not cloying, which is a definite plus. But I think that there are plenty of better beers from Dogfish Head.

Pumpkin, ginger, yeast and alcohol on the nose. The flavour has a bit of pumpkin, yeast, grain, ginger, a sweet malt presence and a nudging of hops. Decent. Medium body. Crisp finish. The nutmeg comes out as it warms. Enjoyable, but I would have liked stronger flavours from the spice.

Pours a pale orange with virtually no head. Aromas of nutmeg and brown sugar with a bit of nuttiness. Tastes of toasted sugar, cinnamon, a bit of ginger, but not much pumpkin.