Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

12 oz bottle. Pours clear amber with a medium off-white head. Aroma of cinnamon, allspice, clove, tart fruit and hops. Malty flavor with lots of cinnamon and clove with apple and a mild hop finish.

Pours a slightly hazy University of Texas burnt orange with a ring of white bubbles for a head. Pumpkin, nutmeg, and cinnamon aroma. More veggie than spice, but without that awful burnt Jack-O-Lantern that some beers get. Nice, spicy taste. The blend gives it a pumpkin bread flavor versus the expected pumpkin pie. More grain and some caramel malt show through. First pumpkin ale that has an ale flavor to it. A tad metallic at times, but easily dismissed. Lower carbonation enhances the flavor. Nice beer.

Pours clear amber with thin ring of white head. I dont even like this style, but the aroma is great. Pumpkin pie, nutmeg, cinamin, spice, everything nice. flavor just doesnt stand up as much, but still decent. it still is pumpkin spice, but I just dont really like drinking it. Alcohol in flavor.

Brown with an amber hue and a white head. Aroma and taste of pumpkins, cinnamon, nutmeg and a mix of a few other spices. Actually a rather balanced ale with slightly dry finish.

Nice reddish brown pour with a nice white head. Aroma of a bread, spice, dried vegetables and pumpkin pie. Flavor of brown sugar, cinnamon, mild butter, pumpkin, nutmeg, cloves and corn. A bit of alcohol in the finish, but nothing overwhelming. The mouthfeel is pretty full, but not outstanding. Good beer here. I havent had too many pumpkin beers, but I can say that this is far better than the Southern Tier equivalent.

Clear reddish brown color small white head that fades but stays alive due to the fast carbonation. Butter and pumpkin aroma with a slight nutmeg just like a tasty desert pie. Curiously the flavor is foremost salty then an apple squash like flavor Id classify as legume. A dry type palate for a vegetable ale which I appreciate. A pretty good showing for this ever popular seasonal.

Bottle. Amber body with a moderate body that tastes of sugar and pumpkins to it, good, simple beer here.

12 oz bottle. Tan color with great clarity, effervescent. Aroma of moderate malt and allspice. These go forward in flavor, along with sort of a sugar cookie taste, and huge alcohol burn.