Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

I just moved and have no pint glasses, so I’m currently drinking this out of the bottle. However, it gives off a nice scent of cinnamon and brown sugar. The taste is of a nutty ale with a nice touch of pumpkin spice and cinnamon. Great beer by a great brewery.

Bottle. Pours clear copper with a big, persistent, creamy off-white head that never completely goes away. Nose is nutmeg and cinnamon, a bit of floral hops underneath. Taste is heavy on the spices - nutmeg and cinnamon, underlying bed of sweet caramel malt with a hint of brown sugar, a wee bit of floral hops underneath to balance. Spices tend to get a bit bigger towards the finish, where a bit of yeast emerges to complement the whole ensemble. Kind of a hard to sort out beer, pumpkin never really comes out so much as the complementary spices do, but it’s always there underneath as well. Mouthfeel is middle of the road - reserved carbonation and a medium body.

Bottle. Pours with a copper color, does not seem like abrown ale to me. Aromas are surprisingly subdued. Perhaps a whiff of allspice and pumpkin. The beer tsrats out tame but then builds up. Most porminent is a gingerbread component together with cinnamon. Not so much pumpkin. When it warms up it becomes more overpowering, but not bad.

copper light head....light sweet pumpkin smell... nice slightly bitter taste with a long lasting effect...

Clear amber color with a thin off white head that dissipates. Spicy aromas, cinnamon, nutmeg. Tastes of holiday spices, nutmeg and cloves. Sweet and malty underneath finally a beer that reminds me of pumpkin pie.

Aroma - notes of holiday spices (cloves, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and alcohol) The appearance is a dark orange amber with an initial white head dissipating into a thin white collar Flavor is a lot of spiced alcohol with cinnamon dominating, some allspice, nutmeg and a heavy dose of clove. Palate feel is a bit too powerful, but also part of the feel, a lot of alcohol burn, a real body warmer.

V - clear lightish brown color with a well-szied head
A - pumpkin spice with a strong nutmeg aroma, some bitterness
T - strong nutmeg flavor that dissolves into a bit of a pumpkin spice and then roars back with nutmeg
P - light, very bubbly body but with a full taste

What can I say? Dogfish head comes through again. Has a small pumpkin flavor blended nicely with hops. Not much of an aftertaste which is always pleasant. I’m starting to become a fan of this brewery.