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Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale  - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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 Percentile 
82
overall
Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
11573.4/5.03.39/5.07%87.8Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Punkin' Ale is a full-bodied, spiced brown ale brewed with baked pumpkins, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. Dogfish Head Punkin' Ale is named after the annual Punkin' Chunkin Festival held near Lewes, Delaware the weekend after Halloween.
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 halfonit (423), Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 28, 2008  
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.


 JJClark (545), Roscoe, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 28, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a nice clear amber color with a big frothy head. Aroma of mulitple spices, pumpkin and hops. Taste of all spice, nutmeg, cinnamon and pumpkin. Flavor is nicely balanced. Has a semi sweet, lighty astringent finish. Nice pumpkin ale.


 McGarnigle (303), Rochester, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/512/20
Sep 27, 2008  
Bottle. Slightly hazy orange/copper color. Texture is medium-to-full. Smells of vanilla, but the taste is less sweet. Spices (allspice, nutmeg) and rum. Not really like pumpkin, but still a lot going on. Finishes fairly dry.


 alexsdad06 (1056), Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 26, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a medium sized off white head. The aroma has the nutmeg, cinnamon, and all spice with lighter notes of pumpkin ad malt. The flavor is again more heavily dominated by the spices and malt. It has a bready maltiness as if the crust is a bigger deal than the pumpkin. The pumpkin is lighter, but present. This is more drinkable than some other "pumpkin" beers, but does not have anything that is over the top or causes it to stand out.


Fruitfly (59), , Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/512/20
Sep 26, 2008  
A fine and small lasting white head crowns this orange-amber beer. Nutmeg- and allspice-like aromas dominate the nose along with a bit of cinnamon. Medium sweetness of toffee in the flavour. Medium-lite body so the alcohol must come from sugar. Certainly more like pumpkin pie than pumpkin.


cakanator (41), Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 26, 2008  
12 oz. Nice orange hue on the pour. The usual spices and cloves but nothing overpowering on the nose. Fuller bodied and nothing thin about it with a nice malt to blend in with the spices. One of the better pumpkins on the market.


 AgentSteve (1334), SF Bay Area, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/514/20
Sep 25, 2008  
Pours attractive clear orange amber with a thin off white head. Nose is spice, clove, nutmeg, as is the flavor, with the addition of a hefty dose of caramel malt. Spicy finish.


 BeerBunker (607), Burbank, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 25, 2008    Updated: Feb 5, 2009
Pours orange with a white head. Aroma started off as a spicy pumpkin pie flavor, but gradually turned into just bitter alcohol. Taste was like eating a fatass slice of sugary pumpkin pie, but the more of the beer you drank the more the alcohol came out. By the end, it was all alcohol. That’s where this beer went wrong, too much alcohol. It really took away from the enjoyment.



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