Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

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

BOTTLE: orange/reddish pour, appearance is a little fizzy. Aroma of mild pumpkin, nutmeg, brown sugar, taste is similar. Nothing over the top, but tasty.

I have drank so many of these puppies over the last several weeks! We recently visited the brewpub in Rehobeth Beach and got to sample many brews! This little going concern knows how to brew beer! I love what they are accomplishing! Medium golden color; not too spicy (a drawback for me when it comes to pumpkin ales) - great mouthfeel, well balanced! Good stuff!

12 oz. bottle. I had this, surprisingly at a sports bar in the area - not something I expected to get...I was envisioning some lovely swill to accompany my evening...but alas! I was delighted to find out that they had Dogfish Head and on special none the less! So what’s really important here, the beer of course, not the bar! It had a very nice amber color, although not quite as dark as I would have expected from a pumpkin beer. It had a lovely aroma of spice, malt, and light on the pumpkin. Generally speaking, I felt this beer had a very light taste, however as I sat with it a bit longer, the spice - it’s crowning glory shown through quite nicely. This beer had a very light mouth feel, and was a nice accompaniment for my meal. Nice for the season, I saw it on sale at a local store and will probably pick some up to stash.

12 oz. bottle- Pours a golden amber with almost no head, aroma is of spice and malt. The flavor is very mellow with a subtle spice to it. Dogfish head is one of my favorite breweries, but this one let me down a little, not much better than the mass produced pumpkin ales

12 oz bottle. Aroma of....pumpkin beer! Pours a light amber hue with little head, decent lacing. Flavors just as the label describes. Much more full-bodied than Blue Moon’s Pumpkin Ale and Jack’s (Michelob). Not watery at all. Definitely the best "punkin" beer yet.

12 oz Bottle. Pours the color of fizzy dark apple cider with minimal foam. Aromas are faint, but what is there is clearly of pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The flavor is initially a touch watery, but then fills out nicely to strong notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and, of course, pumpkin. It’s like pumpkin pie in a glass. Nice stuff. Far superior to the other “pumpkin ale” I tried this season.

Abit on the mild side, Higher, well hid alcohol brew, some faint spices, but flavor is dominated by sweetness, wish for more spice, not a bad brew by any means, just could use abit more flavor!

Appearance: Pours a clear amber with a small gathering of white froth at the top. Aroma: Pumpkin meat, nutmeg, cinnamon and something rather floral. Taste: Nutmeg, bitter hops, cinnamon, pumpkin. Finishes with the beginning flavors described: nutmeg and hops. Mouthfeel: Thin to medium bodied, far less thick than I remember last year. Overall: Not my favorite offering from DFH and not my favorite pumpkin beer. I do appreciate that it isn’t super sweet, I’d like some of the other pumpkin ales I’ve tried to be not so obnoxiously sweet.