Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

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

Poured orangish color with white head. Aroma is spiced with cinnamon, numer, and pumpkin. Malts and hops come through a little too. Flavor is sweet and I do agree with 1_2many, it is a tad over carbonated. A good seasonal ale, but not the best fall one out ther.

Alefest sample. Orangish amber with a small white head. Aroma is nutmeg, cinnamon, and pumpkin. Flavor is a spicy sweetness but this is more carbonated than I would like. Pretty good but there are much better pumpkin ales out there.

12 ounce bottle. Pours a nice orange,golden. Pretty. Great smelling beer a bit of spicy pumpkins. Great taste. Pumpkin with some spice but not too much.

I’ve had this a few times but I was able to try this most recently at Brew at the Zoo at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. Sample pours a transparent, deep rusty, orange with a frothy, active white head. Definitely looks like a pumpkin beer. Aroma is a little odd, fall spice, vegetables, brown sugar, can sugar, a little boozy and maybe a hint of grains. Flavor is alright, again a little strange. Very strong nutmeg and pumpkin pie spice flavors envelop the mouth with flavors of vegetable stock, and a touch of cracker. Flavor also has a strange, artificially boozy flavor and texture that stands out a bit. I think this is the perfect example of Sam and DFH trying to do too much and this fall beer really misses the mark in my eyes.

12 oz bottle. Pours orange/amber with off-white head. Minimal lacing. Smells like fall spices, brown sugar mostly. The smell is fairly distinctive, but upon tasting, all flavor seems to disappear!? Strange, quite tasteless, watery finish. First foray into this type of beer, and I’m disappointed.

Draft at Buffalo Brewfest. Pours orange amber with an off white head. Spicy aroma with nutmeg and clove. Flavor is much the same, pumpkin spices like clove and nutmeg. Nice dry finish.

2008 bottle. Pours a clear dark orange with a thick light tan head that leaves nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of spices: cinnamon, nutmeg. Not much pumpkin in the nose. Flavor is rather sweet and spicy with some baked pumpkin spice bitterness and wheat cracker malt in the finish. Nice body and mouthfeel. Of course, I’d like a little more pumpkin but this isn’t too bad. Gets a little too sweet by the end of the glass.

Bottle from Belmont Party Supply. Not necessarily my favorite style, but a sign of my favorite season. This beer was surprisingly clear, dark amber with a small whitish head. It was medium bodied, malty with a definite presence of nutmeg. I do like the fact that it was not overly spiced like some pumpkin beers, but overall, an average brew at best. The brown sugar certainly helped it achieve the 7% alcohol level.