Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

Bottled (big thanks PilsnerPeter!). Amber colour, small head. Aroma is spices, hops and that’s about it. Flabvour is brown xmas cookies, some slight acidic fruityness as well as spices. As it warms up lots of pumpkin and spices, which also dominate the aftertaste. A very Christmassy beer, though not "made exclusively" for that season.

Date: 10/04/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Durham

clear amber, sweet cinamon aroma, dry malt flavor, lots of spices, cinamon, touch of sweetness, low bitterness
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Date: 03/24/2004
Mode: bottle

lots of rich pumpkin flavor well blended with the cinnamon and brown sugar sweetness
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Date: 09/29/2007
Mode: draft
Source: brick store

sweet pumpkin aroma with lots of cinamon and nutmeg and allspice, rich pumpkin flavor is balanced by spices that eventually take over, long bitter finish from the spices, the pumpkin is great but the spices just get to be too much by the end of the pint

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Amber, bright. Light fluffy head. Mild spice on the nose, with lots of fleshy pumpkin and a hint of caramel. Slight astringency on the palate, with a good pumpkin character and light spice. It’s ok, but maybe a bit bland. I had just had a famous local pumpkin beer earlier in the day and this one didn’t measure up.

Amber color. Aroma of malt, vegetable and light cinnamon. Full bodied caramel taste, with a stronger cinnamon touch.

(10/8/02 - bottle) Clear amber body with small tan head. Aroma is pumpkin and nutmeg, light allspice. Taste is allspice, pumpkin, nutmeg, light cinnamon. Finish is lightly floral hoppy. Light-medium body. (10/14/02 - draft) Smells just like a pumpkin pie, complete with nutmeg. Flavor is liquid of same, though the bitterness that sneaks up at the end strongly detracts from effect. (7/3/6/2/11)

Bottled. Clear amber color, small white head. Rye bread, nut meg, pumpkin and cinnamon in the nose. Brown sugga, coffee, cardamon flavored cookies in the flavor. Some hops and alcohol in the finish. Quite Christmasy actually.

Bottle from Lithy, thanks! Brown color. Pumpkin, cinanmon and nutmeg in the aroma. Sweetish, spicy flavor with pumpkin. Alcoholic. Just a bit thin and sugary. Too sweet and spicy to be enjoyable.

Thin off-white head covers the clear orange hue. Roasted brown sugar is in the foreground, complemented by not particularly competent cinnamon and ginger, though the light hoppiness procures a comforting soily, leafy feel that works decently with the pumpkin seeds. Very simple in mouth, apparently confused ingredients work on their own rather than merging together, cigary and tea like finish. Light bodied, oily texture, dryish finish, well hidden alcohol. Dull example, not very tasty and even less refined.