Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

Pours clear and medium to dark orange with a large fizzy white head. Aroma is moderatly malty, lightly hoppy with aromas of allspice, nutmeg, cloves and cinamon. Flavor starts well balanced and nicly spiced, good hop balance, clove and nutmeg main flavor. Finishes well balanced. Medium bodied, creamy and softly carbonated.

Pours a deep orange colour with little to no head. Smells a little bit smoky almost, with hints at cinnamon and nutmeg, and a big sweet malty undertone. Flavour up front is very sweet and malty, and then the spices get fairly intense. It’s almost peppery at times. Finish is also very smooth and a bit sugary and pumpkiny. It is pretty thick, and carbonation is just about spot on, or a tiny bit low.

Bottle. Pours an amber orange beer. Aroma and flavor has traditional cinnamon, nutmeg spice, some pumpkin, sweet malt and sweet sugar. I’ll take it at 7%, however in the end the spices were just to much.

Bottle from Tank’s Bar & Grill in Dayton. I spotted the last bottle they had left in their cooler and had to try it. I’ve never seen this one around town before. This was also my first experience with this style of beer. The color is a murky pumpkin pie brown and has a nice thick head. The aroma is, you guessed it, mostly pumpkin. It has some malty notes in there as well. The flavor is more balanced than I expected. Sweet malt and some bitterness well accented by pumpkin. Interesting beer for sure. I’d like to try other similar ales.

I like the autumn pumpkin ales, and this was a decent one. Not as good as the Shipyard Pumpkinhead or the offering by Blue Moon, but a solid beer nonetheless. Much better than the Saranac and Sam Adams october beers.