Gilded Otter Clove Valley Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Gilded Otter Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
New Paltz, New York USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Pours a rich copper color without only hints of a white head. The aroma of cinnamon and pumpkin is overwhelming, though there are faint notes of nutmeg, vanilla, and malt in the background. Smooth and velvety mouth feel, though on the sweet side. Finish brings back more of the pumpkin pie spices. Too sweet for me, but still quite tasty.

A - Was a cloudy amber-orange color with a little bit of head that faded fairly quickly and left behind little lacing. S - Little bit of malt scent with some nice pumpkin pie spices like nutmeg, clove, and allspice. T - Starts off a bit sweet with toffee malts. This is joined by the pumpkin flavor as well as the spices. The most present spices were nutmeg, clove, and cinnamon. The aftertaste is a tad is a mix of the sweet and the spicy elements and rather dry, and not very well balanced. M - A tad watery with little carbonation. Overall, medium bodied and pretty smooth. D - Overall very drinkable. The flavors for the most part work well together and stay balanced, with the exception of the aftertaste which was just a bit off compared to the rest of the beer.

Had a amber color and the aroma was very plesent. Smelled of spices and pumpkin. Have to say those the palate was alittle watery. The taste wasn’t bad, tasted of cinnamon pumpkin and of caramel malt. However the body was a bit light and flat.

On tap at the brewpub. Arrives a hazy amber with a moderate, fairly creamy, tan head that lasted through the first quarter of the glass and left a layer of foam with each sip. Pleasant aroma of pumpkin, malt and pumpkin pie spices. The flavor is pumpkin with an additional vegetable flavor firmly in the background and some cinnamon dominated spice. Very mild bitterness at the finish.

Aroma of pumpkin spice and taste is some caramel malts and pumpkin pie spice. Not much vegetation but the body is pretty good. Some spice and pine hops round out the sweetness. Not bad.