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Great Lakes Pumpkin Ale


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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
303.47/5.03.34/5.0Autumn5.4%85.2Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
A mild ale brewed with fresh pumpkins and spices.
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 JaBier (1212), Capital City, Ohio, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Dec 16, 2008  
On tap at GLBC. Been looking forward to trying this one. Pours a cloudy orange amber with a medium off-white head. Aroma is spiced all the way with cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and allspice. Flavor is pumpkin pie up front, then mellows to a spicy dry finish. I knew the would not let me down.


 mcbackus (741), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Dec 11, 2007  
growler from crizay: pours very clean and clear orange hue, bubbly small white head. aroma is very spicey, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon. very little pumpkin aroama. flavour is more squash than thought with the great spice from the nose. some caramel malt background very excellent pumpkin.


 boboski (1095), Alabama, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 25, 2007  
Growler. White, drippy sheet lacing spurred from a mid-sized, creamy, very slowly receding head. The body is a clear pumpkin flesh amber. This is a great pumpkin ale, the first whiff confirms the desire. Moderate spice is executed with a warming base of real pumpkin flesh in the aroma. This is what I had hoped for, what I’ve waited for with so many lesser pumpkin beers. Mild toasty malt lurks underneath, light cinnamon and brown sugar with hints of vanilla and allspice compound the complexity. The flavor introduces much more toasted malt, mild warmth comes as swallows repeat. Sweetness is medium and there is no distracting astringency to be found. The palate is smooth, medium bodied, softly but adequately carbonated. The finish is smooth, toasty, pumpkin pie spices lingering, lightly bitter and slowly and modestly drying. Very drinkable. Excellent!


 TINOZACCA (146), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/105/515/20
Feb 16, 2006  
This is a very nice beer appearance wise. And can be very nice if you like sweet beer. but it’s just too much pumpkin for me. It’s definately the best pumpkin ale I’ve had, but just not my style.


 RCL (1463), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Nov 3, 2006  
On tap. Liquid pumpkin pie. Surprisingly spicy flavor. One of the best pumpkin beers I have ever had, easily.


 yarry (370), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 22, 2007  
650ml bottle, 5.5% a/v Pours a deep gold colour with a bit of reddish tones. The nose is pumpkin, cloves, malth and cinammon. The taste is fantastic. Very spicy, cinammon and cloves being the predominant spice, with a nice mellow pumpkin pie aftertaste. Incredibly well done guys! Cheers


 juiceisloose (671), Windermere, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Jan 17, 2008  
Another growler courtesy of crizay brought to the O-town throwdown. This one poured an ambersih orange color with a thin white head. The aroma was very nice of pumkin pie spices, nutmeg, brown sugar, and some pumpkin flesh. The flavor is a nice blend of malts, pumpkin, spices, nutmeg, and toasty malts. This has a really nice sweet flavor to it with the toasted malts and pumpkin spices. Medium bodied with some subtle carbonation that has a nice sweet finish with the pumpkin spices left behind. A really nice pumpkin beer.


 bkelley68 (467), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Dec 3, 2005  
bright amber pour with a short head. Wow, great spicy nose. BAlanced between the cinnamon and ginger with a really nice suprise: PUMPKIN! Flavors echoed the nose with dry cinnamon and a light dusting of ginger mix with a reall strong blast of FIRE ROASTED PUMPKIN. Quite good.



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