Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet The Greater Pumpkin

Brewed by Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Tasting at Papsø
Cloudy light amber color. The aroma is a mix of whatever I don’t want in a beer: soap, cinnamon, herbs. High carbonation, malt flavor, herbal, some residual sweetness, strong fake cinnamon flavor; high alcohol perception. Messy.

(22oz bottle, courtesy of Exiled) Pours a hazy amber body with a small white head. Aroma of pumpkin, oak, bourbon, pecan, honey, and caramel. Flavor of pumpkin, toasted coconut, vanilla, bourbon, roasted malt, toffee, oak, allspice, and cinnamon.

UPDATED: OCT 14, 2012
Name: Heavy Seas Great Pumpkin, BA
Date: November 17, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: muddy orange, frothy off white head
Aroma: sweet pumpkin aroma, nice spicyness, no bourbon
Flavor: sweet pumpkin flavor, touch of vanilla sweetness, cinnamon and other spices, light lingering bitterness
Overall: not much barrel after just a week which leaves it very balanced rather than boozy

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Name: Heavy Seas Greater Pumpkin
Date: October 18, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Bullock’s
Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, fine off white head
Aroma: sweet pumpkin and spice aroma, lots of sweet pumpkin pulp, cinnamon and nutmeg spices
Flavor: sweet pumpkin flavor enhanced by vanilla sweetness, balancing spicyness heavy on the cinnamon and nutmeg, caramel comes out with stronger vanilla as it warms, sweet spicy finish

Name: Heavy Seas Greater Pumpkin
Date: October 12, 2012
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2012
big pumpkin flavor with lots of spices, sweet, a bit more of the oaky barrel this year, lighter on the vanilla,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+ /4

22oz bottle, thanks ygtbsm94. Small off-white head atop lightly hazed amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, Bourbon, nutmeg, light clove. Taste is moderately sweet, nutmeg, Bourbon, some clove. Medium body.

on tap @GABF-pours yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is bourbon, spice. Taste is alcohol, bourbon, spice, light malt.

Bottle. Poured clear hazy orange copper color with an average off-white frothy head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Solid doughy pumpkin and small woody alcohol aroma. Medium to full body with a creamy texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy balanced bourbon sweet flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate to long duration. Standout seasonal beer.

Bottle… Hazy amber/orange ale with a small, creamy, white head. Decent retention. The aroma is of vanilla, pumpkin meat and clove – essentially, pumpkin pie. Full-bodied and sticky with feather-soft carbonation. Nice pumpkin pie and vanilla flavors, but a bit too alcoholic for the pumpkin and spices to really shine. Finishes boozy and raw. Less noticeable alcohol and you’ve got Southern Tier’s Pumking – a real winner. Bottle courtesy of ygtbsm94!

22oz bottle. Cloudy orange pour with an averaged size off white head. Aromas of spices, some pumpkin, and lighter barrel aging. Tastes of bourbon, spices, pumpkins, vanilla, and some wood. Does not smell barrel aged but tastes like it.

Bomber poured a hazy amber with a lingering ring of amber foam. Aromas of bourbon, pumpkin, cinnamon, allspice and clove. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of pumpkin, bourbon, carmel, cinnamon, allspice and clove with a smooth dry lingering spiced finish.

Cask. Pours hazy orange with a small, bubbly off-white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is smooth bourbon, vanilla, oak, pumpkin and spices, and caramel malt. Flavor is pumpkin, heavy spices, caramel and biscuit malt, no bitterness or hops, smooth bourbon, and a dry finish. Full body, medium warmth, low carbonation.