Laurelwood Stingy Jack Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Laurelwood Public House & Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours ruddy copper with a foamy off-white head. Aroma of mild roast malt and a little bit of spice. Med minus body. Flavor is typical pie spice. And I think they put more than a little spice in this. I’m never sure if I’m tasting squash. I’m not all that fond of squash. But pie spice is pretty good. Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice (what sort of misnomer is that?) is pretty good. Said that already.

Draft at ncbc. Pours a murky dark amber with virtually no head. Mild caramel and pie nose. Creamy medium body with light carb. Caramel and a little bit of pie spice on the mid palate. Mild finish. Needs a lot more presence and complexity.

Bottle:   Hefty amber, rather dark, sediment abounds at the end of this bottle, moderate tannish head, spotty lacing.   Very muted spiced nose.   Its as if there is Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and associated spices, but they are all muted/watered down.   Very soft spices on the tongue.   Decent malt base, smooth, clean, but not as spiced as most.   I do get more of an actual squash/pumpkin/gourd sort of flavor tho.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   I gave a couple samples to some friends (who love Pumpkin Beer), and neither figured this as a Pumpkin Ale in a blind taste test.   While some seem overly artificial in their spices, this one seems more genuine.   However, because it lacks the usual spices, it becomes rather dull.   Damnit, its like the spices want to come out to play... but can’t.

Clear copper color/ light tan head. Boiled pumpkin aromas with cheap weed, caramel. smooth medium body. Roasty nutty pumpkin seed flavors with sweet caramel, fall spices- good pumpkin beer.

Orange amber in color, thin head and slight haze. Light spice, nutmeg and cinnamon aroma. Light slick flavor from the pumpkin added. This was a easy tasting pumpkin brew. Very nice and tasty.

22 oz. bottle, pours a clear golden orange with a small beige head. Aroma of pumpkin seeds, slight spices and stale malts. Flavour is quite watery, with light spices and not much body at all, just a bit of spice. Very watery and bland. Nothing offensive, just boring.

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Bottle: The aroma consists of clove, cinnamon, and a touch of caramel. While the aroma is pleasant and consists of some pumpkin pie spices, I can’t say it reminds me of pumpkin pie. I’m not going to knock it for that..."I’m just sayin." It pours a bright transparent amber with a two finger creamy beige head with pretty good retention. The flavor starts with some muted caramel. The finish has a some clove, ginger, light cinnamon, and a touch of fruit. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Overall, if I was given this blind, I would be to say it was some sort of spiced beer. While I wouldn’t pinpoint it as a Pumpkin Ale, I wouldn’t argue once I was told it was.

UPDATED: SEP 17, 2011 Bottle enjoyed @ The BeerMongers... Poured amber, burnt orange with a beige head. Nose had light spice and some roast. The flavor contained roasted pumpkin squash. More squash forward than spice forward. Malt sugars and a balanced finish.

pours a semi-cloudy copper with a medium size dirty white head, and some lacing. smell is of pumpkin, some nutmeg and other spices, and a little malt. taste is a little sticky, nutmeg, a touch of cinnamon, and pumpkin. ends oily and spicey.

Red/brown/orange with some soapy bubbly white head. The nose is almost entirely spice with a little more clove than I really like in my pumpkin beers, it always comes over a little metallic for me. Its better in the mouth with plenty of biscuitty sweetness and plump pumpkin flavour. That darned clove still hovers there but a little extra cinnamon and hints of vanilla dull it somewhat. The carbonation is a little rough and grates slightly. I’ll drink it but I think there are plenty of better pumpkin ales out there.