 DougShoemaker (2560), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nov 30, 2006 Mixed spice aroma with yeast? Deep amber, small white head. Faint taste of pumpkin, light bodied, sweet, average.
blankboy (2570), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 31, 2006 Cask at Volo Cask Day 2006. Pours a cloudy orange with a small creamy white head. Aroma of Xmas spices, some light sourness and pumpkin. Flavour of slightly sour fruit, pumpkin, spices, some light malt and some hops in the finish. Medium bodied. Pretty good for what it is.
tupalev (2296), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 30, 2006 On cask at Volo Cask Days, 2006. Hazy orange, small white head. Decent pumpkin spice aroma. Malt and pumpkin spice in taste with a nice bitter finish. Very quaffable, if not a little muted in flavour. Nice job Merchant, thanks for sharing your stuff in T.O!
mds (2111), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 29, 2006 Draught. Orange-copper body with a creamy white head. Interesting aroma of pumpkin, oranges, bread, and sugar. Sweet pumpkin flavour, ginger bread, and metal. A somewhat interesting profile but it still has to work within the limitations of a relatively boring/weird style.
HogTownHarry (3200), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
Oct 25, 2006 Cask. At Volo Cask Day 2006. Poured hazy orange with a decent fizzy head. The aroma was quite vegetal, but in this case that’s not a bady thing - like fresh pumpkin and squash, mild sweet pumpkin pie spices, and plenty of funky, almost sour yeast. Tasted very much of fresh pumpkin, less spicy and sweet, dry stale hops in the finish. Average body, probably just the power of suggestion that made it seem to have the consistency of tomato juice, nicely carbonated and a lightning-quick finish. Yes, it’s definitely real pumpkin, but it’s just so-so as a a beer.
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