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Merchant Ale House Headless Horseman Pumpkin Ale


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Merchant Ale House / Murray Street Brewing

Saint Catharines, Canada

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72.91/5.02.88/5.0Autumn-0 Lager glass, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Also known as "It's the great pumpkin ale Charlie Brown" our pumpkin ale is a seasonal favourite. We add roasted pumpkin with the grain in the mash tun to produce a uniquely flavoured wort. The wort is then boiled with a light addition of Goulding hops cinnamon and nutmeg to accent the beer. Come join us for a pint in late October till it is gone.

 DougShoemaker (2560), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
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
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
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
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
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
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
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
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
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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