3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20Bottle opened on NYE with the wife since we have a 2 year old and thus don’t go out on this lame ass holiday. Pours a jet black with soapy khaki head. Aroma is pumpkin forward, slight cinnamon and slight burnt coffee. Taste is very pumpkin and chocolate with some light burnt smoke flavors in there. I wish I liked coffee. The pumpkin really plays well here. Liking it more and more as it warms. Wow. Might up the rating before I finish this off.....or....
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nice, light brown head. Mostly clear dark brown color. Decent lace. Aroma is very veggie-like, not as rich, roasty, or sweet as I expected. Satisfying pumpkin aroma, though. Good, light carbonation. Dry finish. Light smokiness. Bitter taste, light sweet. Not what I expected
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle to flute.
Pumpkin, nutmeg, malt. Dark brown with a thin tan head. Taste is pumpkiny, almost cloyingly sweet and malty.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle - Clove, pumpkin and pie like crust. Black with at thin brown head. Pumpkin, nice spaces and , toasted malts, some cocoa, no bitterness and a nice long finish. Great pumpkin beer, but definitely for the end of the night.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
A - Dark brown-black with a finger of frothy chocolate-khaki head atop. Fades fairly quickly.
S - Roasted caramel and chocolate malts, pumpkin, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, and other spices, cocoa nibs, coffee, touch of booze.
T - Roasted chocolate and caramel malts, pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, other spices, molasses, cocoa nibs, coffee, dark fruits, and a touch of booze.
M - Full bodied with moderate carbonation. Smooth with a sweet and warming finish.
D - Great pumpkin porter. Good balance.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dark honey pour from at dark lord day. Weird taste but good. Would like to try this sober
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
The label says it all on this one. All ingredients are apparent and well balanced. It's just yummy. One of my most preferred pumpkins.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours jet black with no head. Aroma of natural pumpkin, chocolate and caramel malt. Taste follows, less spice more pumpkin, very nice.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Definitely a different take on the pumpkin ale craze by going way of stout. The chocolate and the stout profile flavors took over and I only got glimpses of the pumpkin flavoring/spice additives.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had on draft at the brewery. Chocolate, creamy, cinnamon, fruity alcohol, spiced chocolate cake. A good spiced beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home with friends, courtesy of Armin. Thanks man! Pour is pitch black with a creamy tan head and good lacing. Big sweet potatoes, cinnamon, nutmeg, light cocoa, oak, and a touch of vanilla in the aroma. Taste is spice, nutmeg, pumpkin pie, cinnamon, dark chocolate, graham crackers, marshmallows, and oak with a lightly spicy finish. Creamy mouthfeel with low carbonation. Nice pumpkin beer.
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