Pike Harlot’s Harvest Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Pike Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Bottle... Poured a nice pumpkin orange hue with a thin head. Nice fleshy, earthy squash tones here. The spicing was overdone which was nice. Nice mouthfeel, decent malt sweetness to add depth to the pumpkin tones with also yeast esters towards the end.

Pours clear reddish brown color with off white head. Pumpkin pie spice aroma. Toasted malt, cinnamon, nutmeg and Belgian yeast flavors. Medium body with average carbonation.

Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark brown with a foamy beige/tan head. Aroma is more treacle than pie spice. Med body. Flavor is treacle, brown sugar, squash, and traces of pie spice. Maybe more than a trace. And raisin it seems. Or something dark like that. Quite different, and a bit earthy. Pretty tasty and stands apart from the usual suspects.

Deep mahogany hued copper body with a thin brown head. Burnt bready malt backbone. Strong molasses and some belgian candy sweetness. Light pumpkin character. Strong notes of clove and cinnamon with a lingering spice the reminiscent of cardamom and ginger. Some citrus notes. A bit thin and tinny.

Bomber poured into glass. Didn’t expect much from this pumpkin only because I know that Pike doesn’t produce a ton of great beer. Pumpkin spice aroma with a slight creamy flavor but it doesn’t really tickle my fancy all that much.

Bottle. Dark browna nd ruby around the edges. Short, bubbly tan head. Strong caramel and molasses with pumpkin pie, clove, and nutmeg in the nose. Almost a hint of Old Bay seasoning as well (or something similar). Taste is molasses up front with softer caramel, slightly burnt pumpkin pie, clove, nutmeg, light cinnamon and sweet malt. Body is medium with a dense, creamy carbonation. Ends with more molasses and caramel notes, softer clove, light cinnamon, pumpkin pie, burnt pie crust and more spices.

pours a cloudy dark brown with a small tan head, and some lacing. smell of spice, malt, pumpkin and some molasses. taste is creamy, light pumpkin, some squash, brown sugar, nuts, some hops, roasted malt, and a little sweetness in the back. ends smooth and better than most pumpkin brews.

I told myself that tonight is the night that i blast this beer in to 10-rating legitimacy. This beers been widely available for over a month so taking this long to get ratings lives us up to true seattle hipster faux apathy fashion. Pours out dark brown and no head. Aroma is dominated by booze, cheap lager, and dark fruits. Flavor is brown sugar, some spice, dark fruits, but not all that much pumpkin. Honestly more of a belgian dubbel than a punpkin beer. Disappointing considering its widespread availabilty and price tag. I do like the label though.

Bottle shared by Dogbrick at Septoberfest V: Septoberfest Rises on 9/29/12. Clear red/copper pour with a medium tan head. Dank funky nose with notes of caramel, ginger and cinnamon. Malty flavor with ginger and caramel character before a spicy cinnamon finish.

Aroma: pumpkin pie as us. App: dark amb/mahogany. Taste: a-okay. pumpkin pie spices, a little sweet, smooth finish. Nice. Overall: solid pumpkin ale. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone