Post Road Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Brooklyn, New York USA

Smels sweet and of allspice Pours a nice orangy amber colour Slight taste of pumpkin i do not care for the after taste and it is a bit watery

355 ml bottle from the LCBO. pours orange with a tight white head. very nice looking pumpin ale. aromas of pumpkin pie spice but not much else, maybe a hint of sweet malts. the aromas actually reminds of a pumpkin poe candle. the flavours is all about spice and nothing else. its like pumpkin pie spiced water. where the malt backbone?? there is some bitterness from the abundant spice in the finish but its not all that pleasing and the body is quite watery. you have better options for a festive fall ale.

Bottle: Poured a medium amber color ale with a good size foamy head with average retention and no lacing. Aroma of light pumpkin notes with some light cinnamon notes also distinguishable. Taste is also dominated by some light pumpkin and cinnamon taste. Wow, I was quite surprise by how bland and average this offering is. I was expecting something with a lot more character.

Maybe its because this is my first every pumpkin ale, but I think this stuff is fantastic. Pours a golden amber with a rocky foamy head that dissolves to nothing. The aroma is moms pumpkin pie bang on, lots of spice, clove and nutmeg being most prominent. Flavour is a bit of a let down considering the spot on aroma, but still pretty damn tasty, with strong notes of clove and nutmeg upfront, a touch of sweet pumpkin in the middle, some sour hop bitterness at the end and a smooth malty finish.

355 ml bottle - clear deep golden with off-white head that laces beautifully. Hugely spicy and hoppy aroma - really powerful, but appetizing. Very spicy flavour as well, but there are a good amount of hops in there too - nothing subtle about this one. Quite dry on the palate, and fairly light-bodied. I get a bit of actual pumpkin too, unlike many pumpkin ales that are all spice. Maybe a bit too over the top - it doesn’t make me want to have more than one, though this is a good sipper for fall.

Bottle: Decants a clear amber-orange ale to the glass with a disappointing short lived rocky cap. Goes to a ring that leaves some lacing. Interesting aroma: subtle cinnamon-nutmeg with grassy hops and a distinct herbaceous-vegetable mustiness from the roast pumpkin. Front side has a piercing character from annoying over-carbonation but mellows mid palate where you get a distinct biscuity-dry-hoppy amber ale character mingling with the expected pumpkin spicing and earthy pumpkin tastes...finishes slightly bitter and clean with minimal after taste. A decent enough pumpkin ale but I think a tad over-hyped

12oz bottle from Chris. The aroma is cinnamon and hops. It tastes like Pumpkin Pie and I love Pumpkin Pie. Brooklyn Brewery rocks. There is a little nutty flavor and more hops in the finish. I’ll buy this one again.

355 mL bottle. Amber-orange with a small, short-lived pale beige head. Aroma is milder than some others of the style, but still has the usual blend of pumkin and spices. Flavour is, of course full of pumkin, with cinnamon standing out in front of the others. There is some bitterness as well, which may come from the spices rather than hops. Dryer and crisper than some of the others as well. Not bad.