Post Road Pumpkin Ale

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

In a few words, kind of gross. Too much nutmeg. Waayy too much. Too much sweet pumpkin. Just not complex because it’s all pumpkin, nutmeg, and malt. I did not like this beer.

12 oz. bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Celar amber color wih a 2-finger head, decent retention and nice lacing. Very spicy (nutmeg mostly) aroma with notes of pumpkin and caramel. Almost candylike. Much dryer taste with cinnamon and nutmeg playing nicely with pumpkin. Well done pumpkin ale.

Bottle. Pours orange with an off white head. Pumpkin spice aroma with a bit of grassy hops. The flavor is has much less spice then the aroma. Nutmeg, pumpkin spice and grass. Nice.

Strong spice smell. Flavor seemed light on the pumpkin. I would prefer less spice i seemed overpowered by it and didnt get a good taste of pumpkin.

12 oz bottle. Orange, but darker in color than most pumpkin ales. Nose is primarily cinnamon... some nutmeg. Not overwhelming. Flavor is fairly understated. There’s pumpkin and spices but the beer core character is apparent - even a hint of bitterness at the tail end. I prefer pumpkin ales to be more flavorful, but if you’re looking for something simple with a spicy twist, this is a good option. The flavor seemed to dissipate the more I drank.

Pours from the bottle a translucent brown color with a nice head that disapates quickly. The aroma is spicy and earthy and of course filled of pumpkin. It has a good nose and better once I went back to reevaluate. The body is spicy and just a bit sweet - must be the nutmeg - with hints of cinamon, It finishes light bodied on the palate and the flavor does not stick around. http://beertalking.wordpress.com/

THOUGHTS: It was your typical pumpkin ale. Lots o’ spices and malt. Nothing special, but slightly above average. Well made. Well balanced at first, but then it started to get an almost soapy taste to it. (And no it wasn’t a soapy glass.) I think it was really all the spices toying with my tongue and brain. A little unpleasant citrus was there later too. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a light to medium copper with a small to average, off-white head that mostly diminished and left fair to good lacing. The aroma was moderate caramel malt, pumpkin pie, nutmeg, clove and cinnamon. The initial flavor was lightly sweet, moderately acidic, and sour; while the finish was lightly acidic, moderately bitter, and sour with an average to long duration. There was caramel malt, citrus, spices, nutmeg, clove and cinnamon. The light to medium body was sorta creamy then oily with tingly carbonation and a light chalky and light astringent finish.

Pors a copper orange color with a medium off white head that settles to a thin film. Has a pretty nice aroma of pumpkin pie, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The flavor was a disappointment compared to the aroma though. The flavor showed a little bit of the pumpkin flavor, but without much of the spices to give it that nice sweet flavor. Medium bodied with a lot of carbonation that took away from the flavor as well. I was hoping for more from this one. This is a decent pumpkin beer at best.