Post Road Pumpkin Ale

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

From a bottle poured brown with a good amount of head. Spciy malty flavor with a lingering finish.

(Draught) Amber colour with light haziness. Quite large head with white colour. Malts and spices in aroma. Medium bodied palate with medium carbonation. Malts, spices, hops, bitterness and lightly sweetness in taste. Spices, bitterness and malts in aftertaste. I am rather suprised how much I liked this one.

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Appearance: The body has a deep golden amber color with a tall foamy and off white colored head. The body has good clarity and the head has good retention as it slowly fades to a much thinner layer that hangs on well. On the way down the glass the head makes slick spotty lacing. Smell: In the nose there are pleasant pumpkin pie spices like clove, allspice and defiantly cinnamon, with some sweet roasted grain as well. Taste/Palate: The flavor has a base of sweet roasted grain and a healthy dose of bitter spice and dry leafy hops. Clove, cinnamon and other pie spices pop out and there is just enough pumpkin flesh flavor to make it work. The palate has a tingly carbonation and a medium body. Notes: This is a solid Pumpkin ale with just enough balance for my taste.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The look is clear, white colored head, and copper in color. The smell is sweet, very pumpkin, and spiced but not in a good pumpkin pie way. The taste is water, pumpkin, and not good.

On tap at Clark Street Ale House in Chicago. Pours a dark orange amber color with a small white head. Aroma is spicy with a lot of cinnamon and ginger. A decent amount of toasted malt and a bit of a metallic graininess. Flavor is even spicier, lots of ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon really pushing through, with just a bit of sweet malt that overlies the vegetal notes and earthy hops that are present through the finish. Medium body and an active biting carbonation. Not a great pumpkin ale.

Bottle. Nose is sweet, spicy, and slightly roasty. Gold-copper with nicely lacing thin white head. Flavor is simple, dominated by the pie spices with a mildly sweet finish. Not exciting, but a solid beer in a boring style.

Bottle: Pours light amber, nice thick white head and great thin bubbles rising up to it. Terrific pumpkin aroma hits you first, quickly followed by the pumpkin spice trinity of cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. Digging deeper there’s a definite floral hop note coming through with some toffee-like malts. I’m liking this so far. Sweeter than expected with lots of that toffee, little bit of a grassy aftertaste, and an unexpected spice "burn" rising up after. Noticeable pumpkin and the right amount of hoppy bitterness. This is complex, tasty. May not be the highest rated pumpkin ale on RB but it’s my favourite thus far.

From bottle, Thanks to JoeMcphee. Aroma of pumpkin, nutmeg and cinnamon. Amber colour with a thin white lace. Nice bitter texture. Flavour of pumpkin with subtle spiciness which gives it a nice tang. Little thin maybe but still a good pumpkin ale.