Post Road Pumpkin Ale

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

12oz bottle. OK pumpkin. orangy color with pumpkin pie spiciness. Cinnamon, allspice nutmeg. OK

12 oz bottle. A decent pumpkin beer. I really can’t drink a whole bottle though, the whole vegetable raw-pumpkin thing starts to bother me.

12oz bottle. Pours dark amber with a pretty nice creamy white head. Aroma is peppery, spicy, pumpkin. More peppery and spicy than other pumpkin beers. Very weak, watery, bland, kinda peppery taste. Tastes like every other pumpkin beer.

growler. pours hazy orange with respectable foamy white head. aroma of malt, and some faint ginger bread, cinnamon. first thing that hit me on taste was the great balance. there’s a decent amount of bittering hops in there that really round out the flavor. the pumpkins i’ve tried were all spice over the top of malt and it just gets a little stale on the palate. the spices are more subtle here but its a very well rounded, flavor. there’s some sweet vegetal (pumpkin i assume) on the exhale. nice mild but crisp carbonation. definitely let this guy warm. it tastes like a standard pumpkin beer when cold but the flavors really come out and it gets incredibly smooth as it sits. tried this in bottles. unfortunately they were rather flat, and the spice and hops were tempered. i’m guessing it was the batch... or too much light exposure. boo.

The first thing that hit me was the aroma. Wow, this is is a great smelling beer, the spice really comes through. Pours out orange/copper, and the nutmeg and cinnamon are very well balanced.

355 ml. Slightly murky copper-orange with a medium head that lasts and leaves thick sticky lace. Aroma is nutmeg, slight cinnamon, nutty malt and maybe some Fuggles? Flavor is earthy molasses with a British ale twang. Nutmeg and cinnamon show up in the middle and aftertaste; thankfully they are understated and accent the flavors well, instead of overpowering as some pumpkin ales tend towards. Very smooth and nearly medium bodied, with a little tingle. Seems like an ESB pumpkin ale. Excellent take on the style.

Draught at Yeoman’s Road pub, courtesy of Degarth. Thanks Joe. Golden orange body, creamy white head with nice retention. Aromas of cinnamon, pumpkin spice, nutmeg, allspice, malts. Flavor is light pumpkin, sweet malts, nutmeg and toffee. Medium bodied, a touch watery at the end. Palate is sticky, soft carbonation. Finish is spice, medium length.

Bottle; for those that like pumpkin, this is a good one. I don’t really enjoy all that much, but can tell it was well done. Flavor of pumpkin, cinnamon and other spice.