River City Death by Pumpkin Ale

Formerly brewed at River City Brewing Co. (Kansas)
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Wichita, Kansas USA

Tap at brewpub. Pours an average iced tea brown with an aroma of floral plastic pumpkin. Flavor is flat, brackish malt and rose with a bitter medicinal finish. Lousy mouthfeel. Pumpkin? Artificial pumpkin, sure, but not a real one. Avoid.

Name: Death by Pumpkin
Date: February 24, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy copper, fine beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet caramel and pulpy pumpkin aroma, nice spicyness
Flavor: rich pumpkin flavor, sweet caramel malt back up the pumpkin, light spices
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Orange amber with small head. Light pumpkin, nutmeg and cinnamon aromas - pumpkin pie. Notable pumpkin flavor with some sweet malt and pumpkin pie spiciness. Generally sweet profile that starts OK and becomes cloying. I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin beers, and this is no exception to that - however I’d say its among the best of the pumpkin beers I’ve tried (read: drinkable).