Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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UPDATED: SEP 14, 2012 got to try this one in sam adam’s fall sampler. pours a reddish amber color with a small tan head. aroma is of cinamon, cloves, carmel, and a little pumpkin. flavor is of sweet malts, pumkin, cinimom, allspices, cloves, carmel, and some hops in the finnish. has a medium body with a creamy, nicely carbonated moutfeel, and a nice dry finish. overall, a pretty good pumpkin ale that suprised me.

Sample at the Sam Adams tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 9/9/10. Clear brown put with a thin beige head. Spicy cinnamon nose with ginger, allspice and brown sugar. Spicy and malty flavor with cinnamon and ginger and a bit of dryness in the finish. Flavor doesn’t quite stack up to the nose, but still good.

Bottle from fall sampler pack pours orange with a big pumpkin pies spice nose. Flavor is caramel, pumpkin, and spice.

12 oz bottle into tumbler. Bought the fall variety pack at Super I in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. I usually wait to drink pumpkin beers until at least October, particularly around Halloween, but what the hey. Pours a deep bright red with a small head (I’m sure glad I’m not in bed for it is full of bread--sure am glad I don’t have to work tomorrow instead). Has a small head that sticks around for a bit, then diminishes into a skim of foam with decent lace. Aroma is typical for this style--lots of nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon. Real pumpkin is also apparent, which is always nice. Some of the so-called pumpkin beers on the market have no pumpkin at all, just the spices that are traditionally baked into pumpkin pies. Taste is sweet and meaty, a little salty, with a tiny bit of bitterness and some sour that makes itself known in the finish. Carbonation is medium to high, body is medium-high to full. Overall, a very nice pumpkin beer.

Pours a deep amber with a thin light tan head that fades quickly. Aroma is of light earthy nutty malts but weak. Taste is a wonderfully complex blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, and caramel malts with a lingering cinnamon flavor. The flavors are not overpowering and balance the beer nicely. I have not had any other of the pumpkin-style ales but this was a great start.

12oz bottle 9/8/10 (Binny’s Naperville-Sam Adams Harvest Collection Variety Pack)-50° in Lager Glass-Pours a clear copperish amber with a small white ring for a head. Aroma of pumpkin and spices. Taste of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. This medium bodied brew is really good. Great balance with the flavors. Wish they could make all their styles taste this good.

Part of the Harvest Collection. Ok this is was surprisingly good. Coppry pour with a nose of spice and (YEP PUMPKIN). Pumpkin taste with spice and caramel malts. I believe I tasted a hint of chocolate? Dry finish. A good Pumpkin ale.

Pours a clear reddish amber color with a 1/4 inch head that dissipates and gathers around the edges. Pumpkin and pumpkin spices in the nose. Some toasted and roasted malt and caramel. Medium-bodied, medium carbonation with a short finish. Mildly sweet with malt, pumpkin and pumpkin spice flavor, but not cloying at all. Tea leaf-like dry finish. I was pleasantly surprised with this brew. Easy to drink and enjoyable.

From a twelve ounce bottle that was part of the "Samuel Adams Harvest Collection" variety collection purchased at the Green Township K-Mart outside Cincinnati, Ohio - Alright, this one poured a reddish hued brew with a spicey aroma and laced, light tan head of fast fading foam. Tastewise, this is a delicious beer a bit off of the standard track, with an almost pumpkin pie taste.

Seriously bros, I know Sam Adams beers aim for the mainstream and don’t get too pumped nowadays but this is damn tasty with a spicy cinnamon aftertaste which lingers, a medium wet palatte that has some thickness to it, and sweet herbal tones which makes it a beer I could drink again.