Saranac Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Utica, New York USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Orange copper pour with a short lasting off white head. Pumpkin pie spice aroma (cinnamon, allspice). Big shot of carbonation to start, spicy malty beginning (cinnamon, allspice, maybe a hint of vanilla). I catch some nice hoppiness in the middle and an underlying pumpkin sweetness to finish. Pretty good, could use a little more pumpkin flavor, and a little less carbonation.

I’ve never had a pumpkin ale, so I can’t really compare this to others of the style, but I can say that I tasted little, if any, of the pumpkin. Allspice, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla all mentioned on the label, and I guess the best I got of those was perhaps the allspice. Probably would’ve been better on Halloween.

Orange brown color with no head. Spicy earthy aroma. Nice mild pumpkin flavor burried in spice. A very nice pumpkin ale. A gentle touch for the beginings of fall.

Jine brought a 6-pack over from his job at the supermarket. I keep telling him to get a real job, but he’d rather spend his extra time rating beers. Anyway, let’s talk about the beer. It’s got a nice dark ruddy brownish color. It smells pretty good. A little more spice than pumpkin, but overall a pretty good effort. Like Jine said, Saranac has certainly done worse (although never as bad as Anheuser World Select). Pick this up around Thanksgiving time, it won’t disappoint as long as you don’t expect too much.

I’ve seen worse efforts from Saranac. I’m amazed I’m the first to rate this beer, I guess it’s very new. Work at a supermarket and saw this in the back. Grabbed the sixpack. A decent pumpkin beer, aromas of pumpkin and other spices Kind of spice dominated flavor with a little pumpkin included. Not the best pumpkin, not the best Saranac. Decent. Anheuser World Select...die