Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

	Score
73		81
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Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 546 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.22 SEASONAL: Autumn EST. CALORIES: 150 ABV: 5%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale is our homage to the craft and heritage of America’s brewers. Recipes calling for the use of pumpkins in beer date back to early colonial times, when brewers sought to extend their supply of costly imported malt with locally grown ingredients, such as squash and "pompions." In that spirit, we brew our ale with the addition of pumpkin to the mash, along with traditional spices to create a delicious American original.

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AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 10/20

S_Side_Smitty (42) - Lakeland, Florida, USA - JAN 25, 2012

Pours cloudy and light orange-brown in colorwith a small white head. You can pick up molasses, allspice, and some malt in the aroma. The spices are very prominent up front and the beer finishes bitter. I don’t really taste pumpkin.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

Johnsense (200) - - JAN 22, 2012

hazy amber pour, slight orange notes. 1 finger of head. Aroma of pumpkin and pumpkin pie spices. Pumpkin, slight bit of cinnamon, clove, and a slight bit of ginger with nothing overpowering - fairly well balanced. Medium body, good carbonation. Average mouthfeel. I prefer something more bold but I’m quite alright with drinking this between thanksgiving and halloween.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20

pumpmaster (810) - Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA - DEC 5, 2011

12 ounce bottle from Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $1.99 Very good for a pumpkin.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20

deanso (1302) - the Hague, NETHERLANDS - DEC 3, 2011

on tap at the Ginger Man, New York. Thick creay head. Hazy amber pour. Quite nice.

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

iabeerguy (341) - Iowa, USA - DEC 2, 2011

Poured from the bottle. Deep orange amber pour with a cloudy look and a thick white head. The aroma has a pumpkin spice, vegetable aroma with a light toasted malt smell. Right away there are flavors of cinnamon, allspice and clove along with some pumpkin and vegetable and malt. Not bad overall, maybe a little more vegetable flavor and not enough pumpkin.

3.3

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20

JCB (2921) - Durham, North Carolina, USA - NOV 29, 2011

Several freebies at Nightlight, Chapel Hill. Insert generic "I don’t usually like pumpkin ales, but . . . " line here. Still, it’s true. I found Smutty’s rendition of the style blessedly understated, a mostly subtle ale with a dry finish and nothing too sweet or spicy to fuck with a solid session brew.

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

JaBier (2999) - Capital City, Ohio, USA - NOV 26, 2011

Bottle purchaesd at Blacklick Wine & Spirits. Semi-hazy orange pour with a medium off-white head. Aroma of ginger, cinnamon and malt. Ginger and clove flavor with some malt and a bitter grassy hop finish.

3.1

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

malrubius (1308) - Valley Stream, New York, USA - NOV 20, 2011

I try to avoid pumpkin beers but this is all my friend had. Medium spicy aroma with yeast and caramel. Spicy nutmeg cinnamon (?) toasted caramel subdued fruit and herbal spice with fairly assertive hop bitter finish reasonably dry. Better than expected.

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