Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

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

Bottle sampled. Pours orange with a small white head. Aroma of pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, and spices. Flavor follows the aroma with mild grassy hops and light caramel with a nice dry finish.

Mild pumpkin aroma, thin head. Nice Orange color. Spicy (nutmeg, cinnamon) aftertaste.

12 oz. bottle Poured cloudy amber-red with thin white head. Very pungent spicy aroma which dissipates somewhat while beer is breathing. Flavor of mild pumpkin, nutmeg, clove and cinnamon with malty front palate, a bready middle with flowery finish and slightly hoppy aftertaste. This is nice. A very ’fall’ like beer for colder weather that can stand up to heartier fare, but one might be mindful to watch the flavors while pairing.

12oz bottle poured in a lager glass. A gift from billbeer. Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale pours murky with a thin head. it is slightly more orange than the color of an oak desk (guess what kind of desk I’m drinking this beer at...). Its aroma is subtle and pleasing. I detect pumpkin and nutmeg and a slightly nutty smell. This pumpkin ale has a very smooth, almost flat body that turns out to be not flat at all. It has a very bitter taste to that I’m not terrible fond of. It’s not bitter like hops or coffee but like a vegetable rind. The finish is like seltzer water. I don’t think I care for the beer that much.

Sweet and spicy aromas, cinnamon, nutmeg, caramel malts in the aroma. Pours golden amber. Very spicy, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie, a little heavy on the spices but still a very good pumpkin beer. I like this one, good beer to finish off the night with!

Poured a tawny-copper-orange bright hue with a medium-sized fluffy cream white head. Nose fresh gourds and fragrant, but not overwhelming spices. Probably the most enjoyable and well-balanced pumpkin beer I have ever tasted.

Pours a light gold and looks very much like a pale lager to these eyes. Small thin head that quickly dissipates. The aroma is very spicy from the pumpkin, nutmeg and cinnamon. The taste is a very distinct pumpkin flavor with a hint of cinnamon. I liked this one a lot more than I expected.

this beer is pretty friggin fantastic. i’ve had it twice now and had different thoughts each time, so i’m not all sure about its consistency but i enjoyed it thoroughly each time. has a little sweet taste to it, strong cinnamon flavor but lots else going on.