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Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

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71
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4053.26/5.03.25/5.0Autumn5%75.5Lager glass, Tumbler
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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 StompBrockmore (300), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 19, 2007  
12oz. bottle - pours a deep orange shade, slight cloudy. Small head.Aroma is wonderful...full of cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, pumpkin spice with some slightly citrusy hopping going on in the background. Love it. Flavour is a little less, and the body is a little thin, but it is a very drinkable beer. Fairly sweet taste, followed by cinnamon, nutmeg and clove spicing moving toward a lightly bitter finish where some of those hops come forward. Overall, this brew is pretty intense with spices, but I like it. Too bad I spilled half the bottle on myself.


 doublebock (196), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 18, 2007  
Golden-orange hazy color with miminal head. Nice cinnamon/pumkin/orange aroma. First taste is orange, then cinnamon spice and the finish has a nice kick of cloves,


 rocbyter (912), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 18, 2007  
Malt aroma with a slight amount of spices. Cloudy dark golden color with a small white head. Sweet taste in the beginning. Finishing with a lot of cinnamon.


 performula (147), Triangle Area, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 18, 2007  
Got this on a trade from mcox90. Poured a cloudy orange. Little head. Smell of Pumpkin, Nutmeg, maybe clove. One of the more bitter Pumpkin Ales I’ve had. Pumkin Ales are hit and miss. Not a bad example but not the best.


 yobdoog (1431), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 17, 2007  
Light color and body wiht not much head. Odd spice aroma like burnt pie wiht some bitterness. Taste is sweeter than aroma. Some spices and pine. Not one of my pumps.


rob897 (62), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 16, 2007  
light copper color, light head to it. quite a bit of nutmeg flavor to this one, not bad but not my favorite pumpkin brew


 rudolf (1758), Buffalo, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 16, 2007  
Cloudy brown/orange, thin light tan head. Nose is pumpkin pie spice - primarily nutmeg & clove. Also some other undefined spices and a slight sour twang. Flavor is strong spice - mostly nutmeg, some dry cinnoman, a hint of lemon, some malt. Spice dominated finish with too much nutmeg. Overall just way too much spice.


 gotohelunc (473), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 14, 2007  
Bottle. Light copper color. Minimal head. Nice spicy aroma of pumpkins and spices. Quite refreshing, light, and drinkable. Doesn’t wow me with flavor, but shows the pumpkin novelty beer can be a very palatable, crisp tasting style. I’d buy this again for sure.



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