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Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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 Percentile 
71
overall
Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4013.26/5.03.26/5.0Autumn5%76.5Lager glass, Tumbler
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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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 mjs (1446), Helsinki, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/512/20
Oct 24, 2009  
(Bottled) Amber and lightly hazy. Medium sized white head. Spices and malts in aroma. Medium bodied palate with medium carbonation. Malts, spices, hops, coriander, bitterness and treacle in taste. Sweet, malty and lightly bitter aftertaste. Pretty ok.


 NachlamSie (1631), Tennessee, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 20, 2009  
Bottle. pours orange with a white head. One sniff alerts me of a cinnamon bomb. There is too much spice and too little pumpkin. Sweet, strong cinnamon is all over this one. I did like the fact that it at least stayed juicy on the palate which made the spice less offensive. I prefer an even balance of pumpkin, spices, and malt flavors. This was too sweet and too heavy on the spices for my taste.


 jhumphries69 (718), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 18, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours orange, slightly cloudy, medium-thin off-white head, no lace. The aroma is vaguely malty and quite spicy with pumpkin pie spice (ginger, allspice). The flavor at first tastes quite spicy with a subtle dark toasty malty character. As the beer washes down the spice layers are deconstructed as two distinct sources - pumpkin pie spices (mainly ginger, allspice, and a hint of cinnamon) and a soft but noticeable spicy and earthy hop flavor. The hops are light, but enough to identify. The way they accentuate the other spices on the front of the palate is interesting. The finish malty and toasty with a light sweetness, pumpking spice, and moderate balancing bitterness. The mouthfeel is full in body. Overall, a decent and drinkable autumn spiced beer.


 HighlanderOne (538), Somewherein, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Poured from bottle. Burnt vegetable aroma. Cloudy amber, trace of head. Overcooked pumpkin pie flavor. Got some spice, cinnamon, brown sugar too. Bitter in back. Strangely enough, I like this stuff.


 morrdt (608), Jacksonville, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 16, 2009  
12 oz. single bottle from Total Wine in Jacksonville, FL. It’s nice to see Smuttynose worked its way down I-95 into North Florida. Spice notes of pumpkin and cinnamon for a good aroma, though a little bitter, but still holds that pumpkin taste. Has a nice finish. Good beer.


 ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 15, 2009  
Hazy orange pour. Fluffy white head and spotty lace. Cream, nutmeg and cinnamon on the nose. Pumpkin pie flavor and grassy hops. Why do I keep trying pumpkin beers ?


 italianjohn (338), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/512/20
Oct 13, 2009  
Orange hazy pour off white head. clove and cinnamon aroma lots of lacing clove and nutmeg in the taste ... bitter at the end not a whole lot of pumpkin in the flavor not that great but not bad


 CanIHave4Beers (836), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Pours a nice golden orange color with a small long lasting head and good clarity. The aroma is spicy with plenty of pumpkin pie dominance. The flavor is pumpkin pie of course but with some distinct hoppiness and a mild but unmistakable fruitiness.



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