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Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

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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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 Juelze (895), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/510/20
Sep 11, 2007  
Pours a orange color with light head. Aroma is of pumpkin pie spice and mint? Mint? WTF? Anyway, taste is of nutmeg, light brown sugar, and MINT? Where is this mint coming from? Tastes like mouthwash. Blech. Moderate carbonation. Glad I only bought one bottle.


 Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/102/510/20
Sep 8, 2007  
A very bright orange and light-swallowing pour. Pungent, juicy pumpkin nose. Rich, like brown sugar on squash, with moments of lovely pistachio sweetness. Swift vinegar, ginger and a hint of anise, which settles with a soft dryness onto the tongue. The pumpkin mash, sweet and dense, is layered a bit thick over an underdeveloped malt structure. Steamed carrots and some weird tanginess. Light to medium body with a fairly dead texture. Earthy, dark sweetness on the smack. Better balance would be nice.


 BREWMUSKCLES (1070), New Jersey, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Sep 8, 2007  
this beer should be called -pumpkin spice generic mouthwash- it is mildly dissapointing because 1- they make damn good beers 2- the hanami fiasco makes the possibility mild. disingenuine in taste - not creative in balance body or carbonation. but hey, you guys win a lot and i don’t hold it against you! i only bought one bottle.


 cbeers21 (564), Miami, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 5, 2007  
Pours nicely with good head and spicy aromas. Cinnamon, vanilla, clove spice with pumpkin pie flavors almost overwhelming on the taste. While this beer has a lot of character, it is quite sweet and a tad cloying. Not a bad pumpkin spiced brew, but a little too spiced to have more than one.


yankeefan21 (82), USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 5, 2007  
Decent pumpkin ale. I had it the same weekend as the Blue Moon Pumpkin and Shipyard Pumpkinhead and liked this best. It is a nice ale with just a hint of that pumpkin pie aftertaste.


 Tanker12 (121), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
Sep 4, 2007  
Pretty standard pumpkin ale. I guess I was expecting more from this brewery


 TheEpeeist (1444), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/516/20
Sep 3, 2007  
12 oz bottle. Clear honey brown with a thin white head that leaves big lace splotches. Cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg; light sour pie. Tart tomatillos and carrots. Hints of pumpkin. Bitter spices remain. Still waiting to find a pumpkin ale that doesn’t collapse in the aftertaste.


 NJJereme (263), Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 3, 2007  
Pours into a nice, fluffy head which slowly dissipates. Not very leggy. Color is similar to honey. Hints of nutmeg as it finishes. Not too rough on the palate as it goes down. Overall, a nice seasonal.



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