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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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 JCapriotti (1378), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 26, 2006  
Reddish orange clear body. White soapy sparse head. Decent aroma… pumpkin spice, something that seems like wet crisp hops. Taste is okay… crisp yeasty pumpkin with some faint sweet caramelly malts. Almost a bittering spicy hop presence too that dries it out a bit. At least my glass caught a fruit fly.


 GonZoBeeR (2155), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/513/20
Oct 24, 2006  
Aroma:Very spicy... Appearance:ligh hazy orange,small head... Flavor:watery,spicy,light fruity...


 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 22, 2006  
From a bottle purchased in Madison, WI. The body is medium orange with a white head on top. The aroma was spicy nutmeg and pumpkin with a little bit of sweet cigar tobacco. The taste had a fairly strong nutmeg presence with only hints of pumpkin in the background. There was also a little bit of toabcco. An interesting and earthy, spicy pumpkin ale.


 beerbill (1918), Laurel, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 21, 2006  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a somewhat hazy golden brown with a thin, nearly white head that disappeared after a few sips. Pleasant aroma of pumpkin and caramel. Very little spice noted in the aroma. The irony is I found the flavor to be the exact opposite. Heavy cinnamon in the flavor and very little pumpkin. Dry, hoppy finish. A bit better than average, but still behind Weyerbacher and SPH.


 HopBackDoc (393), Hatboro, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 20, 2006  
Pours a hazy light amber/orange with little head. Aroma was full of pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, maybe a bit of nutmeg. Flavor was a bit weak in the pumpkin and thin in the body. I was expecting a bit more from the Smuttynose people.


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 16, 2006  
on tap-pours a white head with gold color. Aroma is nutmeg, allspice, pumpkin. Taste is nutmeg, allspice, pumpkin, some bitterness. Good effervescence.


Slinger (91), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 16, 2006  
12 oz- Pours a hazy orange-brown with a nice tan head. Not a big fan of hoppier beers, this one is not for me. A little bitter and more hop flavor than pumpkin spices.


 brewblackhole (1366), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 15, 2006  
Sweet and spicey aroma,like the little spice gumdrops, plenty of cinnimon, orange gold color, taste is malt pumkin pie spice and pumkin, there is a sharp bitterness at the end that dries it all out,not sure I like that ending



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