Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

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

Delicious! This is a more mild and mellow pumpkin beer. Not too much spice upfront which is good. Most pumpkin ales are so heavily spiced you can only have one. The spice creeps up at the end here. Can easily put down a six. Nice murky orange color. Smooth and tasty! A perfect example of a balanced pumpkin beer. Enjoy this with apples and razorblades

Nice spicy pumpkin aroma. I get more pumpkin in the aroma than the taste. Taste has a nice balance of sweetness and spice. A good beer, but I’m not going crazy over it.

This is one of the most highly underrated brews I’ve come across to date. The pour is a beautiful orange-hazy copper, with a great head, retention and sticky lacing. The nose is spot on for fresh pumpkin pie, cinammon and ginger. Flavors of deep-spiced pumpkin pulp/meat (nutneg first, then Allspice, ginger and cinammon), with a nice earthy finish. The mouthfeel is medium-round, and the carbonation nicely provides to cleanse the palate for most cream-based foods. This is a VERY good offering, and truly the best pumpkin ale I’ve ever had!

12 oz bottle shared with Dan. Pours a nice orange/light amber with a medium frothy head. Aroma is very spicy, I get the aroma of freshly grated ginger, and nutmeg in the aroma. taste is light pumpkin, malt, and lots of spices. Spices and pumpkin seem to compliment rather than dominate this beer, very good.

Bottle. Amber, with a medium white head. Aroma is heavenly pumpkin and spices associated with pumpkin pie. Flavor is pumpkin and the spices are very subdued, almost invisible in the background. Body is a little thin and watery. Hoppy/spicy aftertaste, but it doesn’t last very long. Overall, smells great, but doesn’t deliver in the flavor. Too bad, I really like the aroma.

12 oz bottle. Deep orange beer, thin white head. Sweet toasty nose, toffee, sweet cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Pumpkiny character. Flavour is quite subtle actually, spice, black pepper and a little bit boozy, orangey flavour towards the finish. A bit hot and overattenuated for the style. Woody spices in the finish. The spices seem to be a bit stale and old. Not one of the better pumpkin ales I’ve had.

I love pumpkin ales and this one was a solid showing. Poured a light amber-orange color with a nice and respectable head that provided decent lacing (and didn’t really last all that long). The aroma was spicey, bready, and of pumpkins (imagine that). The flavor featured nutmeg and cinnamon over a nice pumpkin base that was sweet, but not overly so. Pumpkin may have been a little strong in the flavoring department for some, but I enjoy these and was pleased with the approach. The strength of flavors were balanced by a mouthfeel and body that was slightly lighter than moderate. Good stuff.

Pours a medium orange color body with a small white head. Aroma is pumpkins, brown sugar, and other spices. Flavor is light grass with a good pumpkin taste and a lot of sweet spices. One of the better of this usually weak style.