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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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 puzzl (2579), New York, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/514/20
Nov 15, 2005  
Aroma has a bit of nice pumpkin and spices, and flavor does as well, but unfortunately is a bit off tasting. Pretty watery too.


sarah3961 (29), allston, Massachusetts, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/56/103/516/20
Nov 11, 2005  
This beer smells like a pumpkin pie for the first few sips! I like that in a beer. After that it tastes like nothing special. It’s good to have around on tap in fall, but I don’t think I’ll cry when it goes away for the winter.


 TaktikMTL (2745), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/59/20
Nov 7, 2005  
Bouteille de 12 oz achetée au Cabot Annex Store à Waterbury Center, VT. Arôme: Odeur de gazon mouillé. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée légèrement voilée avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Absence de col et de dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de canelle et de citrouille. La durée de l’arrière goût est moyenne. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture minérale. L’effervescence en bouche est moyenne. Présence d’épices en arrière goût. (Rating #338)


 PBOYNY (316), Westchester, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Nov 7, 2005  
This ale rocked, very spicy with hints of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and of course pumpkin. This beer even smelled like a pumpkin, and is an excellent fall beer.


 walter (359), Staunton, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 31, 2005  
Bottle. Copper color with white head. Nose of sweet pumpkin, nutmeg, clove, and pepper balanced nicely with light malt and hops. Flavor was well balanced, not too much spice, with a nice crisp finish. A little light in body, but overall a tasty seasonal treat. I don’t take pumpkin ales to task like some; they’re kitschy, but that’s part of the fun. Drank this while carving a vampire pumpkin. What’s not to love?


 fatty (363), Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 29, 2005  
Pours transluscent light orange with thin, dissipating offwhite head. Aroma of light pumpkin, pepper spice, clove. Light flavor of spice, clove, pumpkin, malt and hop. Smooth palate. One of the lighter pumpkin beers I’ve had.


 Parrothead (185), Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 28, 2005  
For some reason, I’m a sucker for seasonals like pumpkin beer. This one tasted like...pumpkin pie with a kick. Isn’t that what it’s suppopsed to taste like? Nice head, good body and the aroma, well, what can I say? Much, much better than my own homebrew attempt at pumpkin ale several years ago, which gained the nickname "Old Adhesive Tape."


 Ron (1002), Rochester, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 23, 2005  
One bottle from BOTW. Copper in color with a small white head. Cinnamon aroma. Not much pumpkin flavor in the palate with a hop finish was slightly bitter. I liked the Saranac Pumpkin ale much better.



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