Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

A dull, carrot orange color. Impeccably cloudy. Finger of head shrinks in minutes. Looks unlike most beers; unique and seriously thick. Mildly spicy pumpkin smell. Sweet brown sugar. Some pumpkin, but also mild carrot cake; sweet malts, no hops to speak of. Flavor is sweet brown sugar, a hint of burnt caramel malts. Terrific pumpkin pie spices. A bit toasted, a bit sweet. Feels fizzy, creamy and rough. I don’t know if I could have a ton of these due to its intense sweetness, but it’s a decent one-off.

Yellow with a small white head. Strong cinnamon and nutmeg aroma with a hint of nutty pumpkin. Sweet and spicy flavour with a ridiculous amount of nutmeg in the aftertaste.

golden pour, frothy white head, decent lacing. aroma is floral, cinnamon, leafy, some pumpkin seed. Mouth feel is crisp, flavors are grassy with pumpkin notes and cinnamon notes. Not bad, middle of the road pumpkin ale

Location: 12 oz bottle from jcos, 10/26/09, another old rating that needed an updating (Original rating was a 2.7)

Aroma: The aroma is fairly mild, its got pumpkin spice, and malts, not much else
Appearance: The look of this one is a nice hazy golden-orange with a nice white head
Flavor: Decent, but not great, flavor of pumpkin spice malts, but also something that is just a touch off
Palate: There’s a decent amount of body on this one, and a highly carbonated mouthfeel
Overall Impression: This is a decent pumpkin beer, I’m not sure why I had it rated so low before, but it really deserved to be higher then it was. This score is now more of an accurate depiction of my real impression of this beer.

Bottle, #477. Orange pour with white head. Fruity aroma and flavor of pumpkin (surprise!) and spice. Pretty bad flavor, not sure if I’ve ever had a good pumpkin ale.

[Bottle] Pours orange with a decent off-white head. Aroma is malt dominant, with a few vegetal notes, and some very faint spice. Taste has subtle spice (nutmeg and cinnamon), slight bitterness, pumpkin, and malt. Nothing surprising in the components, but it is a little heavier on the malt than expected, and more subdued overall than I had hoped for (possibly age related). Still, not bad. Fairly thin, average to below average length finish, quite smooth. This was far from my favorite pumpkin beer that I have tried, but to be fair, this isn’t a fresh bottle either. I’ll try to sample this when it is in season some time.

Bottle. Orangish-amber color with a white head. Aroma of pumpkin, spices, and malt. Flavor is sweet malt, pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Well-balanced. Smooth, fairly creamy palate for the style. A good pumpkin ale overall.