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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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 WeeHeavySD (2942), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 22, 2008  
Tap at matchbox in Washington DC. Pours orange tan ring light pump spice nose pumpkin spice taste ok


 AMN (127), Dublin, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 1, 2008  
Poured with a sizable white head. The flavor is dominated by pumpkin and is on the bitter side. Interesting, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to drink this again.


 craftycarl21 (513), South Hero, Vermont, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Pours an orange copper with a very small head and noticeably high level of carbonation. Aroma heavy with spice, yeast, mustiness, and some sour malt. Flavor is interesting- not too sweet like most autumn based ales, but almost on the bitter side. Not particularly pleasant, but certainly unique and curious. The spice makes it more palatable, but this is one of Smutty’s stranger creations. Not bad, but no where near the top of the list coming from their brewery.


 Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 2, 2008  
Courtesy of Sea Bass. Pours deep gold with copper core and thin white head. The aroma is sweetness, pumpkin, faint spices and Belgian candi sugar. The taste is big sweetness bringing up pumpkin notes, mild spices, sugar sweet malts, a moderate level of spicy hop ting and some fruity esters. Pretty good brew.


 epf33 (222), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/56/103/511/20
Nov 1, 2008  
aroma is of a pumpkin pie, dark golden color, the hops overpower the taste of the pumpkin spice though


 djones (116), Michigan, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
Oct 25, 2008  
Hazy copper orange. Hoppy with faint pumpkin and spice flavors. Good carbonation medium bodied. Not all that exciting to me, however. No flavor really jumps out.


 sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 22, 2008  
Courtesy of damienblack. Pours orange, white head. Aroma, lots of pumpkin and spices. Taste of pumpkin with cinnamon in aftertaste. Hoppy with enough spices, leaves a lingering thick / metalic mouthfeel.


 fishingnet (1045), Brandon, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 22, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of sebletitje. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a small white head. Aroma of pumpkin spice and sweet malt. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium thin mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness. Decent.



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