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Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

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71
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4053.26/5.03.25/5.0Autumn5%75.5Lager glass, Tumbler
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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 yespr (12020), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Jan 14, 2009  
12 fl oz bottle. Pours golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is pumpkin sweet and quite spiced. Light bodied. Sweet vegetable, malty and solid coriander and ginger spiced flavoured. Holds mild bitterness and dry pumpkin finish. Fine brew - just not my thing.


 nearbeer (1834), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 9, 2009  
12 oz, bb Feb 09. Clear orange-copper with a lasting quarter inch of cream above. Nose is spicy nutmeg, cinnamon, leafy hop and squash. Flavor is spicy molasses, orange, grain, cinnamon, clove and tea leaf. Later some ginger and flowery hop shows up. Medium body is fairly smooth and finishes slightly dry.


 theisti (1654), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 28, 2008  
12 oz bottle courtesy of eaglefan538. Pour is orange golden hazed with a one inch off white head. Aroma of clove, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spiciness. Clean, bright, perhaps a bit much, though it is a pumpkin beer. Taste is big pumpkin, clove and black pepper. The palate is medium, grassy and drying. Decent pumpkin beer. Thanks for sending this to me Brian.


Dandman629 (28), Ashburn, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Dec 24, 2008  
I over did it on the pumpkin ales this thanksgiving season. But this is a pretty good pumpkin ale. Most beers brewed by Smuttynose are pretty good. Has the nice copper color and refreshing crisp palate. Typical pumpkin spice taste but still pretty decent.


 WeeHeavySD (2961), 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 (529), 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 (2724), 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.



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