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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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 noncaloric (602), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/510/20
Oct 21, 2008    Updated: Mar 9, 2009
Aroma nicely blends earthy pumpkin with spices and grassy hops. Pours a beautiful hazy orange. Nice flourish of bubbles, culminating in an off-white head that leaves abundant lace. First sips are really nice, rich pumpkin, grass, cinnamon, nutmeg are all there and well harmonized. But further down in the glass, the pumpkin’s earthiness has faded, and an unpleasant metallic tang has taken its place. Fizzy mouthfeel, medium body.


 SuIIy (1406), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Bottle. Love this stuff. Pours a dark, pumpkiny orange color with a small white foamy head. Nose is pumpkins and spices. Palate is the standard smutty, thick but fizzy, and the flavors are of pumpkins, a nice caramel malt, and some hints of nutmeg.


 joshwilfong (771), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 19, 2008  
orange with mild head. decent spicy nose. no discernible malt flavor, some cinnamon and ginger notes with some hop bitterness at the end. probably average to slightly above average for the style, but not in the class of the elite of pumpkin ales


 gameface23 (131), Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/104/59/20
Oct 19, 2008  
On tap at Not Your Average Joe’s. I am hoping that the bottled version was much better than the tap. Muted smell, completely lacking any pumpkin notes and almost lacking any smell whatsoever. The taste was a little spicy, but once again lacked any pumpkin flavor.


 mgermani (862), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Pours a clear orange with a satisfying white head with half-decent retention. Aroma is very sweet and spicy, particularly as it warms. Surprising gravity and hop bitterness, present alcohol, bitter pumpkin spice & hop finish. Cardamom, cinnamon, cloves. Good carbonation, chewy and smooth. This pumpkin ale packs a bit of a kick - more aggressively beer-like than many pumpkin beers I’ve tasted, but I like that, for a change. Many thanks to jjpm74 for the trade!


 MarkBarnes (264), Waterville, New York, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/511/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Oct. 19, 2008; 12 oz. bottle fr. Smuttynose variety 12-pack. First experience with a pumpkin ale. Faint herbal aroma. Early spice gives way to a puckering sour astringency that becomes increasingly unpleasant through a long finish. Trying to keep an open mind -- I’m a fan of the brewery, just not the style.


 DocHop (278), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 15, 2008  
Pours golden amber with a medium, full white head. Aroma of pumpkin, spices, and a citrusy cleaner like smell. Pumpkin flavor is very prevalent with spices in the background. A little herbal hop flavor as well leads to an overall dry feeling. Could be a little thicker to hold a sweeter body.


 halfonit (424), Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/515/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Has a golden brown color. I can definitely smell pumpkins and spices in this brew. Has a nice pumpkin flavor to it and a nice bite in the end. This is one of the better pumpkin beers I’ve had. Good job Smuttynose.



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