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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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 yespr (11645), 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.


 oh6gdx (8801), Vasa, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 5, 2008  
Cask@GBBF2008 (my notes said ABV 5.1%). Slightly hazy yellowish orange colour, with small white head. Nice lace. Aroma is spices, some fruits and pumpkin pie. Flavour is very much the same, more spicy than of pumpkin though. Nothing that exciting.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 25, 2008  
Date: 05/10/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear copper, wispy off white head, small streaks of lace,
Aroma: sweet pumpkin and spice aroma with a touch of the base caramel malt sweetness,
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, lots of pumpkin character, standard array of pumpkin spices are well in balance with the pumpkin and malt, lasting bitterness comes out of the spices,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4


 Oakes (8057), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 3, 2008  
Orangey-amber colour. Caramel aroma is lightly cinnamony, nutmeggy. Fairly smooth palate has lots of nutmeg, a hint of bitterness. Clean, well-balanced character if not terribly distinctive.


 argo0 (6861), Washington DC, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 13, 2003  
Cloudy orange body with beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, pumpkin, brown sugar. Taste is mild sweet, light pumpkin, kind of sits there. Light-medium body.


 harrisoni (6703), Ashford, Kent, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Cask at GBBF 08. Clear copper, lasting beige head. Definitely a spicy aroma. Lots of dried spice, nutmeg. I guess it’s a style you like or don’t. This is ok. I mean it’s interesting and the spice never runs away with it.


 Rastacouere (5551), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 6, 2005  
Lasting white head covers the shiny hazy orange hue. Huge gingerbread nose, not necessarily very malty despite Smuttynose being champions at that, just very perfumey, spicy, peppery and cinnamon indented with light mustard seeds. Oily medium body, small bubbled carbonation. Average balance, very spicy and incredibly simplistic, devoid of bitterness.


 hopscotch (5440), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 5, 2004    Updated: Oct 10, 2008
Bottle (2004)... Sparkling clear, amber ale with orange highlights. Small, creamy, off-white head with good retention and Brussels lacing. The aroma is spicy and pumpkiny, but not overdone. Smells like a warm piece of Thanksgiving day pumpkin pie. The flavor is terrifically balanced. Not sweet, not bitter. Spicy, pumpkiny with just a whisper of salt. Medium-bodied with a very creamy mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Lengthy, spicy, lightly bitter finish. The best pumpkin ale I’ve tasted to date.



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