Southampton Pumpkin Ale

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Southampton, New York USA

22oz bottle. Got from Dubra, sweet aroma suggesting hints of cinnamon spice and pumpkin. creamy head that looks like a remarkably like a latte when pours, possibly due to nutmeg? taste is too plain and lacking pumpkin flavor. nice palate, poor flavor. Ok. Rerate: sept 09 - I disagree with my old rating of flavorless. Decent amounts of spice and pumpkin are detectable making this a pleasant pumpkin brew but palate is a hair too thin

I’m a fan of the pumpkin beers that actually taste like pumpkin and this one hits that sweet spot. Aroma is slightly spicy with cinnamon. The flavor is where the pumpkin really comes through. Looks clear and has a copper color. Smuggled this one back from NC last time I was up there.

Pours a clear reddish orange with a fizzy white head. Has hints of pumpkin, spice, some simple sugars. Finishes with a vinious thin pumpkin taste on the palate.

Bottle. Lager glass. Pours a dark autumnal amber with a rich looking beige head that unfortunately dissipates quickly. The aroma has a lot of honey/brown sugar/butterscotch and cinnamon and some nutmeg spice and a slight undertoe of pumpkin. Pumpkin taste and other spices more apparent upon tasting. Finish has a small spice flare up followed by dryness and then the honey/brown sugar malt taste. Easy to drink. One of the best non-imperial pumpkin ales.

22oz bomber from A-1 to-go in Gardiner. Pours a nice translucent amber-red with a good inch of off-white head. Smells sweet and spicy, with cinnamon, nutmeg, etc dominating. Tastes like pumpkin and spices, finishes clean, helping the drinkability. Full body with a good amount of carbonation, but not too much. Very drinkable, one sip definitely invites another on this one. Not the best pumpkin ale I’ve had, but definitely a great one, and another impressive offering from Southampton.

Decent sized off-white head of medium sized bubbles. Nice pumpkin and spice aroma. Lots of soft malts and some nutmeg. Nice plesant aroma. Color is a bright amber orange. Dry palate. Lots more spices and pumpkin. Lively in the mouth and leaves a thin pasty film. More soft bready malts. Finishes dry and slightly astringent. Strange ending. A decent pumpkin brew.

Pours an orange copper with a thin but foamy off-white head. Aroma is cleanly wheat and yeast but nothing special. Flavor, however, is wheat up front with a strong note of pumpkin pie spice right in the mid section. Finishes clean and the pumpkin flavor stays right in the middle of your tongue.

Bomber split with Tronraner, thanks! Pours a copper hue with minimal head. The aroma is tons of cinnamon. The cinnamon overshadows the pumpkin, nutmeg, and leafy aromas. Again, the flavor showcases intense cinnamon. The semi-sweetness of the beer pairs with the bombardment of cinnamon to create a striking similarity to hard candy. "Pumpkin beer" is rather misleading, this should be called "Cinnamon beer".