Southampton Pumpkin Ale

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

Pours a two-finger white head that vanishes quickly to a ring leaving traces of lace. Crystal clear amber color. Spicy pumpkin nose. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Flavor has pumpkin sweetness with a hop background, slight hop finish. 22oz bottle gift from Boston, MA area.

Appearance: Pours a dark copper body with a foamy, ivory-colored head. Smell: Aroma of freshly-carved pumpkin flesh, fall flowers, and a crock loaded with potpourri bubbling and simmering away. Taste: Light caramel malt flavor with a sugary hint of simple syrup. Nice pumpkin flavor with a spicy dose of cinnamon and nutmeg. Hardly any hops to speak of, but there is a pleasant floral character. Finishes clean - a little too clean. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: One of the better pumpkin ales out there.

Draft at Which Brew. Pours a cloudy orange body with nice head. aroma is of cloves and some perfume. Taste is soft and smooth, spices, cloves and a nice little pumpkin pie flavor. thsi was a really smooth pumpkin ale. One that I found to be very drinkable.

Draught at Mad Mex, Monroeville. Terrific nose if you like pumpkin pie. Spicy and sweet. Clear amber golden with foamy off-white lacing head. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Starts with caramel and pilsner malty taste, followed then by huge pumpkin pie spices until the end. Medium sugary sweetness with light carbonic tang. Light alcohol, with mild bitter finish. Nutty pumpkin pie spicy finish and dry after.

I’m really surprised that people can actually drink this one. I gave it a good try and will buy it again to make sure I didn’t have a bad bottle. But man it was B-A-D, it just didn’t appeal to my palate at all. The aroma is better than the flavor, too bad to because the dark red/bronze color is beautiful. From the bottle.

On tap at the Bocktown. The appearance is clear and the color is slightly darker than the ubiquitous pale yellow lager. Slight pumpkin aroma with spices. Additionally there is an interesting smell of lightly tomato sauced elbow macaroni. Very thin head. Decent carbonation greets the palate and this is welcomed. Taste is not as bitter as I expected but there certainly is a veggie spice in there that takes its place. I find this beer a little tart at times. Tho the veggy finish is present, this is a generally acceptable pumpkin beer compared to other pumpkin beers that are over the top in bitter spices instead of pumpkins. Not quite as good as Arcadia Jaw Jacker.

Clear bronze, with a smallish head. Nice aroma of nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and pumpkin. Flavor is pretty much the same, although it seems a bit thin. I like how there is some actual pumpkin flavor and not just a bunch of spices assaulting the palate.

Bottle. Clear - filtered. Copper burnt amber color with a patchy off-white head. Decent creamed pumpkin nose, mildly spicy, with a mild caramel malt note as well. Fresh first taste, a little waterey, or thin, but flvor-wise it’s mild pumpkin spice, more pumpkin pulp than spice. Finishes a little thin and empty, actually.