Southampton Pumpkin Ale

GABF 2009, poured by Phil Markowski himself. Nice clear golden-orange color with a medium-sized white head and some lacing. Aroma is sweet pumpkin and spices with some bready pie crust notes. Flavor is a lot like pumpkin pie, fairly sweet with good pumpkin flavor, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Body is medium-full and palate is fairly creamy. Solid pumpkin ale overall.

smooth, sweet creamy pumpkin pie, just enough nutmeg spice bitterness in the end. Haven’t had a ton of pumpkin beers but this is my favorite for sure, wish I could get it bottled easier.

pours a very clear golden orange honey color with a medium white head. aroma is very doughy with mild spicy...cinnamon...pumpkin pie. flavor is spicy...nutmeg...and slightly reminiscent of pumpkin pie but also has some spicy hops. mouthfeel has lots of co2 action but finish is watery and abrupt with nutmeg and cinnamon. all in all, it has some pumpkin pie qualities but seems a bit muddled...

Bottle thanks to 17thfloor. Clear copper with fizzy beige head. Aroma is pumpkin spice, slightly sweet, nice amount of richness. Flavor is pumpkin, pumpkin spices, slight chalk or mettallicness, it’s a toss up, not bad, rich again. Creamy, medium to full body, active carbonation. Nice, one of the better pumpkin beers.

12oz bottle served in a shaker. Clear amber/orange pour with a thin head of fizzy, lasting off-white foam. Spotty lace. The aroma had cinnamon, nutmeg, and a touch of vanilla. Also some toast and bready caramel malt. The flavor was pretty weak. Not over spiced, just thin and bland with a slight metallic finish. Light to medium-bodied and highly carbonated. The aroma was pretty nice, but it went downhill from there.

Pours orange with a thin white head that disappeared immediately. Pumpkin pie, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a little hop aroma (at first). Flavor is sweet, cinnamon, and nutmeg with a pumpkin aftertaste.

Bottle thanks to Cletus. Orange body with a white head. Aroma of pie spice, wheat, pumpkin, and vanilla. Taste is sweet, vegital, light wheat astringency. A bit watery thin.

12oz bottle. Pours clear, reddish-orange color. Off-white\ Light tan colored foam. The color of a slice of pumpkin pie. Aroma is a bit on the sweet side, very pumpkin pie-esque. Definite nutmeg and other P-Pie spices in the note. Flavor has the spice character as the aroma along with a sweet malt. Nice squash bitterness on top of a bit of pale malt. Light bodied. Overall, standard for a holiday brew. Much better than most others’.