Southampton Pumpkin Ale

Bomber. Pours a dark amber with a little bit of a sudsy head and aromas that are thick with pie spices (to the point of drowning out anything else that may be there.) Flavor has a kind of sour spice to it... spices are very dominant, but go fairly well with the theme and don’t come across as artificial or unwarranted. This is pretty good, but there are better pumpkin beers in the world.

Bottle. Pours a rich orange/copper color with a faint haziness, and a thin white head. Strong cinnamon aroma and pumpkin notes. Creamy mouth feel with light malt notes leading into a gentle warming finish. Rerate on a fresh bottle I bought thinking I hadn’t had it. Was 3.1 Pours a clear orange amber with a medium white head that falls off rather quickly. Nose is cinnamon and vanilla with a little malt and a little bit of graininess. Medium bodied with a nice spice note coming through. Finishes up with a little cinnamon and a touch of bitterness.

Bomber courtesy my buddy Joe. Pours a pumpkin orange with a thick off white head. Pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg aroma, very pumpkin pie like. Malty sweet pumpkin pie flavor with cinnamon and lots of spices, yet very drinkable with just a hint of spice bitterness on the finish.

Drank fotr Halloween.Pours a light brick color with a small white head.The nose is pumpkin pie with allspice and nutmeg.Flavor is pumpkin pie with some nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon.It was fairlt bleneded well not too overdone.A decent pumpkin, not my favorite, but solid.

Bottle@home (Halloween baby!) Appearance: Pumpkin-orange with a small head that vanishes quickly. Aroma: Pumpkin (faint), Spices (nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon). Flavor: Spices (Cinnamom, Pepper, Nutme), Exotic fruit, Caramel. Palate: Taste is very powerfull with alot of spices and carbonation. Too much spices really but quite interesting. Something reminds me of christmas... A very different beer for me as it is the first pumpkin ale i’ve ever tried. Seems a bit too extreme tho and a bit unbalanced but nevertheless an interesting experience. Worth a shot!

Pours a clear orange with a loose and brief head. Aroma is sweet artificial fruit juice, cranberries? Tastes fairly bland with the obligatory nutmeg, fairly strong ginger & light hopping. Body is lightly carbonated and thin. Can’t really say this does much for me, but it is well-balanced - nothing offensive. Thanks to jjpm74 for the trade!

Reddish amber color with an off-white head. Aroma of spice-cinnamon and nutmeg-with a flavor of spice-cinnamon, pumpkin and some malts. One of the best in this style that I’ve had. Very drinkable.

Bottle at home ... Nice crisp clear pinkish copper ... big spicy nutmeg and cinamon nose ... fruity hop ... over powered by the spices ... Very drinkable very tasty ... but spice dominated ... ight bitter in linger ... light pumpkin ...