Starr Hill Boxcar Pumpkin Porter

Brewed by Starr Hill
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Crozet, Virginia USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   update pic

Clean ruby copper pour with one finger of foamy tan head. Lots of sweet pumpkin spice and a light coffee roast and caramel. Watery flavor and thin bodied, dry spicy character and some dark grain bite.

Soda-like pour with a well carbonated off-white head. Nose of pumpkin, nutmeg, light roast. Flavor is spicey, again the roast takes a back seat, some metallic notes.

Video review at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFT3LoPZCgs … Appearance: Dark brown, 2 1/2-finger head, average lacing Smell: Pumpkin, roasted malts, nutmeg, cinnamon Taste: Medium/thin body, cherry, roasted malt, not much pumpkin nor spices mild carbonation, drinkable Pairings: Fish & chips

Poured 12 oz bottle to a pint glass. Mild pumpkin spice aroma. It is a good porter but I got ever little pumpkin favors. I wouldn’t buy again.

Location: Draft at Capital Ale, 9/9/11

Aroma: The nose is sweet and spice, some nutmeg, pumpkin, bread, and malts.
Appearance: The pour is a brown color with a light brown head that lasts through the full drink.
Flavor: The taste is similar to the nose but more subtle, light-medium sweet, minimal bitterness.
Palate: The body is medium, and it drinks decently, the duration is average, and the carbonation is soft.
Overall Impression: Overall, I thought this beer was OK. It could have had the pumpkin notes be a little more pronounced, but it wasn’t bad. I thought this one was a little deceiving in that it smelled better then it tasted, but it was still solid stuff.

Tap at the Pourhouse. Pours blackish (it was dark) with a creamy tan head. Roasted grain and pumpkin in the aroma. More roasted grain in the tase, hints of chocolate and pumpkin spice coming through. Nice autumn session beer.

Draft at County Grill. Nice visuals, dark and moody with a tan top. The initial whiff is nice too -- with a sweet edge. To the palate, however, this is a bit thin, and the sweetness wallows without much depth. (#4242, 9/9/2011)

12oz bottle. Poured a dark brown, with a tan-brown head. Aroma was roasted malts, touch of spice. Certainly the porter character dominates over the pumpkin and pumpkin pie spices - to a certain extent that’s to be expected, the beer is a lot darker and contains more robust ingredients that will normally overpower something like this. There’s just enough hints of pumpkin in this one that it’s pretty enjoyable.

Classic pumpkin pie aroma, clove in the forefront, lesser notes of cinnamon and allspice. Mahogany, medium tan head. Tart and chalky. Fairly nondescript flavor of charcoal and perhaps a bit of pumpkin. The pumpkin spice appears well afterward, in only minute amounts. innovative and nicely done. The spice appears to be added only to give it a neat nuance. This beer is porter first and pumpkin ale last. too tart, but a good beer.

12oz bottle poured into glass. Dark black pour with a thin off white head. Aroma was very pleasant with hints of spice, cinnamon, nutmeg and a little bit of pumpkin. Flavor however didn’t really match the aroma. Somewhat bland with a only a tad bit of pumpkin.