Pumpkin Down
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn|
Score
6.87
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Some might think we’re out of our gourd for making a pumpkin ale, but our Pumpkin Down is not like the others. The caramel and toffee maltiness of our Piper Down Scottish ale is the perfect backdrop for a boatload of roasted pumpkin. Just before bottling, we add a subtle amount of spice to complement, but not overwhelm, the earthy flavor. It was a smash at the brewery, and we think you’ll agree.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Deep brown pour from bottle into pint glass. Spice and pumpkin and malt. Malty taste with cinnamon. Pretty neat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber=orange in color. Aroma was pleasant pumpkin spice. Taste was a malty, pumpkin pie flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2025
at 06:05
6.5/10
RB score 3.41
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2025
at 21:12
7/10
On tap @Ballast Point Brewing Miramar, 01/10/2023. Color amabarino corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores especiados, cuerpo medio.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Oct 2023
at 20:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
4 oz pour on draft at Dominion Wine & Beer. Clear golden amber brown with beige head. Aromas of spice, light pumpkin. Tastes of pumpkin, malt, spice. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2018
at 02:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz botte via trade, thanks Arturo. Cuivrée, col fin beige. Arôme fin d'épices automnales, cannelle, malté, pâle Marris Otter sur un effet très anglais. Rétro un peu de grains - céréales. Palais est malté cara pâle, épices de citrouille, cannelle, Légère amertume houblonné plutôt noble UK, citronné, girofle, citrouille purée, classique.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2018
at 12:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Brown beer with a tan head. Pumpkin pie spice and malt aroma. Malt and pumpkin pie spice flavor. Medium bodied. Malt and pumpkin pie spice linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2018
at 22:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2017. Pours a clear reddish amber with a light brown head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has sweet grains, bread and pumpkin spice backing. Flavor has a lot of grain and bread with a growing pumpkin and pumpkin spice note.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2017
at 17:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle - Amber pour. The aroma is dominated by pumpkin pie spices. It tastes of sweet, bready malt, those pumpkin pie spices, and some pumpkins. Good balance. Medium bodied. Very solid pumpkin beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2017
at 08:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle. Murky brown, with a small, bubbly, tan head. Smells of pumpkin seeds, rye, toast, cinnamon, and peat. Nice, mild, malty sweetness, with a light bitter flavor. Medium body, with a chalky, malty feel. Pretty nice, malty, beer. Not overly sweet or spicy, just malty pumpkin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2017
at 19:03