Pumpkin Porter
Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn Out of Production|
Score
6.92
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Alaskan Pumpkin Porter amps up the pumpkin flavor, with a smooth, rich texture and spiced pumpkin and smoked malt notes, perfect for the changing seasons and cooler, longer nights to come.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bomber, thanks brenn79. Aroma is roasty, pumpkin pie spices, raisins, molasses, chocolate. Pours an extremely dark brown, near black, with red highlights; has a beige head that falls fairly fast. Taste is sweet, spicy and savory. Has a licorice component to the flavor. Mouthfeel is a little oily, a little creamy; body is medium to full. Excellent pumpkin beer, exceeding my expectations. Addendum: I had to up my aroma score a point. It really opens up after a bit. A nice (above average) meaty pumpkin pie aroma, similar to Pumking, comes out after warming up a bit.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2013
at 22:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Blackish beer with a dark cream head. Pumpkin pie spice aroma. Rich malt and light pumpkin pie spice flavor with light caramel and light vegetal notes. Medium bodied. Rich malt and light caramel lingers with pumpkin pie spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2013
at 11:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ home. Courtesy of Max and Ole, thanks! Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, spices, x-mas cookies, sweet fruity. Flavor is malts, spice, cinnamon, x-mas cookies, sweet fruity, pumpkin. Medium body, soft carbonation. 241013
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2013
at 12:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Spec's - Houston Galleria, 10/23/13
Aroma: The nose is sweet and roasty, pumpkin spice, chocolate, brown sugar, and vanilla
Appearance: It pours a dark brown color with a small brown head and minimal lace
Flavor: The taste is definitely on the sweet side, but it is balanced by the spice and the roast
Palate: The body is medium, it has a soft-to-average carbonation, and a lingering, spicy finish
Overall Impression: I found this one to be a solid take on the Pumpkin Porter style, but not an amazing example. It does make for an enjoyable drink.
Aroma: The nose is sweet and roasty, pumpkin spice, chocolate, brown sugar, and vanilla
Appearance: It pours a dark brown color with a small brown head and minimal lace
Flavor: The taste is definitely on the sweet side, but it is balanced by the spice and the roast
Palate: The body is medium, it has a soft-to-average carbonation, and a lingering, spicy finish
Overall Impression: I found this one to be a solid take on the Pumpkin Porter style, but not an amazing example. It does make for an enjoyable drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2013
at 19:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught. Poured as part of the Killer Pumpkin Festival at the Green Dragon. Black with malt aroma. Flavour is pure pumpkin, nothing else. Light malty finish with a pumpkin edge.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2013
at 15:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Near black pour with a large tan head that lasts and leaves good lace. Aromas are of mild malt, tobacco, roast, smoke, lightly vegetal, leathery. Spicy: nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon. Mostly clean. Flavors are roasty, smokey, tobacco, cedar, ginger and cinnamon. Medium malt, toasty, lightly warming. Medium bodied, off dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2013
at 18:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at California Brew fest. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is pie spices. Med body. Flavor is decent pie spice level over darkish roast malt with a touch what seems to be smoke. Good drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2013
at 20:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark brown porter with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet chocolate over cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, lightly powdery. In mouth, a sweet fruity chocolate with ginger, cloves, and molasses, very nice. On tap at Downtown Brew fest LV 2013.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2013
at 17:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ home picked up at Wilbur’s Foco. Pours a fairly clear, deep reddish brown appearance With a light brown head, strong toasted pumpkin, caramel, big nutmeg, vanilla spicy, apple, banana aroma. Fairly smooth, light veggie, pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, nutmeg, somewhat rich flavor. Not horrible but pretty intense which isn’t surprising.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2013
at 23:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Howler bought at Liquor Shed in Casper.
A- it pours black, slight hues of red, 1" head of foam, nice lacing.
S- it smells like freshly baked pumpkin pie with all the nice spices, especially nutmeg.
T- tastes spicy, nutmeg, nice authentic tasting pumpkin, some other sweet notes that are, I reckon, brown sugar. Yes, the brown sugar intensifies as my glass warms up. Dang, this is good and the abv is reasonable.
M- great mouthfeel thanks to the medium carbo and body.
O- bring on the autumn season! I’m gonna enjoy this fine brew from Alaskan as long as it is in town! One of the best Pumkins I’ve ever had.
A- it pours black, slight hues of red, 1" head of foam, nice lacing.
S- it smells like freshly baked pumpkin pie with all the nice spices, especially nutmeg.
T- tastes spicy, nutmeg, nice authentic tasting pumpkin, some other sweet notes that are, I reckon, brown sugar. Yes, the brown sugar intensifies as my glass warms up. Dang, this is good and the abv is reasonable.
M- great mouthfeel thanks to the medium carbo and body.
O- bring on the autumn season! I’m gonna enjoy this fine brew from Alaskan as long as it is in town! One of the best Pumkins I’ve ever had.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2013
at 08:43