Elysian Brewing Punkuccino Coffee Pumpkin Ale

Punkuccino Coffee Pumpkin Ale

 

Elysian Brewing in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn
Score
7.20
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 55
A pumpkin ale with the attitude of a world-weary barista, Punkuccino packs a short shot of Stumptown coffee toddy in your pint with just a shake of cinnamon and nutmeg. Pale, brown, biscuit, C-77 Crystal, chocolate and kiln-coffee malts provide the body, German Northern Brewer lends a touch of bitterness, and lactose sweetens just a touch. Three pumpkin additions, in the mash, kettle and fermenter.
 

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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours golden brown with a thin white head. Aroma of pumpkin, cinnamon, coffee. Taste has sweetened coffee, some spices, nutmeg. Palate has much of the same, lingering spice on the body. Good.

Tried on 11 Mar 2026 at 17:54


7.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy, bright, dark amber brown color with a small beige head; aroma of coffee, milk chocolate; creamy palate, balanced flavor with a long, light bitter finish

Tried from Draft at Elysian Capitol Hill on 24 Oct 2025 at 19:42


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dark brown almost black with a two-finger tan head. Aroma is pumpkin spice and coffee. Taste is pumpkin spice and coffee.

Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:39


6

Good. Strong on coffee. Good mix.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:53


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 oz. bottle. Pours black, with an average, foamy, tan head. The aroma is mellow coffee, walnut, nutmeg, and syrup. Sweet and sugary, with a nice, earthy, savory bitterness. Medium body, thick, and nicely grainy. Quite good, with good balance and pleasant coffee notes.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2024 at 03:04


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

a: dark brown body | velvety thin off-white head
a: roasted malt | allspice | vanilla extract
f: bitter | nutty | brewed coffee
t: squash body | chocolate | rich spices
o: enjoyable | great-for-season | complex, even for style!

12 ounce bottle | Glen-Ro Spirit Shoppe: Monroe, Conncticut | 24-November-2023 | US$$1,13 (part of a mixed six pack) | sampled: 25-October-2024

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2024 at 21:56


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

(Thanks, Jim! Ozzy70) Bottle. A- Pumpkin spice, coffee, slightly earthy. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Pumpkin spice, cocoa, roasty, bitter, black coffee. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, dry bitter finish. O- This was better than Dark O the Moon, but still weird. I think if I have a pumpkin beer that has to be the start of the show. This was fun and it was definitely a pumpkin and coffee beer but hard to love the flavors together. Loads of spice and some bitter coffee grounds. Just a lot to take in.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2024 at 13:42


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Single bottle from Binny's. Deep brown pour, persistent tan head. Smell of pumpkin and pie spice, comes up in nice proportion. Taste offers more pie spice, which overwhelms any coffee character. The coffee does turn up on the palate after a few sips. I'm actually getting a note of jalapeño pepper as well. Would have preferred some actual pumpkin to balance out the spice, which starts to get overdone further down the bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2023 at 02:00


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Coffee helps to add a layer of complexity to the usual pumpkin beer spicing, but this is still a cinnamon and nutmeg bomb. Eh.

Tried on 22 Sep 2023 at 00:10


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle. For some reason I was expecting a black or super dark brown beer. This is not. Lighter than that but darker than pale. Olfactory is a typical pumkin spice nose, similar of most other punky beers. Can't really smell the coffee. Taste is much more mellow than I was expecting, for some reason I was thinking it would be a pumpkin spice alky bomb with lots of bitter black coffee, it is not. It does have some pumpkin spice and it does have a tad of coffee but overall it seems to be balanced for a pumpkin beer. Yeah, I can stomach this stuff when I usually quite abhor a pumpkin beer session. I was just going for tick on this one but it turned out to be somewhat decent.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2023 at 17:44