Saucony Creek Brewing Co. Maple Mistress

Maple Mistress

 

Saucony Creek Brewing Co. in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Regular
Score
7.16
ABV: 9.5% IBU: 8 Ticks: 27
Imperial pumpkin ale brewed with pirate rum spices. Roasted butternut squash and natural maple syrup lend some Autumn charm in this warming brew.
 

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

Tapster: pours brown with beige head. Aroma is loads of pumpkin spice, rummy notes, and ample maple syrup. Taste is sweetish and spice. Body is on thicker side. Not really my thing, but pleasant enough.

Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2026 at 13:56


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: bronzed ruddy brown color with a one finger of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: pumpkin/butternut squash blend with some light maple, cinnamon and nutmeg
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together semi-sweet with a touch of spice; finishes pumpkin-like with some cinnamon
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper, some smoothness but also a little bit of cinnamon and nutmeg nipping the tongue a bit
Overall: for the most part, a pretty nicely done imperial pumpkin ale I would return to.

Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2026 at 20:43


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. deep brown pour light head. Pumpkin cinnamon spicel and brown sugar. Malty finish. Pretty nice beer.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:27


7

Tried on 03 Nov 2024 at 02:22


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 oz bottle, poured clear copper gold with beige head. Full bodied and creamy. Maple and spice aroma. Spiced rum upfront in the taste, with maple kicking in towards the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2020 at 22:40


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

12 oz. bottle purchased at The Beer Store. Southampton, PA. Color is a brownish / amber. Mild carbonation. Aroma shows light maple and Brown sugar. Flavor has the pumpkin spice with lingering maple. Nutmeg spice lingers in the finish. The 10% is hidden and is the best element of this ale. Overall, as expected.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2018 at 00:03


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Beer Heaven. Murky dark Amber, small beige ring of head. Sweet aroma, gourds, spices. Taste brings the maple forward, a bit more sweetness, recalling some nice baked squash, with marshmallows. Definitely fall themed, but stands up all year long.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2018 at 18:19


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Deep copper and super bronze coloured body with a decent two to three centimetre tall tan head at first that fades almost immediately to just a covering on top. Aroma of great spice, light brown sugars and caramel along with a heartier dose of squash and a finish of alcohol, bourbon and some light grain. Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence; Strong sweet potato and squash flavours at first with a nice spice flavour of allspice and canella along with a heavy dose of pure maple syrup and a faint hit of caramel and dry oak near the end. Aftertaste shows some malts, a bit of earth, some caramel, light spices and ending with maple syrup and a very pleasant sweetness throughout without much alcohol at all and especially no harsh astringent flavours at all - very nicely aged and structured. Overall, a nice beer that shows some great flavours, a pleasant complexity, very smooth finishing notes and good balance throughout. I'm not sure how this would have tasted fresh, but give it some age and this turns out wonderful! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Wegman's in Alexandria, Virginia on 15-November-2015 for US$9,99/mixed six pack, sampled at home in Washington a bit more than two years later on 09-January-2018.

Tried from Can on 09 Jan 2018 at 23:50


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle into a taster showing pale amber with very sparse white foam. The nose shows pronounced sweet rum, pumpkin, and sweet baking spices. The palate is light bodied and well carbonated. Baking spice forward with moderately intense notes of pumpkin.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2017 at 07:03


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

Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a cup. Hazy golden with medium off-white head. Aroma is pumpkin, medium body, medium carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is nice pumpkin and spice.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2017 at 19:39