Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with small white head. The aroma is spice, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg. Thin mouthfeel with sweet malt, caramel, light spice finish. Good.

This is reviewed from notes from over 2 years ago, sue me.
I’ve poured this into a pint glass practically every time.
The appearance was a nice semi-dark to light orange to brown color-ed body with a nice less than a half fingered white foamy head that died extremely quickly. Lacing, hmmm...what lacing, there wasn’t any.
The smell had a nice cinnamon to ginger spiced somewhat pumpkin-esque sort of spiciness trying to let a semi-decent maltiness to come about it. Does it? Hmmm....Not really, but still good for the most part.
The taste, hmmm....well, its a fairly good spicy to sweet to a light hoppy bitterness combining and coming all about into itself.
On the palate, it sat at/about a fairly light to medium on the body leading into a decent sessionable quality and having a fairly good carbonation running about its body.
Overall, for the most part, I’d say this was a good Pumpkin Ale that I’d have again as it had everything I was looking for.

12 ounce bottle. Hazy amber orange color. Small creamy beige head. Light grainy malt aroma. Notes of ripe fruit and cinnamon. Toasted malt flavor has a spicy backdrop. Hints of cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg. Overall, pretty mainstream as pumpkin ales go.

Draft at Franklin Tap. Wait, I haven’t had this one yet? Let’s rectify this right now, waitress! Dark brown beer under a thick, though short-lived head. Again, the smell is mostly pumpkin spice, mainly nutmeg and allspice. A rewarding, thick mouthfeel and there is a somewhat "veggie" taste of cooked gourd. Spices remain pretty forward on the palate. Despite all that, it’s pretty easy drinking. A slight creamy note works in toward the bottom of the glass.

Draft. Slightly hazy golden yellow color, white head. Aroma of mixed spice. Taste is much more spice than gourd. Light body.

On draft at Chops in Kitty Hawk. Pours a clear bet with an off white head. Aroma of pie spices. Flavors of pumpkin pie. Shortish rarely bitter finish.

12 oz. bottle. Dark copper color, with a small, beige head. The aroma is mild pumpkin, with fairly forward notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. Nice caramel backbone, and a mild earthiness. Bready sweetness, and nice savory spiciness. Medium body, warming, chewy, and spicy. This is a nice, mellow, and drinkable pumpkin ale.

12 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, bottled 7/26/2012. Pours very hazy orange copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of pumpkin, bread, cinnamon, clove, caramel, allspice, ginger, nutmeg, and herbal hops. Pretty nice aromas with good strength and decent balance. Taste of biscuit, caramel, toast, cinnamon, pumpkin, clove, ginger, nuttiness, and herbal hops. Lingering notes of caramel, toast, biscuit, nuttiness, spices, and herbal on the finish for a good bit. Good balance of flavors with a good malt/spice balance; zero cloying flavors on the finish. Not too much pumpkin in the taste but it is noticeable; a slight vegetative note but it isn’t detrimental. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy and slick mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with nearly zero warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice Pumpkin ale. Good balance of malt and spices; very smooth to drink. I enjoyed this one quite a bit.

Bottle @ Steve’s Foco. Pours an orange appearance with an off white head. Spicy, cinnamon, light banana, sugary caramel aroma. Pretty spicy, nutmeg,toasty malty flavor.