Pumpkin Ale
Wild Onion Brewery in Lake Barrington, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular|
Score
6.65
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Wild Onion Brewing’s Pumpkin Ale (5.4%) is the last of the pumpkin beers I picked up in Chicago. It pours deep copper gold with a decent head. A slightly spicy cinnamon with that apple pie aroma I got from many mid-West pumpkin ales. Medium to light bodied with a scratchy carbonation. The taste gives me cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and a sweet fruitiness. I think the sweetness and spicing is a bit overdone and needs a gentler touch for my tastes.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Pumpkin Ale from Wild Onion Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
The can was the best part of this beer. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz can this beer poured a cloudy orange-caramel color with a medium sized creamy-soapy off white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sour, tangy and industrial with notes of corn and cinnamon. The flavor was tangy, industrial and corny with a bit of cinnamon, nutmeg and yeast. Medium finish and medium body. Not good.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Pumpkin Ale from Wild Onion Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Crios. Hazy golden amber color, small off white head. Aroma of light spice and just enough goird. Taste is pretty well balanced and not over spiced.
Fredis23 (989) reviewed Pumpkin Ale from Wild Onion Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Dirty Hazy Muddy Brown, Big Foamy White Head, Good Lacing. Mild Pumpkin Aroma. Pumpkin, Cinnamon. Watery with dry cinnamon tingly finish. Might be my first Pumpkin Ale. Interesting. Harvest / Halloween Season is upon us. There are so many Pumpkin Beer Choices in stores, that I’ll definitely try more.While I’m not really a fan of pumpkins or cinnamon, beer driven curiosity wins. Worth a Try. Plus, it is local brewer, so I need to add another place to visit on my TO DO list...
thegreenrooster (7275) reviewed Pumpkin Ale from Wild Onion Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pour is a dark orange with a large white head. Aroma is burning at first then comes a slight pumpkin. Flavor is slight pumpkin and a small amount of spice. If you like some pumpkin beers but don’t like the ones that are overly spice heavy than this is for you. Pumpkin and spice but nothing over the top which I kinda prefer in these beers.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Pumpkin Ale from Wild Onion Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle courtesy of Brian. Murky orange-red, big frothy off-white head. Pronounced cinnamon, pumpkin spice aroma. Medium bodied, holds up pretty well despite being a few months past its prime. Clovy and spicy. Pretty decent offering.
andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed Pumpkin Ale from Wild Onion Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Purchased at Armanetti’s in Chicago, IL; enjoyed after a long Tuesday at work and the first workout I’ve done in over a month. Time to put those calories back on! Appearance is a really vibrant ruby orange with a rich off-white head, tiny carbonation bubbles rising to the top, looks fantastic. Aroma of equal parts bready malt and sweet pumpkin, this may sound odd but this combination makes it smell like I just walked past a Burger King. That is why this gets a perfect 10 for aroma. Other brewers reading this - let it be known that if you make your beer smell like Burger King, people will like it a lot. Taste is very very good, wow, this is a great pumpkin ale! Flavors of pumpkin pie, cinnamon, brown sugar, and it becomes balanced in the end with a crispness and very slight bitterness that reminds you you’re not drinking pumpkin pie mash. Hat’s off to these guys, first brew I’ve had from this small northern Chicago brewery, and it’s a great one! It’s just one slight tick below Southern Tier’s Pumking.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Pumpkin Ale from Wild Onion Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pours a hazy mild orange with a white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma has lost of crisp malt with just a bit of pumpkin and spice. Flavor brings the pumpkin out more with a nice growing spice in the finish to round out the beer.
McDermottDrink (4593) reviewed Pumpkin Ale from Wild Onion Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft sample, Bavarian Lodge. Nose is full of pumpkin pie spice: nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, a little ginger. Color in the little glass is light brown. Taste has those usual nutmeg, cinnamon and other spices, and leaves you to guess whether there’s actual pumpkin in here. But I caught something else: a distinct creamy or fatty impression that immediately made me think of pumpkin pie crust, whipped cream or even a pumpkin mousse. Don’t want call it "buttery" because that’s not diacetyl. A nice surprise for this kind of brew.