UFO Pumpkin
(has 1 batch)

Draft @ DAS BEST Oktoberfest, Baltimore. Pours a slightly hazy golden pale orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy pumpkin aroma. Fruity malty spicy pumpkin flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy pumpkin finish.

Bottle. Nose is cinnamon and spice, coriander, orange, wheat. Maybe a bit of pumpkin. Glowing orange, cloudy, with lace. Effervescent. Sweet and fruity, orange peel and wheat, strange spice combination, witbier with pumpkin pie. Doesn’t work. Astringent finish.

Bottle from Signal Variety, Plaistow, NH. Aroma is, surprise, surprise like pumpkin pie--cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice. Appearance is hazy orange with consistent carbonation and small white head with decent retention and negligible lacing. Taste is moderately sweet. Palate is medium bodied, milky texture, with average carbonation with above average kick at the tip of the tongue toward the finish, which is short. Overall a moderately flavorful representative of the genre. No surprises here to the good or bad.

Cloudy light orange-yellow color with a big off white head that didn’t last long. No lacing. Good pumpkin spice taste. A little on the wheaty side. Enjoyable.

Bottle. Light amber slightly hazy appearance with small foamy white head, no discernible aroma, slightly sweet pumpkin taste, low carbonation, thin body, abrupt finish. Not very good for pumpkin beer.

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a hazy orange colored body that leaves some ringy lacing. A decent one finger white head appears and lasts for about a good minute before slowly dieing into the body. No carbonation is seen rising.
The smell had the pumpkin up front with a good combination of nutmeg, clove, and ginger gently backing it up.
The taste was pretty much the same.
The palate sat about a medium on the body and has no harshness on the tongue, very smooth. I would say this is a very drinkable beer.
Overall, this is a pumpkin ale I could come back to if I could find again.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 12/15/2013. Pours hazy orange amber color with a 1 finger foamy white head with horrible retention, that reduces to a ring of lace quickly. Minimal lacing clings on the glass, with some moderate streaming carbonation. Aromas of pumpkin, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ginger, wheat, bread, banana, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Nice aromas with prominent spice/yeast ester notes and moderate malt balance; with good strength. Taste of pumpkin, cinnamon, gingerbread, nutmeg, clove, wheat, brown sugar, light banana, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of pumpkin, cinnamon, gingerbread, nutmeg, clove, brown sugar, wheat, light banana, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good balance, robustness, and complexity of malt, spice, and yeast ester flavors; with a good sweetness/spice balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a moderately creamy and smooth mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is good pumpkin ale. Good balance and robustness of pumpkin, malt, and spice flavors; and very smooth to drink. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.

Hazy orange and light amber coloured body with a good three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of squash, light spices, earth and a touch of nuts - no hops at all on this one. Medium-bodied; Good rich squash and pumpkin flavour and body with some moderate spices of allspice and nutmeg and a good sweetness showing toffee and caramel, all with a relatively easy to drink feel of wheat. Aftertaste shows a nice rich squash flavour, but some light sugars make it end fairly well. Overall, an interesting and good blend of a wheat and a pumpkin-based beer with a rich body and some nice light spices and sugars. Good to try! I sampled this pint on draught at Westside Brewery in New York, New York yesterday on 01-November-2013.

Sample at Hal & Al’s during the Pumpkin Beer Tasting on 10/15/2013: Pours a hazy pale orange-copper color with a medium thin off-white head that dissipates quickly. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of pumpkin and toasted malt. Light-bodied with flavors of sweet pumpkin spices and malt. The finish is mildly spicy with a pumpkin and biscuit malt aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.