Wolaver's Pumpkin Ale
Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular|
Score
6.32
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nice aroma. Pours orangey of course. Lots of spice. I rather liked it but for some reason I just like all pumpkin ales.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours bright amber with small foamy off-white head, pumpkin aroma, medium carbonation, sweetish caramel taste with pumpkin flavor, medium bitter finish. Nice for a pumpkin beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2015
at 18:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Total Wines. A fairly run of the mill pumpkin ale, red in colour, hazy and sweet, with a touch of spice in the finish. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2014
at 13:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a cloudy orange colored body with a small one finger white head that quickly dissipated into the body. No carbonation is seen rising. No lacing is left.
The smell had the allspice and ginger up front with the pumpkin coming in behind it.
The taste balanced sweet malty pumpkin with the allspice and ginger coming in together. The aftertaste is bitter.
The palate was about a medium with nothing harsh on the tongue.
Overall, this was not a bad pumpkin being that its organic. If I was a tree-hugger, this is a pumpkin beer that I would do more often.
The appearance was a cloudy orange colored body with a small one finger white head that quickly dissipated into the body. No carbonation is seen rising. No lacing is left.
The smell had the allspice and ginger up front with the pumpkin coming in behind it.
The taste balanced sweet malty pumpkin with the allspice and ginger coming in together. The aftertaste is bitter.
The palate was about a medium with nothing harsh on the tongue.
Overall, this was not a bad pumpkin being that its organic. If I was a tree-hugger, this is a pumpkin beer that I would do more often.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2014
at 20:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours cloudy, orange-amber with a short, off-white head. Pumpkin Pie Filling aroma... Nicely subdued pumpkin flavor...lightly spiced. Very well made... Understated...nice.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2013
at 15:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle as "Wolaver’s Organic Pumpkin Ale". Pours a slightly hazed copper-amber color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of nutmeg and pumpkin spices plus a touch of malt. Light body with a sweet spiced character of nutmeg, cinnamon and pumpkin. The finish is malty with a short cinnamon aftertaste. Average overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2012
at 20:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Hazy dark amber color, small white head. Aroma of allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon. Taste is gourd and spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2012
at 15:40
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle I think from vintage estates. Smell is sweet spicey pumpkin, but not overwhelming. Taste is unsweetened pumpkins and asssociated spices. Typical pumpkin beer. Sometimes a tad creamy. Finish is somewhat mild bitter medicine. Not bad overall, I guess. Sometimes has that old lager thing going on in there.
Earlier Rating: 9/26/2008 Total Score: 2.6
Must be new, very few ratings. Sweet punky aroma. Pale brown at first when poured. Clear pour goes swirling towards end of bottle. Taste is a blend of pumpkin spices and bitter ale. Decent friendly sparkly carbonation. Veggie unrefined back of throat impression. Palate indicates good carbonation. Some lingering bitterness in the finish.
Earlier Rating: 9/26/2008 Total Score: 2.6
Must be new, very few ratings. Sweet punky aroma. Pale brown at first when poured. Clear pour goes swirling towards end of bottle. Taste is a blend of pumpkin spices and bitter ale. Decent friendly sparkly carbonation. Veggie unrefined back of throat impression. Palate indicates good carbonation. Some lingering bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2011
at 09:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap at Sunset Grill. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild spiced and caramelish. Light cardemomme and nutmeg. Smooth malty and light spiced. Toasted caramelish. Bitter and light spiced finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2011
at 18:40
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazy orange with an off-white head. Lemony citrus hops, light pumpkin aroma. Flavor is similar with the lemon killing me. Not bad, but I don’t enjoy the interaction of hte pumpkin and lemony hops.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2011
at 07:55