Nice, stop by for a sample.

Strong clove nose, pumpkin and cinnamon underneath. Cloudy orange, thick head with little retention. Pumpkin is dominant, but cloves are also prominent. Light body, alcohol not noticeable. Dry, not overly spiced. While pumpkin ales don’t lend themselves to revisiting, this is quite sessionable.

On draft at Whole Foods in Vienna VA. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Vinous nose. Flavors of clove and cinnamon with a hint of pumpkin. Medium bodied. Smooth finish.

$1.80 Bottle from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours slightly clody amber-brown with an inch of frothy off-white head. Smells of heavy pumpkin, light spice. Tastes of bitter pumpkin, some cinnamon, coriander, and light nutmeg.

Nice rich, hazy amber and copper coloured body with a thin, half a centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of rich squash, light nutmeg and allspice with canella, yeast and alcohol notes. Medium-bodied; Malty squash flavour at first with almost no immediate flavour that shows some light allspice and nutmeg shortly after and a little herbal notes coupled with some alcohol and a touch of yeast. Aftertaste is a bit more complex with a little caramel and a bunch more squash, but not as robust as I’d expect with the nose and the feeling of body. Overall, a nice lightish spiced squash-based beer, but a bit underwhelming compared to some of their other offerings - still always nice to try a seasonal around this time. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Red White & Bleu in Falls Church, Virginia on 23-November-2012 for US$2.99 sampled at home in Washington on 26-November-2012.

33cl bottle, cheers Sean for hauling this from PA. My Halloween 2012 beer. BB 12/2012. Ambrée, col beige léger disparaissant vite. Arôme malté sur un léger biscuité, qcq épices typiques pour la saison, pointe de citrouille. Palais montre d’office ce profile de citrouille qui reste plus dans le côté plante sans le côté souvent faux trop sucré que l’on peut s’imaginer. Effervescence moyenne, note de noix de muscade, épice citrouille, girofle et coriandre? Pointe de houblon fleuri et un malté léger pour une pointe pâle/cara. En effet, une bière dont l’usage de la citrouille peut porte à interrogation. Dans ce cas ci, sympa à boire pour l’occasion ou la saison mais pas vraiment une bière de tous les jours.

Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 10/8/12

Aroma: The nose is herbs and spice (ginger, cinnamon, etc), with some yeasty notes
Appearance: A completely clear orange pour with a small white head (that disappears) and no lace
Flavor: The odd herbal portion that is so prevalent in the nose pretty much goes away in the flavor, as does the ginger, and the taste has a lot more pumpkin-type spices (cinnamon, allspice, etc). It is also fairly sweet for the style with a light spice hop bitterness. The flavor works much better then the nose.
Palate: The body is fairly light and a bit watery, it has a lightly fizzy carbonation, and a fairly short finish
Overall Impression: I wasn't really all that impressed with this one. Oddly, the flavor was completely different then the nose, and probably my favorite part of the beer, but overall, I just didn't feel like this one worked that well. Really though, this issue is that this one was all over the map.

Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear copper color with a thin creamy offwhite head. Decent head retention. Aroma of pumpkin spices and herbal hops. The taste is pumpkin, pumpkin spices and a hoppy finish. Thin-medium bodied. Seems a little hollow... missing something. A little bit too hoppy. Soft carbonation.

Staff recommendation at Churchkey. Not a bad pumpkin beer, the spice outweighs the squash, and it doesn’t taste like pumpkin pie.