500ml bottle - a ruby body, white head, bit metallic in the mouth. Don’t know about the pumpkins, it tastes of stewed veg mind you.

Underwhelming. You can taste the flavours they want you to taste but they’re beyond subtle and well into hard-to-taste territory. In not wanting to make it overpowering I think they’ve gone too far the other way.

The UK isn’t big on Pumpkins, let alone Pumpkin Beers, this is the second (I think) I’ve ever had (as at Jan 2009). Brown 500ml bottle (5.0% not 4.50% as listed), loads of life left. Not that you could tell from the pour. Poured into a standard Uk pint sleeve glass. Dark amber, deep terracotta colour with no head, just an off white collar and wisps. No haze or cloudiness, clear and a bit boring to the eye to be honest. In fact it is what a work mate of mine would call ’Flat Shit’ if he had seen it. Do pumpkins smell sweet? If so this beer was giving off the right aromas. The label mentions mace, but I couldn’t pick that up in the smell or taste. Having said that, there is a spice hint in both the the aroma and taste. The label also goes on the tell you all sorts of flavours you should find. Well I struggled to agree with the head brewer on most counts, but I did like the beers taste. Another Wychwood beer that promises so much but just fails to produce.

500ml bottle. Pours deep orange brown with a tight, medium head. Aroma is warming spice, some pumpkin and bread. Taste has a little spice to start. Spicy, bready finish. Bland.

Bottled. Orange colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is pumpkin, mild spices, wood, earth, some slight floral notes. Flavour is grains, harsh and pumpkin. Not all too spices which some are, but this could have more spices.

Bottle at home in London, with Lyoli. Pours clear copper with a soft, white head. Some crunchy malts on the nose, biscuits, light leaves. Medium sweet flavor, light caramel, mild bitterness, light toast. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Fairly dry finish, more leaves, some fruits, subtle toffee, toasted sugar, a bit of bread. Decent.

21st October 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Can taste neither the pumpkin or the mace in this! A dark brown beer with a bitter toffee flavour. Okay.

Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber colorwith a small off-white head. Sweet spicy malty pumpkin aroma. Sweet malty spicy ginger flavor with some weak hints of pumpkins. Has a malty spicy finish.