Small Patch Pumpkin Harvest Ale

12 ounce bottle from Total Wine Virginia Beach. Pours a dark rust color with a medium sized frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of caramel, pumpkin, apples and that molasses really comes through. The taste is earthy notes, pumpkin, brown sugar, faint hops and a spicy finish. Medium bodied. Nice beer.

Pumpkin, cinnamon, brown sugar, ginger, and allspice nose, with a touch of molasses. Clear brown, medium cream colored head, decent lacing. Thin body. Flavor is peanut hulls and brown sugar, not nearly as complex as it smells.

bottle from Gingerman to enjoy Patriots vs Ravens game at home. Pours deep mahogany with no head to speak og. Aroma is very faint especially for a pumpkin beer just the light typically spicing. Tastes of nutmeg, cinnamon, light pumpkin, cardboard, malt, but all of these are extremely subdued. Palate is very thin and this just lacks any um ph or excitement.

on tap-pours copper with a light tan head. Aroma is nutmeg, medium malt. Taste is nutmeg, medium malt-molasses, slight earthy hops.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very dark caramel-brown color with a medium sized creamy tan head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was caramel, molasses, raisin and nut. The flavor was bitter and nutty with light notes of nutmeg, molasses, pepper, and wood. There was a semi-sweet and roasty malt base. The finish was long and complex. Medium body. Interesting.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Nose/taste of pumpkin, pie crust, nutmeg, cinnamon, molasses and toasted caramel malt. Lightish body. Touch of herbal notes.

Location: 12 oz bottle from a small store in Hoboken, 8/30/11

Aroma: The nose is pumpkin and spice mostly, with some other sweet notes as well
Appearance: Pours a dark brown color, with a light orange hue, small head, and light lace
Flavor: Tastes similar to the nose, lots of spice & pumpkin, malty, medium sweet, mild earthy hop
Palate: The body is medium, it has a average (plus) carbonation, and a sticky mouthfeel
Overall Impression: My first Pumpkin beer of the 2011 Pumpkin beer season! I have mixed feelings whenever Pumpkin beer season starts, becuase I love Pumpkin beer, but it also signifies the end of summer (even more so for me then the upcoming Monday off that is happening next week). As for the beer, I'm rater #5 of this one, so I guess it is a new one this season. If that's the case they should keep making it, because this is a very nice Pumpkin beer. It has a really nice flavor and a good drinkability. A very nice first pumpkin beer of the year.

Bottle @ home. Fairly clear, brown/orange appearance with a tan head. Moderately spicy, roasted pumpkin, caramel malty nose. Caramel/toffee malty, spicy cinnamon/nutmeg, roasted pumpkin, earthy hoppy flavor. Pretty solid pumpkin beer though a little spicy which is to be expected from the style.