Arcadia Brewing Co. Jaw-Jacker

Jaw-Jacker

 

Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: Short's Brewing Company
  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Autumn
Score
6.18
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 19 Ticks: 23
This spiced amber ale is our celebration of the arrival of Autumn. Brewed with cinnamon, all-spice and nutmeg (a riff on Grandma Davies’ pumpkin pie recipe), and additions of Caramel and Crystal malt for balanced flavor, drinkability and a brilliant orange-amber color, despite the absence of pumpkin in the recipe. A refreshingly spicy, season brew.
 

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Tried on 17 Oct 2012 at 21:46


8.4

Tried on 12 Oct 2011 at 16:16


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Light cinnamon, nutmeg, a bit of sweet malts, and some fruit in the aroma. Flavor has a nice spice burn from the nutmeg and cinnamon. More like a pumpkin pie beer than others- but pretty decent.

Tried on 19 Oct 2010 at 19:39


5.4
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 11

Draft. Ginger Man, NYC. Deep amber body with a creamy, off-white head. The aroma is spicy as one would expect with notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Pumpkin spice tastes with notes of caramel. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Seems overly spiced just like so many other pumpkin beers.

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2009 at 16:50


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

@Earth-on tap-pours a rich light tan head and amber color. Aroma is dark malt-licorice, cinnamon. Taste is dark malt-licorice, cinnamon-spice.

Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2009 at 19:41


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured an orange-caramel color with a trace of a tan head. The aroma was light spices and fruits with a candied ginger presence dominating. The flavor was tart, spicy and a little bitter with a fruity presence and pervading candied ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. Medium body. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2009 at 06:37


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 oz bottle from a Winter Beer 10 Pack purchased at World Market for me by my wife. C2 notched on label. Pour is hazed cheddar cheese orange with a couple of floaties and a thick 2 inch white head. Head is lasting. Some lacing. Aroma of pumpkin, cooking lettuce and candy sugar sweetness. Taste is cloves, pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg. The nutmeg is pronounced in the longish finish. Palate is on thin side of medium, drinkable with a high level of carbonation. Overall, a somewhat dull pumpkin beer, but clean and drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2009 at 09:57


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Sunset Grill, Fall 2008. Amber-copper appearance with a strong, light-beige head. Retention withstanding the spicing. Sweet and gooey in the nose, with vanilla, maple and brown sugar all coming on much stronger than the flavor could ever possibly hope to include. And while it dosent have the richness in flavor, the spicing isn’t terribly overdone, leaving some caramel and brown sugar in the background. A little bit of artificial or unfermented sweetness, it seems, with very little actual pumpkin flavor. Fairly substantial mouthfeel, thanks to the chewy malts and probably the wheat addition. Dosent bring anything new to the table as far as spiced autumn seasonals go. Drinkable, though and no major complaints about it.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2009 at 12:19


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12oz bottle. Sweet lemon-spice aroma. Thick, murky orange color. The taste was surpisingly light and citrusy for a Pumpkin Ale. The wheat really changes the character of the beer, giving it a real dry crispness. The lack of real pumpkins is a little bit of a disappointment, but it is fresh and balanced enough to enjoy. OK.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2008 at 19:18


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

This ale poured an copper colour with a almost non-existant head, even after a hefty pour. To the nose there was scents of nutmeg and allspice, but I couldn’t find any cinnamon. First taste was very strong with spices, and this is where I found the cinnamon and other spices added. Finish was hoppy and the palate was bitter with lasting flavours of allspice????

Tried on 27 Nov 2007 at 19:25