Braaaiins! Pumpkn Ale for Zombies
Spring House Brewing Company in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Regular|
Score
6.68
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pint can, poured clear orange amber with off-white head not retained long. Medium bodied. Nutmeg, vanilla and cinnamon aroma. Taste is more pumpkin spice than pumpkin. Squash finish was somewhat an off note.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice, but relatively thin rich tan and light brown head, that only shows about a single centimetre. Aroma of super strong malt, chocolate, caramel, figs and a ton of spice notes with a lot of squash and rich grainy scents, but the spices are by far the strongest with allspice, canella, star anise, nutmeg and cloves more than anything - incredibly pungent in the nose, in a great way. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong squash flavour at first with tons of spice notes that lead with the clove and star anise flavours with a lot of canella, coriander seed and allspice as well, showing some very smooth and pungent sweetness from caramel, a bunch of squash and full-bodied malt flavours with a rich lactose and milk/creamy based finale. Aftertaste shows a lot of spice of course, but balanced out greatly by the spice and sweetness from the caramel and the chocolate - very nice and incredibly complex. Overall, a pretty nice beer throughout with a ton of spice notes that show well and lead to a great complexity that leads with the spices, but also shows the grain, sweetness and finishes with a smooth rich punch. Great to sample, and if you like spiced beers, this one is worth searching after, because it's sheer spice complexity makes it money well spent. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Joe Canal's Discount Liqour in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on 21-October-2018 for US$2,49 sampled in my hotel room here in Newport News, Virginia on 17-November-2018.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
12 oz can from Tavour. Aroma is clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, root beer, bready malt, vanilla. Pours hazy orange with a one finger beige head with decent retention. Taste is moderately sweet and spicy--more spicy than most pumpkin beers, actually, which really works here. There's way more vanilla than I think I've ever had in a pumpkin beer. Mouthfeel is a bit thin, though. Really tasty shtuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz can from Tavour. Pumpkin ale season is honest once again. This beer pours out at dark copper with a very scant head. Aroma and taste both follow the traditional pumpkin pie spice pattern , touches of cinnamon clove, cardamom and of course pumpkin. Nothing new here nothing exciting.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Tap bocktown. Mild sweet attractive sugar cookie aroma. Pale. Decent co2. Odd spices in this flavor but its not over done nor over the top, comes across quite enjoyable. There is something in there, just not sure if its pumpkin or not. Not bad.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Lemon frosting and candy corn nose. Cloudy amber, fine floaties. Perfumey, artificial, nutmeg candy corn. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bomber from Whole Foods Plymouth Meeting, shared at the 22nd Richmond Gathering. Hazy orange, thin fizzy off-white head, decent retention Aroma of pumpkin, brown sugar, a hint of citrus. The taste is pumpkin, brown sugar, earth, spice, graham crackers, lemon. Medium bodied, interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - pours orange gold white head - nose/taste of vanilla, pumpkin, doughy pie crust, all spice, sprinkle of cinnamon - medium body - Vanilla is dominant, which is probably why I like this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sampled on draft at Denny’s Beer Barrel this beer poured a dark caramel color with a small creamy orange-tan head that left decent lacing. The aroma was very strong sweet caramel, toffee and butterscotch. The flavor was a bit off but had strong toffee, butterscotch, a sweet presence and cinnamon. Long butterscotch and cinnamon finish. Medium body. Odd but interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a clear dark copper-orange color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Malt, caramel and spices in the nose. Medium body with flavors of caramel malt, pumpkin spices and a touch of a vanilla. The finish is sweet with a malt and spice aftertaste. Decent overall.