Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Punkin Ale

Punkin Ale

 

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn
Score
6.79
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 28 Ticks: 162
Every beer has a story, here's Punkin Ale...

A full-bodied brown ale with smooth hints of pumpkin and brown sugar. We brew our Punkin Ale with pumpkin meat, brown sugar and spices. As the season cools, this is the perfect beer to warm up with.

Punkin Ale is named after the seriously off-centered southern Delaware extravaganza Punkin Chunkin (check out some of these Discovery Channel videos of Punkin Chunkin, you gotta see it to believe it!). In fact, Punkin Ale made its debut as it claimed first prize in the 1994 Punkin Chunkin Recipe Contest. Yes, that was a full 6 months before we even opened our doors for business!

Since its debut, we've brewed Punkin Ale each and every fall. It is released right around Sept. 1 each year. When you find it, grab some extra because it's usually gone by Thanksgiving.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled. Pours an amber orange with almost no head. Can really taste the cinnamon and nutmeg.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:46


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. I like pumpkin ales. I just do. This is one of the better ones. Orange in color, pumpkin pie spice in taste and aroma.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 06:06


7

RB score 3.45

Tried on 08 Mar 2025 at 04:29


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Rated Nov. 2006. Clear light copper color with tiny ring of white foam. Initially light spicy aroma. As it warmed some pumpkin came out. Seems that all the flavors hit at once: pale malts, a bit of sugar sweetness, pumpkin (vegetable notes), some nice hop bitterness and spice. Slowly the pumpkin flavor strengthens toward the finish. The beer leaves behind a mild lingering taste of pumpkin, cinnamon and just a bit of hop aftertaste.

Tried on 21 Dec 2024 at 21:03


7

Hey… dark mode. Greeeeat. If you could maybe fix the shit that is broken in this app, that would be more helpful than messing with the text colors. This isn’t fucking 10th grade computer class.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:58


8

Mmmm, ALL THE PUMPKIN!

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:49


9

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:44


8

Found some vintages hanging out at wine world. Yum.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:57


8

It's a sweet twist on the pumpkin so 'in' right now. That, and I'm watching top chef reruns on the last day of my vacation.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:53


7

Well spiced, base beer is top quality malty ale. The spice is reasonable and mild. Jb ams

Tried on 27 Oct 2024 at 15:00