Punkin Ale
(has 9 batches)
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn|
Score
6.82
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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.
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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft @ Hackney’s, Chicago, IL. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy pumpkin aroma. Fruity malty spicy caramel and pumpkin flavor. Has a malty spicy pumpkin finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2010
at 21:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The beer has a balanced, restrained flavor that is heavier on spice than sweetness. Dark and murky with a light head. You can practically see nutmeg and allspice floating through the dark orange depths, and those flavors come through strongly in the aroma. If these beers mostly smell like slices of pumpkin pie, this one is on the heavily spiced end of the spectrum of pumpkin pie. There is some pumpkin in it, but baking spices are the stars. The spice imparts a warmth and cheer to the malt flavor of the beer. Pumpkin flavors chime in without drowning things out in sweetness. It’s a good, warm, holiday brew. Feel is on the spicier, warmer end of things. The carbonation is relatively light. This is a good beer, but I don’t want more than one or two bottles of anything that tastes like a dessert than I don’t eat outside of one day a year.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2010
at 15:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. A great pumpkin beer. Pours a medium amber with a crisp, white head. Autumnal aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and sugary malts. Flavor follows a similar profile: spicy with notes of cinnamon and nutmeg, with some malty sweetness and just a tad of bitter bite. Nice, spicy, pumkiny aftertaste. Body is medium and seems substantial. Solid pumpkin beer. Not too big, not too small. Quintessential.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2010
at 21:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pretty amber orange color with lace. Spicy, sweet, pumpkin aroma. Huge spices, a bit over the top. Yet the flavor is much more subdued and elegant, a big surprise after the big aroma. Ok pumpkin, nice spices, good alcohol and fruit, with a bit of acid. Very well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2009
at 20:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy pumpkin, cinnamon, cardamom. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, spicy and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091122]
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2009
at 23:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden deep orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced and sweet sticky note. Cinnamon, cardemomme and sweet sticky malty base. Light fruity touch. Ends caramelish and sweet into the finish alongside a mixed spice sensation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 05:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A dark amber beer with a thin light tan head. The aroma has notes of pumpkin and cinnamon as well as some caramel and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of cinnamon and other spices combined with notes of pumpkin and caramel, leading to a dry spicy finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2009
at 10:33
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle: Sweet spiciness lingers from cinnamon, nutmeg, and a carmelized sugar kind of thing. The first sip seriously tastes like burning spices. Just overwhelming with whatever the fuck the label says; seems more like radioactive cloves to me. Awful lingering aftertaste suggests getting a large bottle of water. I drank half this before getting heartburn...
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2009
at 12:42