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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass. Aroma is dominant pumpkin and spices as expected. Appearance is cloudy orange/brown with fair sparkle, small white head with poor retention and no lacing. Taste is pumpkin sweet flavors with spices. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, a good but straightforward take on the genre.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 12:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from bottle dark amber brown with a two finger foamy off white head. Aromas of mild pumpkin spice and cinnamon. Taste is malt cinnamon spices and mild gourd.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2015
at 16:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Julian’s. It pours clear deep amber with a decent white head. The nose is sweet, spiced, ginger, cinnamon, pumpkin pie, carrot cake and caramelized sugars. The taste is smooth, sweet, warming, pudding, pumpkin pie, carrot cake, rich spice, dried fruits, orange peel and some alcohol warmth towards the finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and slightly oily mouth - feel. Sort of works somehow.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Sep 2015
at 18:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Aroma: pumpkin, spices Appearance: clear light amber, off-white head Taste: medium sweetness, pumpkin, spices Palate: medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, Delicious
Tried
on 07 Sep 2015
at 08:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle An almost clear one, pale amber in color and with a small, dense, off-white head. The aroma is mostly on the spiced side, with some bready, caramel malts. Meaty hints too. It’s medium bodied and with a nice carbonation level, quite dry and with a nice bitterness. Meaty, caramel and bready flavor with a good dash of spices. Too much or the wrong ones according to my palate. Decent though. Lasting spiced, bready finish with the spices dominating. Well, it’s not bad for a pumpkin spice ale, but it’s not my kind of beer anyway. 150622
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2015
at 23:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 355ml @ Hotel room, The Latham Hotel, PHiladelphia, PA
Pours hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, cinnamon, cardamom and some fruitiness. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long malty, fruity and pumpkin pie spiced finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, cinnamon, cardamom and some fruitiness. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long malty, fruity and pumpkin pie spiced finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2015
at 23:23
2/10
Tried
on 27 May 2015
at 22:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2016 re-rate: Tap at J’s. Very well-balanced. Light vanilla, but overall very light on the pumpkin spice nonsense. Good chewy pumpkin puree and yam notes. Solid pumpkin brew. Old rating. Bottle from Old Town. Brownish copper color with a small off-white head. Pumpkin, clove, cinnamon & brown sugar on the nose. Medium-light body. Sweet on the palate with a slightly spiced sweet finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Punkin Ale (2016) on 05 Nov 2016 at 15:53 - Score: 7. Original review text: Very well-balanced. Light vanilla, but not much pumpkin spice showing. Good chewy pumpkin puree and yam notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2015
at 06:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 355 ml at Breukelen Bier Merchants, Brooklyn. Pours deep orange with small tan head. Spicy pumpkin aroma. Malt, spices, cinnamon, caramel and pumpkin in flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Breukelen Bier Merchants
on 21 Feb 2015
at 03:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 2.5
On draft at dogfish head alehouse in falls church it is a clear golden color with a slight head. The aroma is cinnamon and the taste is spicy with hints of nutmeg and cloves
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2014
at 18:17