Pumpkin Ale
(has 1 batch)
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn|
Score
6.44
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Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale is our homage to New England’s original brewers, a tip of the cap to historic beer recipes calling for the use of pumpkins that date back to early colonial times. It’s also a beer we’re fiercely proud of – in a sea of imitators, it continues to stand out. Just like Smuttynose itself.
Brewed with real pumpkin and traditional spices – think cinnamon, nutmeg and clove – it’s a hearty, deeply balanced ale with a cornucopia of fall aromas to match a flavor profile that’s robust and complex without being overwhelming.
This is a beer with complements of pumpkin – not the other way around. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Brewed with real pumpkin and traditional spices – think cinnamon, nutmeg and clove – it’s a hearty, deeply balanced ale with a cornucopia of fall aromas to match a flavor profile that’s robust and complex without being overwhelming.
This is a beer with complements of pumpkin – not the other way around. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1
12oz bot....."The soapy bouquet beer"....If it takes longer than 25 minutes to drink a pint, its baaad beer..suffering...suffering...ok..had to hold nose and suck it down...bitter, small concentration of spice...soapy aftertaste...color is light...no head...no appeal...no thanx
Tried
on 09 Oct 2005
at 23:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Medium amber with just a bit of haze under a frothy off white head. Aroma of caramel, yeast and some faint spices. The spices come on in the flavor and finish. Some dryness in the finish after a sweet malt start. Not bad, but I’ve had pumpkin beers with more to them than this one.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2004
at 15:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very pumpkiny in the nose, including the lovely spices that go along with pumpkin pie. Color isamber-orange, and the beer has a rather large head. Flavor is full of spices with plenty of pumpkin in there. One of the better pumpkin ales I’ve had.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2004
at 01:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
2004 bottle. Medium orange/copper/auburn color, with light white head. Aroma of heavy spice, lightly hopped and just a hint of brown sugar. Flavor is spicy and a bit too watery, with the pumpkin flavor coming in too sugary for my tastes. Like a kolsch or something with pumpkin pie spice added. Slight bitterness and astringency on the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2004
at 08:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
I'm not a big fan of pumpkin ales, but this one is nice - cloudy orange with decent white lacing - heavy nutmeg aroma - flavor has more of the same, but with a heaping helping of bready, biscuty flavors (it kind of tastes like liquid gingerbread), which balances out well with the pumpkin aspect of the beer - hops creep their way in in the finish, adding a new dimension - a very good fall beer.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2003
at 20:08
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy bronze colour a very nice off-white head. Aroma of pumpkin, spice and everything nice - The best aroma i've gotten from a pumpkin! Medium to Light-Bodied; Strong spice/pumpkiny flavour with a residual sweetness. Aftertaste shows a great malt balance and a nice level of spiceyness! Overall, a very good beer, the best i've had of the type! I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York and sampled it on 3-October-2003.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2003
at 23:45