Dark Pumpkin Sour
(has 1 batch)
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.23
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A rich and roasty dark sour ale brewed with organic heirloom pumpkins and spices and aged in used red wine barrels for a year. Serve this complex ale as a counterpoint to savory Thanksgiving staples and alongside Mom’s classic pumpkin pie.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thanks TimE for sharing the bottle! Poured into a wine glass showing light caramel brown with translucent rims and half a finger of latte colored foam. The nose shows a lot of pumpkin pie like spices - cinnamon, cardamom, etc. The palate is medium bodied and moderately carbonated. Flavors of vanilla, pumpkin spice, and light gingerbread upon warming up. Highly tart with an almost indian curry-like influence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2015
at 20:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
13.11.2015, 0,375l bottle @ BlackSwan:
Small slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sour-ish sweet, dark berries, soda powder, minerals, mild vinegar, berry skin, oak, caramel, pumpkin, spices, grass. Taste is sour-ish dry, soda powder, minerals, berry skin, oak, sorrel, mild vinegar, bark, dark sour berries, spices. Medium bitterness, slightly dry acidic mouthfeel. Nice.
Small slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sour-ish sweet, dark berries, soda powder, minerals, mild vinegar, berry skin, oak, caramel, pumpkin, spices, grass. Taste is sour-ish dry, soda powder, minerals, berry skin, oak, sorrel, mild vinegar, bark, dark sour berries, spices. Medium bitterness, slightly dry acidic mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2015
at 17:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fonefan 110415. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, wood, red wine, spices. Flavour is sourness, coffee, malt, caramel, wood, red wine, spices, pumpkin, cocoa. Very nice beer.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2015
at 12:58
8/10
Tried
on 22 Sep 2015
at 12:27
7/10
Bottle at a friends. Pours black, nose is funky, oak, light pumpkin, taste is dry, tart, fruity, could do with more pumpkin!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2015
at 11:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at a friends. Pours black, nose is funky, oak, light pumpkin, taste is dry, tart, fruity, could do with more pumpkin!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2015
at 14:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Olmost black with off white head - Sour malt, spice and vinegar aorma - Sour malt body with flavours of herbal spicyness and some vinegar notes - The sourness with some vinegar goes into a long finish - This was good
Tried
on 25 Aug 2015
at 12:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. A hazy, dark amber colored beer topped by a small, dense, off-white head leaving lacings. The aroma has some cocoa notes, there’s a touch of balsamic vinegar, there’s dark berries and also some red ones. It’s full-bodied, lightly tart and with a herbal, berryish touch and some vinegar hints. Roasted notes and cocoa. Lasting finish. Quite lovely and tasteful this one. Complex and sure well worth a revisit. 150718
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2015
at 15:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 375ml @ Geokkjer
Pours dark reddish brown with a small off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, tartness, citrus, caramel and hint of fruits. Taste is medium sweet and medium to heavy sour with a long dry, sour, caramel and fruity finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark reddish brown with a small off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, tartness, citrus, caramel and hint of fruits. Taste is medium sweet and medium to heavy sour with a long dry, sour, caramel and fruity finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2015
at 15:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rich super dark brown coloured body with a rich amber glow and a thin, almost non-existent tan head. Aroma of sour grapes, cherries, yeast, gueuze and a bit of other funk - nice. Medium-bodied; Assertive sour notes with a little grass, some cherries, raspberries, yeast and a hint of sweetness - nice throughout. Aftertaste shows mostly sour flavours altogether with a rich caramel sweetness and a very tiny amount of squash flavours, but not the body nor complexity of the malt. Overall, a goodish sour/wild beer, but not showing much/any of the pumpkin notes and only slightly complex and pungent - this is more of a sour beer with hints of pumpkin and complexity. I sampled this 37,5 cL split bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 08-November-2014 for US$11,50 sampled at home in Washington on 13-July-2015.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2015
at 00:11