Great Pumpkin Ale
Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Castle Island Brewing CompanySpiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn
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Score
6.51
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CBC’s Great Pumpkin Ale is brewed with over 150 pounds of fresh, locally grown, organic sugar pumpkins in each batch, and it has an appropriately distinct orange hue. The subtle fresh pumpkin flavor is enhanced by the addition of a touch of traditional autumn spices, and is guaranteed to please even the most finicky of harvest-time ale fanatics. Come raise a glass in honor of the Great Pumpkin
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🇹🇳 shock 🇫🇷 (they did make nine changes) 1-0, though it was not enough for them to advance out of the group.
🇹🇳 shock 🇫🇷 (they did make nine changes) 1-0, though it was not enough for them to advance out of the group.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2022
at 17:18
7/10
Many thanks to Peter! Fruity nose. The beer starts very mild, soft caramelly. Fruity with a nice grainy pumpkin back. Not too many spices, fruity refreshing with a nice bitter aftertaste. 🎃 --- Beer merged from original tick of The Great Pumpkin Ale on 31 Oct 2021 at 22:07 - Score: 7. Original review text: Many thanks to Peter! Fruity nose. The beer starts very mild, soft caramelly. Fruity with a nice grainy pumpkin back. Not too many spices, fruity refreshing with a nice bitter aftertaste. 🎃
Tried
on 31 Oct 2021
at 21:09
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
No dating on the bottle.
Looks a lightly hazed rusty gold with a nice billowy head of foam.
Smells of nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, and a bit of booze. More booze than I would expect considering the abv.
Nutmeg and cinnamon taste, cloves, and then comes the finish and aftertaste. A strange unpleasant bitterness.
Body is medium, the carbonation is spritzy, especially during the swallow.
Not my cup of tea.
Looks a lightly hazed rusty gold with a nice billowy head of foam.
Smells of nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, and a bit of booze. More booze than I would expect considering the abv.
Nutmeg and cinnamon taste, cloves, and then comes the finish and aftertaste. A strange unpleasant bitterness.
Body is medium, the carbonation is spritzy, especially during the swallow.
Not my cup of tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2018
at 20:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 09/08/16.
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt orange close to amber color. Thin finger’s worth of foamy white head started and clung nicely to the glass. Slight wispy in it’s lace.
The aroma starts with the spices of allspice, light ginger, cinnamon and the cardamom (yeah, I swear I’m getting cardadmom, now where in the hell is that coming from?). Light pumpkin flesh as it warms.
The flavor brings it all together nicely. Pumpkin fleshy sweetness punches some of the spices to balance decently.Light bready/somewhat pumpkin aftertaste. Sweet to pumpkin spiced finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Low riding carbonation. Spices don’t distract the harshness. Good all around feel.
Overall, I say it was a pretty good pumpkin ale all around. It’s no Night Owl, but this’ll do.
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt orange close to amber color. Thin finger’s worth of foamy white head started and clung nicely to the glass. Slight wispy in it’s lace.
The aroma starts with the spices of allspice, light ginger, cinnamon and the cardamom (yeah, I swear I’m getting cardadmom, now where in the hell is that coming from?). Light pumpkin flesh as it warms.
The flavor brings it all together nicely. Pumpkin fleshy sweetness punches some of the spices to balance decently.Light bready/somewhat pumpkin aftertaste. Sweet to pumpkin spiced finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Low riding carbonation. Spices don’t distract the harshness. Good all around feel.
Overall, I say it was a pretty good pumpkin ale all around. It’s no Night Owl, but this’ll do.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2016
at 20:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Second bottle to finish off MNF. Orangey brown small head. Nose is light pumpkin, hint of spice, and barnyard. Tastes of nutmeg, caramel, light dough, some sugar pumpkin, touch of herbs. Medium bodied and smooth. All right. --- Beer merged from original tick of The Great Pumpkin Ale on 07 Sep 2025 at 05:03 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7. Original review text: CAn at home, thought i had this pipe. Darker orange colored. Nose is pumpkin and some spice. Tastes of cloves and nutmeg and pie filling. Flavors more subdued than expected d
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 23:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 22fl.oz. [ As Cambridge Great Pumpkin Ale ].ABV: 4.47%. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, perfume, clove, cinnamon, pumpkin - pumpkin spices. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a long duration, perfume, spicy, pumpkin. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20140704]
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 05:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is malt, spices, hop. Flavour is pumpkin, malt, hop, pine, spices. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2014
at 00:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Track 84. Hazy golden color, thin white head. Aroma of nutmeg and cinnamon. Taste has just enough spice. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2014
at 16:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle from Mikkeller Beer Shop. Clear orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, pumpkin and light spicy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. Too much carbonation. 240814
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2014
at 07:37
6/10
Tried
on 15 Jul 2014
at 10:05