Pumpkin Beer

Bottle courtesy of Northyorksammy: Poured a light yellow/redish color ale with a big foamy head with average retention but good lacing. Aroma of cinnamon and cloves is about medium with some light pumpkin. Taste of cinnamon and cloves dominated the taste and was well balance with some light pumpkin. Light body with some good carbonation. Overall, I thought this was a well done pumpkin beer but probably not up to par with the Weyerbacher one which I still think is the best of the style.

Thanks to Sledge Jr for this brew! This pours with a creamy off white head over a hazy dark orange body. The aroma is more pumpkin than spice. The flavor is a bit strange at first and then the spices come on to balance it all out somewhat. A little disjointed at first ,but it really improves as the flavors come out.

Pour is orange with a white head. Aroma is a great mix of pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg. Flavor is also outstanding. Pumpkin comes out strong follwed by the spices. This is the closes beer I have had that would compare to pumkin pie on thanksgiving.

Bottled. Weill, this was on the shelf with the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale, and I went with this since the brewer was "new to me." Pours a medium head with some fizziness visible in the body. Beer itself is a really orange color, and has the definite taste of pumpkin baked with brown sugar. Nutmeg is most prominent, but none of the spices is especially overpowering. It’s just a nicely tuned little pumpkin pie beer, definitely using pumpkin instead of just pumpkin pie spices.

I finished the last bottle in my sixpack yesterday (March 31) and I found it did hold up pretty nicely. It was well filtered at bottling, no icky sediment on the bottom. Spices had not become overpowering, but added to the malt to make it come in a little "richer." I wouldn’t want to hold on the this too long, but it aged well.

Vastly different from that other (and great) pumpkin ale I've had the pleasure of sipping, New Holland's Ichabod. All O'Fallon beers tend to be light in body and flavor. This was no exception. Body was cloudy, light orange with an off-white head. Light, spicy aroma gave way to wet socks and detergent (dirty urinal? Who am I to judge?). Flavor was surprisingly light, with nutmeg and pumpkin spice hiding the wet socks tang or sourness. Yo, O'Fallon- build your beers bigger! I guess the lighter flavors make this beer "safer" for the masses, but I would have preferred something a bit on the bolder side. Enough alliteration, Silphium.