Pumpkinhead
(has 3 batches)
Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn|
Score
6.03
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Pumpkinhead is a crisp, refreshing wheat ale with delightful aromatics and subtle spice flavor.
To celebrate the fall season, we enhance the pumpkin flavor with a proprietary blend of spices including cinnamon and nutmeg.
To celebrate the fall season, we enhance the pumpkin flavor with a proprietary blend of spices including cinnamon and nutmeg.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a very clear, golden-orange color with an inch and a half thick, fluffy white head.
The smell had pumpkin, some cinnamon and nutmeg, some ginger.
The taste took the previously mentioned flavors and added some coriander.
The palate sat at about a medium and was slightly sessionable. Carbonation assaults the tongue and mouth more so than other \"pumpkin ales\" leaving a watery aftertaste and a dull finish.
Overall, this is just an average pumpkin ale. It was much better combined as a Black & Tan with the Blue Fin Stout by Shipyard.
The appearance had a very clear, golden-orange color with an inch and a half thick, fluffy white head.
The smell had pumpkin, some cinnamon and nutmeg, some ginger.
The taste took the previously mentioned flavors and added some coriander.
The palate sat at about a medium and was slightly sessionable. Carbonation assaults the tongue and mouth more so than other \"pumpkin ales\" leaving a watery aftertaste and a dull finish.
Overall, this is just an average pumpkin ale. It was much better combined as a Black & Tan with the Blue Fin Stout by Shipyard.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2014
at 11:28
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle. A- Pumpkins, spices, wheat. A- Orange color, cloudy liquid, white head. T- Pumpkins, spices, cinnamon. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, spiced finish. O- Strong pumpkin and spices tones make this a little off putting. Could be a lot worse, but I have had much better pumpkin ales.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2013
at 10:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Light amber body with a fizzy, off-white head. Light aroma of toasted grain with hint of cinnamon, all spice and clove. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. thin to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Light pumpkin and spice taste is preferable to heavily spiced pumpkin ales. Still, a little more taste would have helped this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2013
at 18:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Out of the bottle to a plastic judging cup. Pumpkin spice moderate with clove in nice support. Restrained wheat in the background. Clear deep-gold/harvest sun orange with a full white head that lingers throughout. Leaves s tight collar around the glass with wispy blanket across the top of small bubbles. Taste is overt pumpkin spice throughout the taste. Slight orange peel in the back half of the palate. Has a semi-dry finis, with a little lingering bitterness. Overall i am not a fan of pumpkin beers, but this one is rather nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2013
at 12:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle from Trader Joe’s Charlottesville. Pours a slighty hazy amber color with a large frothy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of pumpkin, earth, spice, caramel. The taste is tart pumpkin, vanilla, spice. Thin-bodied, low carbonation, slight lingering spice.
Earlier Rating: 9/16/2008 Total Score: 3.1
12 oz. bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Best before Jan. 2009. Orange pour (appropriate) with a thin white head. Slight chill haze. Spices come through big in the aroma. Cinnamon mostly. Also some grainy notes. Subtle squash-like pumpkin notes in the taste along with assertive spices. Medium body.
Earlier Rating: 9/16/2008 Total Score: 3.1
12 oz. bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Best before Jan. 2009. Orange pour (appropriate) with a thin white head. Slight chill haze. Spices come through big in the aroma. Cinnamon mostly. Also some grainy notes. Subtle squash-like pumpkin notes in the taste along with assertive spices. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2013
at 18:20