Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of cocoa. Taste is cocoa, roasted malt, bourbon, artificial chocolate syrup.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a cream head. Pumpkin pie spice and bourbon aroma with light vegetal notes. Caramel and spice flavor with light bourbon and light vegetal notes. Medium bodied. Caramel and spice linger with light bourbon.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Refrigerated 12 oz brown bottle poured into a glass. Clear caramel with small white head. Aroma is light bourbon, medium body, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is bourbon, some cherry, and some wheat esters. Not bad.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
12 oz. bottle
10.0% ABV
Date: 05-22-2025. There is nothing to indicate what the date is for, so I will just assume that it is the "packaged on" date.
$16.49 4-pk @ Publix
AROMA: Sweet with moderate scents of pumpkin which is then followed by hints of cinnamon. As the beer warms, I lose the cinnamon but get moderate scents of banana and nutmeg. Overall, the aromas are a little subdued, but very pleasant, nonetheless.
APPEARANCE: Pours a slightly hazy, medium amber-orange color with a 1 finger, off-white, coarsely-frothy head, that dissipates moderately fast with minimal lacing. It looks fine in my clear glass, I just wish the head lasted a bit longer.
TASTE: As the beer first hits my tongue, I get a fair amount of sweetness. As it transitions to the back of my throat, I get some nice sharpness, that helps to offset some of the sweetness. The main flavor is pumpkin. Which I really appreciate! In my book, if it says "pumpkin" in the title then that better be the main attraction! Other supporting flavors are, cinnamon, bourbon, vanilla, and allspice. Oddly enough, I don't taste the nutmeg even though I can smell it. The finish tends to be a bit "boozy". Especially, after the beer has warmed up.
MOUTHFEEL: Medium-bodied with a semi-course texture that gets a little smoother during the finish. I would rate carbonation as average. While it has a nice feel in the mouth, I would think that something a little silkier would pair better with the sweetness factor.
OVERALL: I really wasn't expecting much from this beer, but the more I sip on it, the better I like. Although, I think I am getting to the tipping point on temperature. When it was cold, the flavors were really subdued. As it warmed, the flavors really opened up without the beer becoming overly sweet. As it warmed even more, I started to get a higher sweetness level than I prefer. For me, I think the best flavor-to-aroma temperature is somewhere around 63℉. At that temperature, I was able to smell and taste, just about everything, without any one thing overpowering the others.
When it comes to pumpkin-pie-in-a-bottle beers, this is the type that I really like. Pumpkin is the star, with the other "pumpkin pie" spices being present without being overpowering. All-in-all I found the beer to be very enjoyable. Color me surprised!
Bitter, big coffee notes. Not much barrel, and low carbonation. It’s fine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours gold with a transient white head. Aroma of vanilla primarily with light bourbon and corn notes. Med body. Flavor is the aroma with some light oak astringency.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing this! Bottle looks simple but good. Beer in the glass amber coloured, small head. Alcoholic-spicy aroma. Starts intense malty, spicy, not as strong as exspected. Some herbal notes, some cinnamon. More and more warming-malty, shy alcohol, spices again. Finish well balanced. Warming malty. Nice one!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A clear amber beer with a white lacing. Aroma of pumpkin spices, honey, decent sweet malt. Taste of decent sweet strong malt, pumpkin spices, cinnamon, honey.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours amber with a modest beige head that didn't persist. Aroma of amber malt with some floral hop. Med body. It's malty but not all that undry. Balancing hop bitterness. The hops have a bite - so it's more than floral. Sort of toffee and grass/hay. Better than many ambers.
Bottle from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours dark brn/blk with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon and smooth toasted malt. Arguably full bodied. Far from dry. Burnt malt bitter. Flavor has treacle, burnt malt and bourbon/vanilla. Good for the "style".