Mix pack gifted by my neighbor right after the hurricane hit. Clear Solo cup at home, a month in & still no clean water. Gotten quite used to the sophisticated rounded edges of this. BB Jan 2025 Hazy honey tea pour with a strong whipped head. Smells of sweet pine, lemon & milky caramel. Astringent sweet tea, orange pith, sweet pine, dusty earth, baking soda. Lingering pine. Starchy, medium high acid, kinda stiff, heavy. Free99 drinks pretty good. Thanks neighbor!

BBT 10/2024. Dark brown color wirh beige head. Aroma of dark malt, caramel, fruity esters. Taste is dark malt, caramel, esters, candies, fruity esters.

Bottle at BBT 10/2024. Malty aroma and taste, dark malts, light to medium bitter, light sweet. Medium body, malty caramelly bitter finish. Average.

Dark amber with a large foamy yellow white head that lingered and left great lacing. Bitter, piney and fruity. Long finish. Medium body.

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12.0 oz. can
6.4% ABV
Enjoy by: 19 JAN 2025
$12.99 6-pk @ Publix

AROMA: Mildly sweet with moderate scents of pumpkin, followed by hints of cinnamon and chili pepper. Note: As the beer warms the chili pepper really starts to take over and the pumpkin gets lost.

APPEARANCE: Pours a clear medium-amber with a frothy, 2-finger, white head that dissipates quickly with minimal lacing.

TASTE: Lightly sweet with moderate flavors of chili pepper, followed by light flavors of pumpkin. At the very end of the finish, i get just a whisper of cinnamon. There is little, to no, heat from the chili peppers, but you do get a fair amount of their great earthy, fruity, flavors. However, I do wish the pumpkin was a bit more prevalent.

MOUTHFEEL: Medium-bodied with a slightly rough texture. The finish is slightly dry and the carbonation is fairly lively (i.e. above average). I've had plenty of other "lively" beers in the past, but this is the first one that I can ever remember thinking that the beer would be better off with less carbonation. For whatever reason, I find that the liveliness, body, and flavor just don't quite mesh together.

OVERALL: While I do get an ever-so-slight tingling of the tongue at the very, very, end of the finish, I would not consider it to be "spicy" (as the label claims). Heat issue aside, I find the rest of the beer's qualities to be about average for a good craft brew. However, I was happy that this was an atypical pumpkin beer, that refused to conform to the norm. I just wish there was more heat, more pumpkin flavor, and less carbonation.

Can. @Gons, Rockville (MD). 05/09/2024 [#7.786 Global - #1.637 United States of America - #3 New Belgium Brewing Company] Pours amber with a big off-white head. Aroma: crisp malts, clove and caramel. Taste: crisp, caramel and light dried fruits. Next one, please!

Can, from Whole Foods, Manhattan. Pours cloudy lemon yellow with a large foamy off-white head, citrus-mango aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrus peel-pineapple taste with faint mango flavor, thin body, long finish. Nice tropical NEIPA.