I received a 22oz bottle of this pumpkin ale from my sister-in-law Jill. To start, the label is frightening. It looks like a picture of an evil jack-o-lantern with bats hovering above, which blew me back to start. The aroma is all malty with strong smells of caramel (its made with caramel malt), vanilla, nutmeg and some other spices. Head faded very quickly after pouring. Taste is pumpkiny at first (pumpkin puree was used), then moves to nutmeg and other spices before finishing with a mix of butterscotch, vanilla and alcohol. Its an 8.6% abv beer so I expected to taste some alcohol, but its a very strong and unbalanced taste. This beer is lacking hops and that really kills it for me. If they put more hops in, it wouldve balanced out the malty sweetness and covered up the strong alcohol taste. Not a bad pumpkin beer, but not as drinkable as I wouldve liked. Shipyard Pumpkinhead still rules.
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