These finely balanced beers struck the best balance between expression and restraint, offering full pumpkin flavor but remaining drinkable. Two beers stood out from the rest: Schlafly’s Pumpkin Ale (31) and our winner, Alewerks Pumpkin Ale with 35 out of 50. Neither the New Belgium Pumpkick (25), Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ale (26), or Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale (27) made much of an impression. Night Owl Pumpkin Ale Beer Washington, USA Avg Price (ex-tax) 5 / 750ml 4 from 1 User Rating 91 / 100 from 1 Critic Review Critic tasting note: 'This is a well-balanced and layered pumpkin brew that offers all of the pumpkin-pie characteristics one expects without being overdone. The only non-ale tasted was the Redhook Out of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter (24), a disappointing effort with trace amounts of pumpkin flavor. The divisive Southern Tier Pumpkin (23) was denounced by me but championed by Carl, ending up in limbo. Yet all that pumpkin, mixed with nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice, comes out rather subtle and. The Blue Point Pumpkin Ale (18), Shock Top Pumpkin Wheat (18), and surprisingly the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale (19) rounded out the losers. Elysian Night Owl, a 5.90 pumpkin ale, is brewed with 150 pounds of pumpkin per batch. The BadĬlear worst of the bunch was the Sam Adams Pumpkin Batch, an odious concoction with soapy overtones and a cumulative score of 11 from a possible 50. Given the high degree of subjectivity and sheer quantity of beer, our marks revealed a surprising amount of consistency with three distinct groups emerging. He invited me to join him this year and so it was that an otherwise quiet Saturday night was spent ingesting an alarming amount of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and alcohol.Įleven different beers comprised the rogues gallery, and each was carefully graded from 0 to 5 on appearance, nose, tastiness, finish, and what we called “Platonic Pumpkin.” To infuse the proceedings a whiff of scientific method, my wife agreed to pour these drinks in another room and prevent names, reputations and label art from biasing our ratings. Each autumn, my friend Carl notes and ranks the pumpkin beer he drinks.
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