Punkin Ale - Dogfish Head Brewery

BuxMontBeerLover

Pennsylvania

4.22/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Received a 4/pk for Christmas. Just finishing the last bottle in February 2011. Just a side note: Bottle was an oddity...it was featured on "Brewmasters" about the Punkin Ale being bottled in the wrong type of bottle. I somehow got a "screw-off" type bottle instead of the normal crown bottle.

Enjoyed in a DFH Signature Glass.

A - Pours with a one to one and a half finger cream colored, foamy head. This lasts for quite a while and ends up with a thin film on top of the beer. Beer is a deep amber color, slighty opaque. Leaves a copius amount of lacing on the side of the glass during the drinking session.

S - Great smell of spices, like nutmeg and cinnamon. Smells like a dessert.

T - A nicely flavored beer where the nutmeg, cinnamon and all spice are the dominate flavors. A nice caramaly sweetness rounds out this really tasty beer. The alcohol is there but decently disguised behind the various flavors.

M - Nice bite from the carbonation. A slighty bitter aftertaste is evident after each sip but it never takes away from the overall spicy taste.

D - This is a very tasty brew. I've enjoyed this many times from the bottle and I've also enjoyed this on tap after the Dogfish Dash in 2010. I loved it then and it's just as good from the bottle. Very easy to drink several of these. They go down quite nicely.

Overall: Great seasonal beer. Another hit from DFH!

Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

02-26-2011 00:18:14 | More by BuxMontBeerLover

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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

From my Untappd history. Poured at The Yard House in Yonkers.

A: Kind of a muted brown hue mixed with amber. Off-white head. You would think the beer would be opaque, but this one was rather clear.

S: You're immediately hit with the spice blend - I think cinnamon and allspice. Don't think there's any nutmeg in there. The pumpkin fruit they use is crazy good though because it comes through without being too sweet or overpowered by the spices.

T: This always reminds me of the fall and I also use it to benchmark other pumpkin beers. The alcohol comes through even though it's 7%, but it's a pleasant flavor. The malts work with the organic pumpkins extremely well.

M: Great feeling on the palette and even better finish. I crave cider doughnuts and a campfire immediately after swallowing.

O: This is my quintessential pumpkin/fall beer. It's the perfect mix of fruit and spices.

Serving type: on-tap

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