Autumnation - Sixpoint Brewery

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.6/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Can from NY state. Hoppy aroma, light orange coloured body with 3/8" of retained head. Firt I taste the hops, and then the spice in the finish led by ginger and pumpkin. Hoppy pumpkin beer, in a word. Decent drinkability, but not something I will seek out again. Average mouthfeel, above average carbonation.

Serving type: can

11-03-2011 23:41:36 | More by northyorksammy

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.38/5  rDev +19.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

hazy orange tinted amber color and a nice soft off white head that reached a height of around an inch or so before it settled down with some nice lacing on the side that really just surprised me with how well it hung in there to be honest. Really quite the solid look. Nice aroma of pumpkin spice, hints of cinnamon and nutmeg, all the usual characters here with a touch of a west coast hop flair to it, especially as it warms. Crisp and super clean flavor here. Starts with a touch of a light malt note and then swoops in with a big hit of cinnamon and nutmeg which dries out the palate very nicely. Very even consistency I have to admit as it comes together very nice

Serving type: can

11-02-2011 02:40:20 | More by mikesgroove

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.53/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Can from Rick's in Alexandria. Served in a nonic pint. Reviewed from notes.

Pours a somewhat-hazy orange-copper color with a good off-white head and nice retention with a bit of lacing. The nose brings forward plenty of different characteristics, with some ginger and spice plus faint herbal notes. Some hops float through as well. The flavor brings some ginger and pumpkin spice plus hops. A bit of bready malt. Medium body with a faintly-spicy finish with a light dryness. Pretty good. Interesting, that's for sure.

Serving type: can

11-05-2011 14:30:43 | More by Thorpe429

brentk56

North Carolina

3.33/5  rDev -9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Appearance: Pours a hazy amber color; the modest head didn't hang around for long and left only a strand of lace

Smell: The pumpkin and ginger come through nicely in the aroma though the hops have a very unusual earthy character

Taste: After the beer warms, the pumpkin flavor is discernable, up front, but the spices and hops together combine to take over the flavor profile from start to finish; the aftertaste is medicinal

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: Interesting, but ultimately unsuccessful, to my palate; I don't mind that this is not a traditional pumpkin beer but the spices and the hops really clash with one another and the aftertaste is really unpleasant

Serving type: can

09-30-2011 01:52:01 | More by brentk56

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.18/5  rDev -13.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Bustin' some John Donne fire on the can, oh yeah! This stuff pours a clear sunset amber topped by a finger of dusty off-white foam. The nose comprises maple syrup, very light leek, grapefruit peel, toasted pumpkin seeds, light caramel, and a hint of pumpkin shell. The taste sees a return of all of these elements, but they've split into their apparent respective camps: IPA (or fresh hop beer) and pumpkin ale. The two factions unfortunately do not cooperate fully, but instead clash at several opportunities. Suffice it to say things just don't mesh properly, but luckily the result isn't an utter and complete trainwreck, which, I feel, it could easily have become. The body is a light-leaning medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a fluid feel. Overall, an interesting beer, but one that just didn't come together very well for me.

Serving type: can

11-15-2012 02:11:22 | More by TMoney2591

drabmuh

Maryland

3.53/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Rustico, fun. Beer is amber and hazy with a soft white head, lots of lacing, moderate to low carbonation, some lacing, looks like a IPA made with a bunch of crazy crap.

Aroma is tea like with a sharp bitterness, piny with an almost thyme like aroma. Interesting.

Beer is light and sweet, too cold to begin with, with a dry finish that leaves this leaf flavor like tea or basil in the back of my mouth. Overall interesting, the bitterness or the pumpkin could have been ramped up, overall interesting but not a repeat.

Serving type: on-tap

11-04-2011 17:04:59 | More by drabmuh

Mora2000

Texas

3.58/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

The beer pours an orange color with a white head. The aroma is very heavy on the pine notes, with a hint of biscuit malt. I don't get any pumpkin or spice notes in the aroma, which is disappearing. The flavor is more of the same. I get a ton of orange citrus and pine hops, as well as a little bit of grass. There is a hint of toffee, but once again no pumpkin or spice notes. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Tough to know how to rate this one. On one hand, it is a pretty good IPA. On the other hand, when I rate it as a pumpkin beer, it falls well short of the mark. Since the label talks about both pumpkin and wet hops, I will just rate it on how well I enjoyed it, rather than how well it fit any specific style.

Serving type: can

10-14-2012 05:45:27 | More by Mora2000

metter98

New York

3.6/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: The beer is slightly hazy coppery orange in color and has a moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high off white head that quickly settled down, consistently leaving lacing covering the surface.
S: There are moderately strong aromas of citrus and floral hops in the nose along with some hints of spices.
T: The taste is similar to the smell and also has flavors of ginger and peppery spices along with those of citrusy hops. No tastes of pumpkin are detectable. The finish has a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This tastes closer to being like an IPA or a herbed/spiced beer compared to a pumpkin beer. Nonetheless, the combination of ginger and wet hops lends for an interesting taste.

Serving type: can

11-26-2011 19:02:23 | More by metter98

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.85/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

This poured out as an orange amber color with a foamy cream colored head on top. The smell of the beer was of some spice notes and hops. The taste of the beer doesn't give off too much in the way of pumpkin but there is a autumn feel to the flavor. There is also a good amount of fresh hop flavors in this one as well. The flavors of malt, hops and spice blend well together creating a pretty good autumn style brew. The mouthfeel of the beer was decent, good smooth feel with a typical level of carbonation to it. Overall it was pretty good, I can see myself drinking this one again some day.

Serving type: can

01-19-2012 18:29:02 | More by Knapp85

akorsak

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at Alewife, post-game with my dad.

A: The pumplin ale is hazy, although rather radiant with a golden orange hue. The haziness cuts into that brightness. A thin white head laces near the mouth of the glass only.

S: The nose has plenty of pepper and ginger, enough to crowd most of the pumpkin aspect aside. The spiciness is very appealing.

T: Ginger and white pepper, a sweet fiery flavor in every sip. The spices, paired with plenty of carbonation, makes for an easy sipping kind of beer, full of flavor. Spices are prevalent, even after the ginger and pepper, although it isn't enough to bring out the pumpkin. Again, that makes me like the ale more. The ginger and pepper are a nice pairing.

M: Spicy without the heavyhandedness, I'd never know it to be a pumpkin ale and that's what makes it work.

Serving type: on-tap

11-05-2011 00:31:01 | More by akorsak

WVbeergeek

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +23%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Awesome looking beer can't wait to bite into this one it looks like you can eat the head with a spoon, custard like head rises above the rim of my imperial pint glass at least 3 inches. Body is deep slightly hazed copper with a big light tan khaki head forming thick and rising high. Fine speckled lacing left as it dwindles down the sides of my glass. Aroma has a deep spicy citrus character with hints of pumpkin gourdiness. Smells great very appealing aroma going on, hints of fresh ginger, pumpkin flesh, and citrus based fresh hops. Pretty cool to be drinking fresh hopped spiced pumpkin ale that just tastes like a super spicy hoppy canned IPA. It's opposite of mainstream pumpkin ale, which is the best thing any brewer could do during the season of cookie cutter pumpkin ales. Flavor wise it doesn't reveal as much fresh ginger or pumpkin but really equates into a semi sweet super bitter grassy/citric rind hop blast in each sip. Mouthfeel is slightly resinous super dry finish with ample carbonation the canned format is a good thing and I applaud breweries like Sixpoint for being so creative when assembling their Autumn ale.

Serving type: can

10-22-2011 20:28:55 | More by WVbeergeek

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.68/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Good starting head that settles to a touch above a single layer of bubbles. Leaves some streaky lace. The color is darker gold and appears perfectly clear.

Smells more like an American Pale Ale than a pumpkin ale--plenty of hops with a good dose of dry malt. Very nice.

This is a hoppy beer with a strikingly dry, nearly astringent, malt bite. Pepper is the dominating spice. I'm not sure where the pumpkin comes in. Good body.

Serving type: can

11-19-2011 01:31:54 | More by smcolw

Jason

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16oz pounder, freshness date on the bottom of the can.

LOOK: Slightly hazy amber-orange glow, lacing puts on a show

SMELL: Fresh grass, slightly catty, thick resin, leafy, mild spice, a little estery

TASTE: Deep smoothness, very hoppy, balanced bitterness, oily hop, mild resin, orangey, pithy, faint catty hoppiness, hint of spice, hint of pumpkin meat, nutty, stone fruit, estery, spicy hoppy finish

Not sure what to make of this brew other than I love it. Not surprised that Sixpoint would go against the grain for this style, this is part of our American beer culture ... taking beers that you might throw into a style and pull it as far to one end or the other. I can taste the elements of the style just enough though don't be wanting some pie spiced soda-beer here. If you like hops ... get some now. Great job guys.

Serving type: can

10-24-2012 02:28:58 | More by Jason

Billolick

New York

3.78/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

16 ounce can, $9.99 for the four pack, purchased at DeCicco's in Ardsley, NY

Pours light brownish amber, hazed under a surprisingly large tan head. leaves a loose, larger bubble film, and again larger bubble high sticky lacing.

Ginger, faint allspice and fall spicing in the nose.

More ginger up front, with more spice present, allspice, cinnamon coming to mind. Malty sweetness in place.

I'm not really a huge fan of pumpkin ale. However this year I seem to be enjoying them more and more. This one is not bad, certaintly drinkable, and pleasantly enough, but nothing special.

Serving type: can

10-19-2011 01:00:42 | More by Billolick

mdfb79

New York

3.58/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

From 10/11/11 notes. Had on tap at Dupont Paradiso in DC last night. Served in a pint glass.

a - Pours a murky, bright orange color with one inch of white head and moderate carbonation evident.

s - Smells of spices, pine hops, pepper, citrus hops, and earthy notes. Lots of spice and no real pumpkin.

t - Tastes of spices, pine hops, cloves, pepper, citrus hops, light earthy notes, and light fruits. Again, no pumpkin.

m - Medium body and moderate carbonation.

o - Overall a decent beer, but not sure how this one is a pumpkin ale. Very spicey and peppery, but no real pumpkin. Worth trying and would give another shot.

Serving type: on-tap

10-13-2011 00:16:24 | More by mdfb79

jlindros

Massachusetts

3.7/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Tall boy cans, aawwww yeaaahhhh!

Pours a large almost 3 Finger head that fades at a med pace with a bit of lacing over slightly hazed reddish copper orange color.

Nose has fresh wort aroma, sweet malts and toasty malts, slight earthy juicy reddish malts, light hops with a floral and bit earthy and bit of fruity juicy hops, all followed by light spices.

Taste is complex, lots of various malts, reddish and light toasty, juicy sweet earthy malt flavors, and some light gingerbread spices. Hops bring a light bitterness, some light juicy spicy hops, bit earthy. Ripe frit and hops come to mind. Light pumpkin flavor that only really comes out after all else fades. Finishes quite biter and astringent, dry and naggingly bitter, and even slightly briny, tough to finish.

Mouth is med bodied, decent carb.

Overall starts nice with nice malts, hops, spices and fruit, complex and tasty, but finishes very bad.

Serving type: can

09-30-2011 01:19:17 | More by jlindros

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

2.15/5  rDev -41.3%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

16 oz can into a pint glass. Drank in early October, just a couple of weeks within its initial release.

Pours a slightly hazed copper, with several fingers of slight looking off-white head. This settles into a tight ½ finger that holds steady, leaving back a rich cascade of sudsy lace that clings to the sides of the glass. Strong clove and possibly coriander jump right out of the nose and immediately stars clashing with raw earthiness of the hops. There is maybe a smidge of underlying sweet smelling something but I can’t even pick it out amongst the ridiculousness of all of spices and hops. This smells more like a Witbier than it does a Pumpkin Ale.

The taste is sticky tropical fruit up front from those Citra hops, which then segues into a sharp earthy bitterness that is surrounded by herbal tones on the edges. I’m getting some ripe pumpkin flavor across the back but it’s nearly taken over by the strength of that aggressive hoppy finish, which sticks raw bitter rind to the tongue. There are some sugars from the malt present that melds with the ripe fruitiness of the hops and a moderate amount of spicing (but not nearly as much as the nose) but it all just seems to get swallowed up by the overall harshness of the hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a prickly and sharp feel to the carbonation on the edges, but then gets much smoother as this moves out across the tongue. For the most part though, this is fairly slick in the mouth with a relatively slow alcohol presence for close to 7%.

I can see what they were shooting for with this but overall, I thought this beer was a mess. To its credit, as this warmed, the bitterness did ease some and the spice actually picked up in the taste, but this was just all over the place with raw bitterness, sticky fruit, pumpkin, and spices. It just lacked definition and any kind of real enjoyment drinking it. I’m glad that I only picked up a single of this, as I’d be giving away the remaining cans otherwise.

Serving type: can

11-03-2011 18:43:07 | More by Kegatron

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Bengal tiger orange with a translucent clarity shows a feverish pitch of carbonation. A foamy head is porous, sea-shell white in color, 2 fingers high and coats the vessel rather nicely with large sudsy chunks of lace.

S: Light peppery and garlic tones are backed by a pumpkin toasted malting. Rosemary and dry woodsy notes.

T: Toasted flavor, spicy with a touch of peppery and dry woodsy hints as with on the nose. Toasted pine, with some dry herbaceous notes. Flashes of ginger add snap while there are some warm moments of piney-honeyed flavor as well. Things conclude with a soft peppery fade.

M: Light bodied, creamy and soft dry toasted nature warms the inner mouth with some carbonation snap. Warm peppery breadiness.

O: peppery, woodsy, and toasted pumpkin makes for a great fireside beer for the outdoors to connect you with nature. The perfect take in (can) packaging only adds to the ideal scenario.

Serving type: can

02-14-2012 23:39:34 | More by beerthulhu

woodychandler

Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +36.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Yo, my Crooklyn homies have DEFINITELY made my fall season with this jump-off, yo! This beer is bangin'! I have been pouring it down my neck in copious CANtities ever since I happened upon it in The Fridge's cooler on Friday night. Great googly moogly, but it is distilled Fall in a CAN. Not overly spicy, but more earthy, this is a gem! Hang onto your hats, boys & girls, this is going to be a ride for the ages!

From the CAN: "Autumn wins you best by this, its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay. The only constant is change, and death is but a rebirth. Autumnation is the Sixpoint creation that chronicles this life cycle; an Autumn ritual seasoned with ginger, spice, pumpkin, and fresh-harvested wet hops.; Please keep refrigerated. Fresh-harvested wet hops were added.; Beer is culture."

We educators talk about "the Anticipatory Set", or lead-in to a lesson all the time. My anticipation while typing leading up to the Crack & Glug led to strains of Carly Simon singing "Anticipation" with those fantastic lips of hers ...

I was employing a Sam. Adams Perfect Pint glass for this beer and the Glug was giving off a cascading action that would make Guinness want to weep. Speaking of weeping, the odor filling the room made me want to weep for the time when this seasonal is pulled off of the market. Hey, they might call it "decay", but I liken it to an earthiness of fallen leaves; cool, chill mornings; Tastykake Pumpkin pies; and early sunsets. The wet hops are prevalent and if you have never had the pleasure, now would be the time! The spices are there, but they are not the story as with many Pumpkin beers. This just smells like soil, but in the best way possible. Invoking their idea of decay, it smells like dirt overturned for the digging of a graveyard. I was reminded of a field trip in Nursery or Kindergarten to a working farm in mid- to late-October of 1970 to watch them press late-season apples for cider, first and then applesauce. The just-tilled soil smelled just like this! I had two fingers of tawny head that slowly fell as I typed, leaving behind some dense, sticky lacing in its wake. Color was a cloudy orangish-amber, the shade of the pumpkins sitting on some of my neighbors' porches when I walk to work each day. Mouthfeel was kind of prickly with lots of tiny CO2 bubbles doing their thing as the earthy hoppiness just washed across my tongue. OMFG, this was the best CANned beer that I have had in a looonnng time, if not ever! The finish was extra-dry with the spices acting as a wash of tightly-knit flavors to accompany the natural spice of the hops. Spice on top of spice ... I'm thinking Ginger with Baby or Scary with Sporty, well, you get the idea. Man, I could drink this all day. It is getting put away for Hula in the Coola Day on 01 Febrewary and CAN in copious CANtities in the meantime. I loved it, but YMMV. That is my way of saying, Keep yer dickskinners offa my beer, yo! Mine, all mine (devolves into greedy hoarding of beer, never to be heard from again).

Serving type: can

10-23-2011 15:57:36 | More by woodychandler

biegaman

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Autumnation has the requisite fall-themed orange tone, the same of fallen leaves and pumpkins. What's more, its otherwise radiant golden hue is suffocated by a looming haze (which is compounded by the last few drops in the can). There is also decay: the sides of the glass is where dying head finds its rest.

I was worried that drinking this beer out of season (read: not at its freshest) would diminish its enjoyment, but the hops in this bouquet still smell like they were just picked yesterday. Wet hopping - adding freshly harvested hops to the fermentor - has paid off with a tropical and vibrantly oily smell that overrides any pumpkin-pie spicing.

I always hesitate to criticize a pumpkin ale for leaning too heavily on the spices - for one, it's a subjective call, and secondly, you should know what you're getting yourself into. Fortunately that's not a concern here as the ginger and co. take a backseat to toasted malt and floral, oily hops. This is far more bittersweet than either savory or spicy.

Kudos to Sixpoint for discovering that ginger is an inherently flattering companion to the tropically fruity Citra hop. The tastes of guava and mango pair wonderfully with ginger's spicy zest and the mild caramelly flavor of crystal malts. The candied citrus notes are an unusual and delightful addition to this typically depthless style.

We might as well forget that this was brewed with pumpkin and spices and focus solely on the fact that it's wet-hopped - it's that refreshingly tropical, oily-floral hop character that distinguishes this beer, not the gourd. But the ginger and pie-flavorings don't go wholly unappreciated either, making this a fantastic offering under any title.

Serving type: can

02-26-2012 23:35:27 | More by biegaman

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Sixpoint : Autumnation

Pours a hazed, unfiltered bright golden copper with a fizzy, white head with decent retention and lace. Aromas of piney hops, cereal grains, citrus, and herbal elements. In the taste, nice piney bite with grapefruit zest flavor and lots of resinous hop oils making for a nice bitter. Pale malt backing, low sweetness level, grainy and light bodied. Mild vegetal notes, with alittle spice and lots of bitterness. Crisp sting of carbonation coupled with a hop bite gives the Autumnation a semi-dry finish. Overall, a tasty hopped up brew from Sixpoint, this one is solid. Is this really a pumpkin beer though? It came out very much like an IPA, and is graded as such.

Serving type: on-tap

01-10-2012 18:08:36 | More by Stinkypuss

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

3.08/5  rDev -15.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a hazy orange-ish color with an off white head. In the aroma, earthy sweetness and a small hop. In the taste, small caramel, a small earthiness, and a small hop. A small hop bite and medium bodied mouthfeel, with a semi dry caramel maltiness in the aftertaste. Nothing really exciting, I would never guess it was a pumpkin beer either.

Serving type: on-tap

11-03-2011 15:09:06 | More by OWSLEY069

twiggamortis420

Texas

4/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16 oz can pours a lightly hazed dark gold color with ample white-ish head. Decent retention and great lacing. It is a very good looking brew.

Nose is herbal and citric hops with a bit of minerality to it and a fair shake of toasty malt. This is the most un-pumpkin beer I have ever smelled.

Taste is mostly hops with a little bit of malty sweetness. More IPA than pumpkin beer, but that isnt always a bad thing, a refrain from spices can be refreshing. It has a nice balance and flow from hop flavor to malty middle and biter finish. Its good, easy to put back and is one of those beers you pour into a tulip and the whole pint does not fit...but you are damn glad when your glass is empty and you still have 3-4 oz in the can!

Serving type: can

10-25-2012 02:33:12 | More by twiggamortis420

BeerFMAndy

Wisconsin

4.53/5  rDev +23.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

16 oz can poured into a Sierra Nevada imperial pint.
6.7% ABV, 74 IBUs, 15 SRM, Best Before 30DEC2012 printed on bottom.

A - Fed by quite possibly the smallest bubbles I've ever seen, the billowing, chunky light khaki head that towers over the beautiful clear autumnal amber beer slowly collapses into a frothy pile that leaves thick lace coating the whole pint!

S - Autumnation causes a flurry of mixed emotions with it's complex and open aroma, gushing into the air. Thick, resiny wet-hop glory give the beer an instant IPA presence, following up with sweet caramel malt and a slice of toast. The pumpkin and spice trickles in along the finish, quite overpowered by the hop blast.

T - The powerful barrage of wet hops continues on, assaulting the tongue with sticky resin; pine sap and needle-tasting with sticky grapefruit citrus trailing behind. A blanket of maltiness provides a wonderful base of mildly sweet, more-so-toasted aspect with pumpkin only showing it's head in the far, lingering background.

M - Medium bodied and captivatingly dry, this beer is quite bitter, gripping each taste bud with force but finishing nicely, not over the top; it's smooth body making for good balance. The hops demolish any chance the pumpkin has at emerging though.

O - I'm hard-pressed to label Autumnation a pumpkin beer, though it's an ingredient. Rather, Autumnation is a powerful wet-hopped American IPA which demands attention through just about every aspect. The resiny hops contribute quite a wonderful bouquet, lending earthiness to the malt base which creates the aura of a nice fall beer in and of it self, but it virtually renders any pumpkin additions worthless, though though still a great beer to be sure.

Go into this beer expecting a wet-hopped IPA and you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised. Expect the pumpkin beer one finds lining the shelves this time of year and you'll be quite disappointed indeed.

Serving type: can

10-22-2012 22:38:26 | More by BeerFMAndy

FosterJM

California

3.58/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

917th Review on BA
Can to Pint
16 oz

Best by: 3/12/12
Thanks to @mjtiernan for this one!

App- A murky orange/yellow/amber/gold color with a huge two finger head. Slides down to a panacake head and great sticky lace.

Smell- Smells like fall and autumn with a stickey wetness and a bit of sweetness behind it. Don't get the pumpkin flavor or spice on the nose.

Taste- Well Matt asked me what I thought, "get no pumpkin but more Englishy IPA with a subtle malt bitter and thick citrus" Really only way I can describe it. Not bad but not at all what I was thinking it would be.

Mouth- A wet medium body with a good semi bubbly medium peppery residual flavor and carbonation.

Drink- I loved the 1st two Sixpoint. This one seemed a bit muddled bit still flavorful if not for the missing pumpkin, would be higher.

Serving type: can

11-01-2011 03:27:26 | More by FosterJM