Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale
Anheuser-Busch

Jack's Pumpkin Spice AleJack's Pumpkin Spice Ale
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From:
Anheuser-Busch
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Pumpkin Beer
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
72
Avg:
3.1 | pDev: 18.06%
Reviews:
334
Ratings:
417
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 05, 2017
Added:
Oct 07, 2005
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  10
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Ratings by mmva321:
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Reviewed by mmva321 from Missouri

2.21/5  rDev -28.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
So my friend went to a liquor store the other day and gave me a call. He said, "Hey! Remember that pumpkin spice beer we had a year ago we liked so much. It's here right now. Should I pick you up a 6-pack?" "Yes," I said. "Oh wait," the friend replied, "This is a Michelob product. Would you like to split the 6-pack?" "That sounds like a better idea," I concluded.

And so later I open one up and it turns out my friend had made a very sound judgement. It's not that Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale is bad, it just is very forgettable. After the curiously large amount of head, there's nothing of note about this beer. Most of this can be attributed to every aspect of the beer tasting like a watered down product of what I had had a year ago in another dimension before I had tasted the glory of craft beers.

The whole product is thin. The appearance is a little too clear. The smell is there (I believe) but it is so faint I may have just imagined it. Diddo for the taste. There's a good flavor that starts at the tip of your tongue and then stops, and by the time it goes down your throat, it more or less resembles water. And that's the problem with the mouthfeel and drinkability: it's just too thin. It goes down too easily when you expect something to arrest your senses. The whole experience of drinking this beer is too pleasant for its own good.
Oct 14, 2009
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.08/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Ah the ol' Jack's series of beers. They always used to show up at the shitty dive bar named Jack's. I wonder if this one is a fall season away from coming back as Shocktop Pumpkin or something similar. Anyways, golden pour, small white head that gets its ass beat and goes home. Aroma of pumpkin kind of.

The taste definitely drops those pumpkin, nutmeg and cinnamon feels on you. It definitely went for the pumpkin pie vibe. The mouth feel though makes it more challenging, instead of a lower amount of carbonation, this one goes to 11. Too spritzy, should have been significantly less in the carbonation department on this one. The pumpkin extract is probably the best thing about this beer. The base is underhopped and instead drops something excessively alpha acidicc, then the base of the beer is or might as well just be Bud Light wits excessive carbonation.

They tried.
Nov 05, 2017
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Reviewed by poisoneddwarf from Idaho

3.44/5  rDev +11%
look: 2.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
2009 backlog. 12 oz bottle. I’m comparing this to Blue Moon’s Harvest Pumpkin Ale, which I just drank. Here’s AB’s answer to that beer. Aroma is much better, more pumpkin pie-ish than Blue Moon’s. Appearance is much worse. It doesn’t have that nice amber hue that Blue Moon had. Also, very little head, and not as good lacing. Flavor is more like pumpkin pie, so it gets the upper hand there. Still a little watery. Overall, it surpasses Blue Moon’s, surprisingly. I wasn’t expecting that.
Jun 14, 2017
 
Rated: 2.67 by Beardo from Washington

May 02, 2015
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Rated by ALC82 from Iowa

2/5  rDev -35.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Remember as being very average
Apr 03, 2015
 
Rated: 2.88 by drbenderdo from Michigan

Feb 12, 2015
 
Rated: 2.32 by misternebbie from Pennsylvania

Nov 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by StrayteEDGE from Massachusetts

Sep 25, 2014
 
Rated: 2.52 by shoegueuze from California

Sep 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Hellpop65 from Kansas

Aug 30, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by Robyn from South Carolina

Aug 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Jack_Frost79 from Maryland

Jul 31, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by cmbeddoe7997 from Texas

Jun 04, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by wrightst from Maryland

Jun 02, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by Latarnik from New Jersey

May 25, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by ShepardCommander from Virginia

Feb 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Jan 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by spence524 from Texas

Nov 28, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by brandonld23 from Massachusetts

Nov 16, 2013
Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating: 72 out of 100 with 417 ratings