Rumpkin - Avery Brewing Company

TenHornsProud

Colorado

2.7/5  rDev -32.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pours a cloudy orange/red/burgundy with a small brown head that quickly dissipates.

Smell is rum, caramel, sweet oxidized notes, cherry, booze, and oak barrel. Good, typical barrel aged smell.

Taste is up front rum and cherry/sherry that fades into a hint of spice and sweetness and ends on an absolutely sweet and absolutely boozy note. A real boozy mess if ever there was one. The barrel notes are nice but the booze character takes over everything.

Heavy body with low carbonation, and cloyingly sweet.

I wanted to like this beer but it is too boozy and too sweet. These aspects take over any subtle other flavors that might appear. Maybe with age this will settle some, but it's hard to imagine it getting much better with the sweetness as high as it is. I get the appeal, but a rare miss from Avery for me.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2011 23:38:08 | More by TenHornsProud

Jeckel

Colorado

4/5  rDev -0.5%

06-19-2013 04:09:06 | More by Jeckel

Hophunter18

Delaware

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

06-17-2013 04:07:05 | More by Hophunter18

Teleweizen2

New Jersey

4.26/5  rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5

Avery rumpkin

A - pours a deep ruddy brownish amber. A rigorous pour yields a frothy tan head but quickly dissipates.

S - lots of brown sugar and other pumpkin flavors like clove and allspice. The spice of the pumpkin blends with the boozy rum to create notes of cake batter, licorice, nougat and black strap molasses.

T - a sweet, buttery and honeyed flavor up front. Toasty grains. Sweetness intensifies as well as Spices and boozy flavors mid palate. Molasses flavors play off of notes of clove, allspice, vanilla and menthol. There is a spicy finish with a lingering note of licorice.

M - smooth, buttery texture. Full bodied. Low carbonation creates a more viscous feel.

O - an great beer. Unique and flavorful. It drinks very easily. I genuinely did not know its strength. Definitely in the dessert beer category but it has been quite pleasure to taste this beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2013 03:36:46 | More by Teleweizen2

eawolff99

Colorado

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

06-16-2013 21:57:31 | More by eawolff99

larryi86

Delaware

4.2/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

Thank you JBMSH for sending me both batch 1 and 2

2012-Batch 2 poured into a snifter 4.2
A- A nice deep ruby red with a very small off-white head that fade very quickly. 4

S- Rum, pumpkin, sweet caramel malts, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar. 3.75

T- Holy shit! Pumpkin, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, oak, rum, think pumpkin pie made with rum, nice earthiness to balance the sweetness. Alcohol is present but it is not too hot or too much for 18.1%. ABV. 4.5

M- Full body, good carbonation, but the alcohol does get hot going down. 3.75

O- This is a great sipper and a lot more drinkable than I thought it was going to be. Rum adds a great flavor. Can't wait to try the 2011 bottle I have, really hope the alcohol has calmed down. 4.25

2011 Batch 1 poured into a snifter 4.14

A- A hazy dark ruby red with a two finger off-white that doesn't fade to nothing. 4

S- Sweet pumpkin, caramel malts, rum, some dark fruits, brown sugar, cinnamon, less alcohol than the 2012. 4

T- Pumpkin, cinnamon, brown sugar, dark fruits, some rum, oak, nutmeg, very sweet,really not much alcohol. 4.25

M- Smooth, full body, nice carbonation, almost no alcohol burn 4.25

O- Comprared to the 2012 this a look less boozy and easier to drink, it is sweeter which which I don't see as an improvement in taste. 4

Both years are great beers and enjoyable. I liked the earthiness of the fresher bottle and I feel it gave it better balance. I wish I could combine the flavor of the 2012 with the lack of booziness of the 2011.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2013 02:36:00 | More by larryi86

Duff27

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -31.6%

06-05-2013 01:52:06 | More by Duff27

egrace84

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -6.7%

06-02-2013 23:35:30 | More by egrace84

ThickNStout

Georgia

3.9/5  rDev -3%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

12oz bottle from wagenvolks (sweet extra!). Bottled 9/17/12. Served in a Dogfish Head snifter.

Pours a cherry mahogany hue with a thin wisp of bone head. No retention. No lace.

Smells of pumpkin, spices, rum and syrup.

Wow, this is crazy bold on flavor and booze. Sweet spiced rum, pumpkin, layers of spice and a lot of alcohol. It drinks hot but only half as hot as expected at 18.1%.

Syrupy thick with almost no carbonation. Pumpkin rum spice cake finish.

Great job by Avery in commiting to a flavor profile and nailing it. A nice treat in small doses. I'm glad that I split the bottle though, as a little goes a long way. I would happily drink it again though because this is a tasty beastly take on a seasonal classic.

Serving type: bottle

06-01-2013 13:56:27 | More by ThickNStout

jl28r1

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

05-21-2013 20:27:41 | More by jl28r1

ipas-for-life

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

05-20-2013 20:42:50 | More by ipas-for-life

MinorThreat

Colorado

4/5  rDev -0.5%

05-16-2013 00:18:10 | More by MinorThreat

h0ppster

District of Columbia

4.75/5  rDev +18.2%

05-14-2013 17:48:29 | More by h0ppster

drummermattie02

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -19.2%

05-13-2013 14:25:45 | More by drummermattie02

ADTaber

South Carolina

4/5  rDev -0.5%

05-09-2013 00:20:38 | More by ADTaber

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -6.7%

05-05-2013 13:30:14 | More by Jason1337

dhbiker0889

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

05-03-2013 01:07:45 | More by dhbiker0889

blknikon

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

04-30-2013 19:56:00 | More by blknikon

PHBoiler

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

04-30-2013 13:16:37 | More by PHBoiler

BrewTasting

Nevada

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

04-10-2013 06:04:45 | More by BrewTasting

mookihouse

California

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

04-08-2013 16:04:55 | More by mookihouse

djaeon

California

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

04-07-2013 19:14:59 | More by djaeon

Smurf2055

Washington

3.84/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75

Dec 2011

6 ounce pour into a globe glass at Big Wood festival at Brouwers in Seattle.

Pours clear ruby with about a finger of off-white head.

Smells very strongly of sweet fruit, it’s kind of like rotting fruit. Not in a bad way, just the way it gets stronger and sweeter when it rots. You can smell the rum from a mile away. There are a few light spices and I can detect very little pumpkin.

The taste was a lot of booze and sweet fruits. No surprises. Very crisp and full.

Palate was decent. Lots of alcohol bite and very carbonated.

Overall, I expected more from this. Love the style, and love the brewery, but Great Pumpkin still stands as my favorite pumpkin beer.

Serving type: on-tap

04-01-2013 20:25:11 | More by Smurf2055

Ginzy

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -12.9%

03-27-2013 21:30:31 | More by Ginzy

DruRho

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

03-18-2013 23:50:39 | More by DruRho