Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale - Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

JamesMN

Minnesota

3.63/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Beautiful semi-translucent dark brown. No haziness to speak of. Had a fizzy light brown head but that faded quickly.

Aroma: The all the spice of a pumpkin pie without the pumpkin. Decently malty. Not expecting much bitterness based off of the smell.

Taste: Those spices from the nose explode on your tongue, especially cinnamon. There is a darkness in the flavor that is hard to place, but I think it's a smokey flavor in the background. Not sure what's causing that flavor profile but it's not necessarily unwelcome. No hops to speak of but the spices give off a flavorful bitterness that echoes around your palette long after drinking. I wish the head would have stuck around because what little of it I had sort of played the role of a pie crust in the flavor. There are some great things happening in this beer, unfortunately they aren't well balanced and it's more like the different flavors are all jumbled up instead of working together.

Mouthfeel: Super effervescent. A little on the watery side. Would have liked a more medium bodied beer for this style.

Final Thoughts: Like a lot of Samuel Adams beers, their Harvest Pumpkin Ale looks great and smells pretty good but comes up a little short in the actual drinking of it. If they toned down the spices a bit and upped the O.G. then this one might be a real winner, but for now it's just an above average beer that would pair well with a cool autumn night around a campfire.

Serving type: bottle

08-17-2012 04:23:04 | More by JamesMN

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