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Cottonwood Pumpkin Spiced Ale
Carolina Beer Company
- From:
- Carolina Beer Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 13.8%
- Reviews:
- 144
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 25, 2015
- Added:
- Sep 18, 2002
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 9
No description / notes.
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Ratings by PhantomVodoo:
Reviewed by PhantomVodoo from Ohio
4/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dark tan head. Amber to mahogany in color.
Bold aroma of nutmeg, pumpkin, and spice.
Taste shows a good dose of nutmeg and other spices. Seems to have the most pumpkin flavor of any of the pumpkin beers I've had. Solid malt backbone. Nice balance, but the spices really own the beer. Finishes pretty well, although the spice flavors linger a bit.
Good body to the mouthfeel.
Good drinkability as far as spiced ales go, but I don't think I would want to knock back more than a couple of these in one sitting.
Overall, a good pumpkin ale. Heavily spiced, but you really can taste the pumpkin.
Big thanks to AKSmokedporter for the bottle!
Jan 13, 2004Bold aroma of nutmeg, pumpkin, and spice.
Taste shows a good dose of nutmeg and other spices. Seems to have the most pumpkin flavor of any of the pumpkin beers I've had. Solid malt backbone. Nice balance, but the spices really own the beer. Finishes pretty well, although the spice flavors linger a bit.
Good body to the mouthfeel.
Good drinkability as far as spiced ales go, but I don't think I would want to knock back more than a couple of these in one sitting.
Overall, a good pumpkin ale. Heavily spiced, but you really can taste the pumpkin.
Big thanks to AKSmokedporter for the bottle!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by M_C_Hampton from Georgia
3.86/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
A: poured from a 12 oz bottle into a pint glass, amber colored with a foamy white head that dissipates leaving little lacing, clear
S: as expected, pumpkin pie spice
T: nutmeg, clove, and actual pumpkin, the spice doesn't overpower the pumpkin flavor
M: light and crisp
O: pumpkin isn't overpowered in this one
Nov 09, 2014S: as expected, pumpkin pie spice
T: nutmeg, clove, and actual pumpkin, the spice doesn't overpower the pumpkin flavor
M: light and crisp
O: pumpkin isn't overpowered in this one
Reviewed by jfhrtn92 from North Carolina
4.3/5 rDev +12%
4.3/5 rDev +12%
Poured as a orange-brown with about a 2 finger head that held its retention well. Has a spiced pumpkin with a hint of a peppery smell to it. For the taste almost has like a cinnamon pumpkin pie taste. Very light on the hops side but a great beer overall. One I will steadily have for sure
Sep 11, 2014
Cottonwood Pumpkin Spiced Ale from Carolina Beer Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
173 ratings
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