Post Road Pumpkin Ale
Brooklyn Brewery

Post Road Pumpkin AlePost Road Pumpkin Ale
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From:
Brooklyn Brewery
 
New York, United States
Style:
Pumpkin Beer
Ranked #210
ABV:
5%
Score:
79
Ranked #26,717
Avg:
3.46 | pDev: 15.9%
Reviews:
924
Ratings:
2,205
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 30, 2023
Added:
Oct 09, 2001
Wants:
  65
Gots:
  328
Early American colonialists, seeking natural ingredients for brewing ales, turned to pumpkins, which were plentiful, flavorful and nutritious. Blended with barley malt, pumpkins became a commonly used beer ingredient. Post Road Pumpkin Ale brings back this tasty tradition. Hundreds of pounds of pumpkins are blended into the mash of each batch, creating a beer with an orange amber color, warm pumpkin aroma, biscuity malt center, and crisp finish.
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Reviewed by Foam from Pennsylvania

2.9/5  rDev -16.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Bought several different pumpkin beers to try .
Normally, I am *not* into anything flavored with pumpkins and I do not understand the obsession with pumpkin spice this and that but, this brew is kind of weak and tepid... lacking more of a malt backbone as somebody else pointed out in a review here.
It generally seems a bit uninspired.
For full disclosure I got this six pack half price as it was left over from the season so I don't feel as bad but I definitely would not pay full price for this stuff there are much better pumpkin beers...
Dec 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4.27 by Overtonjd from New Jersey

Nov 04, 2023
 
Rated: 3.39 by Iggy88 from Ohio

Oct 18, 2023
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Reviewed by DarkLordScott from Wisconsin

3.16/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Pours a bright copper colored brew with a one finger head. Aroma is nutmeg and pumpkin. Taste is very light and largely pumpkin. This is one of the lightest pumpkin brews I've had. It has a crisp, clean taste but not one that a pumpkin aficionado might look forward to.
Oct 05, 2023
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Reviewed by KenjiN from Massachusetts

2.63/5  rDev -24%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Copper-colored beer with a fast-receding white head. The nose is mild and has notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. Carbonation is high. There is very little flavor -- and the little flavor is disagreeable; almost sour (in a bad way). A more substantial malt base would help this mediocre ale.
Jan 24, 2023
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Rated by NastyNorseman from New York

3.02/5  rDev -12.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
First taste felt and tasted like cinnamon perfume. Lacking pumpkin. The cinnamon and nutmeg kill its flavor.
Nov 03, 2022
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Reviewed by Rapscullion from Massachusetts

1.89/5  rDev -45.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.5
Possibly the most disappointing pumpkin beer I have ever had. Pleasant coppery color with virtually no head.
Nose is light with some odd notes. Flavor is slightly malty with some fall spice notes but the pumpkin is lacking.
Finish is bitter with a chemical after taste.
Oct 10, 2022
 
Rated: 3.5 by warpedrevolution from Illinois

Sep 07, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by elamb106 from New York

Nov 04, 2021
 
Rated: 3.4 by 22Blue from Kansas

Oct 26, 2021
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Reviewed by ThrewRedButter from Massachusetts

2.86/5  rDev -17.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Look – Light orange color with a mostly transparent body helped by chill haze. Got a hefty two fingers of fluffy, white head.

Aroma – Subtle pumpkin with a strong malt and cracker character.

Taste – Pumpkin is bigger here than it was on the nose, but even then, it still isn’t very robust. More concerning if the aftertaste which is dirty and unpleasant. It has a mossy/grassy taste, but not in a fresh hop sense, but again, just dirty.

Mouthfeel – Body is light and crisp. Arguably thin at times, but it moves the beer along.

Overall – Pretty bland overall and the taste was just off. Any pumpkin that was there was too hidden behind a thin body and bad aftertaste.
Oct 06, 2021
 
Rated: 3.6 by VashonGuy from Washington

Oct 05, 2021
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Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado

2.75/5  rDev -20.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Unfortunately this is one of the worst pumpkin beers I've had. Barely any flavor, super thin mouthfeel. Definitely disappointed, this was my first brew from this brewery. Just super not into this one
Oct 04, 2021
 
Rated: 3.69 by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania

Sep 27, 2021
 
Rated: 3.93 by Hefsbeercaps from Ohio

Sep 24, 2021
 
Rated: 3.36 by QuintusHorace from California

Sep 17, 2021
 
Rated: 2.67 by ravger from Illinois

Sep 11, 2021
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Rated by SmoothOverEverything from Ohio

2.5/5  rDev -27.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
A lot of fizzle and not much taste
Apr 16, 2021
 
Rated: 3.5 by Chipwells from Georgia

Feb 02, 2021
 
Rated: 3.14 by DvdP from Netherlands

Nov 23, 2020
Post Road Pumpkin Ale from Brooklyn Brewery
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 2205 ratings