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Sweet Potato Ale
Bent River Brewing Company
- From:
- Bent River Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #255 - ABV:
- 4.81%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #25,719 - Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 17.56%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 27, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 22, 2005
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 18
This medium-bodied American Wheat Ale is brewed with sweet potatoes, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, and cloves. Taste and enjoy with us one of our favorite things about fall.
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Ratings by HopHeadKen:
Reviewed by HopHeadKen from Iowa
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
I have had several Pumpkin Ales this fall, and so had to try this.
I have had Sweet potatoe pie and it is a close cousin to pumpkin pie, so this should be similar.
Pour was light coper cloudy with ivory white head
Smell was spicy and sweet.
Taste was sweet, full and spicy; much more full than some of the pumpin ales we tried earlier in the fall.
It probably doesn't hurt that it is the day before Thanksgiving and we are all thinking about Turkey & Sweet Potatos.
Very nice ! I would drink this anytime
Nov 24, 2005I have had Sweet potatoe pie and it is a close cousin to pumpkin pie, so this should be similar.
Pour was light coper cloudy with ivory white head
Smell was spicy and sweet.
Taste was sweet, full and spicy; much more full than some of the pumpin ales we tried earlier in the fall.
It probably doesn't hurt that it is the day before Thanksgiving and we are all thinking about Turkey & Sweet Potatos.
Very nice ! I would drink this anytime
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois
2.88/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.88/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12oz bottle, shared with my brother-in-law, Chris. Thanks to Chris & Lilli for giving me a bottle to try. Pours a hazy orange with a beige head. Spicy aroma of clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, all spice, and ginger. Flavors are spicy as well - all similar to the aroma; sweet potato is modest along with faint wheat and grain. Medium body, moderate carbonation, balanced finish. Just ok. Drinks like a pumpkin beer.
Jan 15, 2020Reviewed by Tone from Missouri
3.25/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear copper color. 1/4 inch head of an off-white color. Poor retention and poor lacing. Smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, sweet malt, and pumpkin/sweet potato. Fits the style of a Fruit / Vegetable Beer. Mouth feel is smooth and clean, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of cinnamon, all spice, sweet malt, and pumpkin/sweet potato. Overall, poor appearance, good feel, and mostly spice in aroma and body.
Dec 01, 2017Reviewed by Prager62 from Colorado
2.27/5 rDev -35.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.27/5 rDev -35.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
A twelve ounce bottle with some cryptic code stamped on the bottle under the label. I hate when breweries just can't put a simple date on the bottle or label. Pouring this in my old school Atlas Prager sham pilsner glass.
Look- Pours a dark gold and somewhat amber color leaving a couple centimeters of off white foam that settles to a thin ring. No lacing is left behind.
Smell- A mix of strong pie spices including cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice that combined smell a bit like mouthwash. There's something earthy lingering in the back. Sweet potatoes?
Taste- An abundance of the usual pie spices. There's cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Something earthy and cereal-like appear in the finish.
Feel- Thin, flat and boring.
Overall- It's not quite a drain pour, but close. This beer is spiced to the point that it smells and tastes like mouthwash or toothpaste. A thin artificial tasting abomination. I'm glad it was a gift and not a waste of my money.
Jan 08, 2017Look- Pours a dark gold and somewhat amber color leaving a couple centimeters of off white foam that settles to a thin ring. No lacing is left behind.
Smell- A mix of strong pie spices including cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice that combined smell a bit like mouthwash. There's something earthy lingering in the back. Sweet potatoes?
Taste- An abundance of the usual pie spices. There's cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Something earthy and cereal-like appear in the finish.
Feel- Thin, flat and boring.
Overall- It's not quite a drain pour, but close. This beer is spiced to the point that it smells and tastes like mouthwash or toothpaste. A thin artificial tasting abomination. I'm glad it was a gift and not a waste of my money.
Reviewed by hoptheology from California
3.77/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This beer pours a nice dark iced tea color with a fleeting head of only 1/2 finger, then a thin ring. 30% transparency.
Aroma is actually much like a Pumpkin ale, with cinnamon, yam, gourd, and nutmeg. It does smell delicious, like a baked pumpkin pie.
The spice flavors are there, namely cinnamon and nutmeg, followed by citrus peel, sweet potato, and pumpkin filling. The citrus (lemon, orange rind) sort of clashes, and malts begin to wax metallic. Finishes on what I can only say is like juicy fruit gum and day old cola.
The feel is highly carbonated and appropriately so; a medium body and a slightly chalky finish.
Overall, Sweet Potato Ale isn't too bad though it's not great either. Had I bought a six pack, I wouldn't cry. It's easy drinking. It just has a lot to be desired where the clashing comes in.
Dec 16, 2016Aroma is actually much like a Pumpkin ale, with cinnamon, yam, gourd, and nutmeg. It does smell delicious, like a baked pumpkin pie.
The spice flavors are there, namely cinnamon and nutmeg, followed by citrus peel, sweet potato, and pumpkin filling. The citrus (lemon, orange rind) sort of clashes, and malts begin to wax metallic. Finishes on what I can only say is like juicy fruit gum and day old cola.
The feel is highly carbonated and appropriately so; a medium body and a slightly chalky finish.
Overall, Sweet Potato Ale isn't too bad though it's not great either. Had I bought a six pack, I wouldn't cry. It's easy drinking. It just has a lot to be desired where the clashing comes in.
Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
3.98/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Taste: Just semi sweet, wheat, veggie notes, with sweet potato and cinnamon. smooth with a clean finish. Pumpkin spices in the nose. Dark amber in color, unfiltered, with no real head. Medium body, and very drinkable. 20 IBUs
Nov 10, 2016
Sweet Potato Ale from Bent River Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
83 ratings
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