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Wachusett Brewing Company

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From:
Wachusett Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Pumpkin Beer
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.42 | pDev: 14.33%
Reviews:
21
Ratings:
94
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 01, 2022
Added:
Aug 20, 2012
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  17
New England’s first pumpkin in a can. A blend of spicy malts, spices, & Blonde Belgian Candi sugar creates a deep orange color with subtle spice flavor.
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Ratings by Goblinmunkey7:
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Reviewed by Goblinmunkey7 from Massachusetts

3.38/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Appearance: Light burnt orange. Head is white, bubbly, thin, with little retention. Perfectly clear. No lacing. Moderate carbonation.

Smell: Mild roasted malts. Some underlying pumpkin. Spices jump. Big on the allspice. Nutmeg, cinnamon, a touch of vanilla. Sweet caramel malts. Slightly bready. Hits that solid ratio between malts, spice, and pumpkin that pushes homemade pumpkin pie. As it warms the spices begin to dominate. Malts fade a touch. Slightly grassy.

Taste: Clean, roasted, slightly bready and sweet malt up front. Quickly gets crushed by a punch of nutmeg and allspice. Faint cinnamon spiciness in the back. Malts come across a little thin and watery. Mild grassy finish. Some toasted notes. Pumpkin is buried, and I mean buried, but it helps round things out a bit. Slight spiciness from the hops as well.

Mouthfeel: A little lighter than I like in my pumpkin beers. Just a shade under medium body. Prickly and a touch dry.

Overall: Decent. Bonus points for a can.

It's what I expected from Wachusett. It's middle-of-the-road. Easy drinking and hits the more aggressive spice profile people would expect from the style. Loses a little for me.
Aug 29, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.25 by LAM01833 from Massachusetts

Aug 01, 2022
 
Rated: 3.43 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Dec 04, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by freshcarl from Connecticut

Aug 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.09 by 2ellas from New Hampshire

Jun 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.46 by grahuba from Connecticut

Jun 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.89 by parris from Massachusetts

Mar 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.37 by Z-man from Michigan

Jan 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Durge from Connecticut

Nov 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.52 by TheBeerSipper from Massachusetts

Nov 27, 2014
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Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island

3.24/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a 12oz can into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a deep gold color, with a large off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.

S: The aroma contains pumpkin, caramelized malts, some spice and a very faint touch of hops.

T: The taste starts out bready with a hearty but not too heavy malt character. Then some mildly sweet flavors of pumpkin, spices and caramel come in. The hops presence I mild and there isn’t much balance. The after-taste is slightly bready.

M: Crisp but not very smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.

O: A little tasty, goes down ok, not too filling, mild kick, decent representation of style, this is not one of the better beers I’ve had in the style.
Nov 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by -Andrew- from Michigan

Nov 13, 2014
 
Rated: 1.75 by Mullen2525 from Massachusetts

Oct 31, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts

Oct 29, 2014
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Reviewed by WhiteHillsStore from Connecticut

3.28/5  rDev -4.1%
A very nice, approachable pumpkin ale. Pours a bright orange with an off white head. The smell is full of spice such as cinnamon and clove. The taste has a bit of pumpkin in the beginning and then and then a lot of spice. The flavor was refreshing and a little light, but it made for a very drinkable pumpkin ale that I can see drinking more than a few.
Oct 28, 2014
 
Rated: 2.9 by InkedinRi from Rhode Island

Oct 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by JKV96 from Massachusetts

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by TheJXM from Connecticut

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Cooker_stp from New York

Oct 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by EmmetD from Massachusetts

Oct 07, 2014
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Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 94 ratings