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Punkinator
Mad Fox Brewing Company
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- From:
- Mad Fox Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 9.74%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 16, 2014
- Added:
- Oct 03, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by Jeffreysan from Virginia
3.74/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Draft, poured into a pint glass
Appearance: Pours a cloudy, very golden/orange color, with a quarter of a finger of white head, speckled with orange highlights that quickly dissolved away to nothing.
Aroma: Lots of pumpkin and spices! Nutmeg, all-spice, clove and brown sugar, all combining to create an intoxicating aroma.
Taste: Not as much pumpkin in the taste as the aroma, but it is there! Really good combination of spice flavors: nutmeg, all-spice, cinnamon, clove and brown sugar. A little on the sweet side, but not at all cloying. Delicious!
Mouthfeel: Medium and with no carbonation to speak of. With an ABV of only 5.0%, there is no presence of alcohol on the palate.
Overall: This is a great pumpkin beer! Great flavors of pumpkin, nicely balanced with some strong spice notes. Very, very good!
Oct 30, 2013Appearance: Pours a cloudy, very golden/orange color, with a quarter of a finger of white head, speckled with orange highlights that quickly dissolved away to nothing.
Aroma: Lots of pumpkin and spices! Nutmeg, all-spice, clove and brown sugar, all combining to create an intoxicating aroma.
Taste: Not as much pumpkin in the taste as the aroma, but it is there! Really good combination of spice flavors: nutmeg, all-spice, cinnamon, clove and brown sugar. A little on the sweet side, but not at all cloying. Delicious!
Mouthfeel: Medium and with no carbonation to speak of. With an ABV of only 5.0%, there is no presence of alcohol on the palate.
Overall: This is a great pumpkin beer! Great flavors of pumpkin, nicely balanced with some strong spice notes. Very, very good!
Reviewed by TechTriumph from Virginia
3.92/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
~~Thanks to CuriousMonk for the growler~~
From notes on 12/06/12:
Poured in a pint glass.
A - One inch of off-white foamy head with okay retention; Deep brass/orange hue with a slightly hazy appearance; No lacing left behind
S - Pretty pleasant and uplifting for a pumpkin ale; Really good balance between pumpkin meat and spices; Has a floral and somewhat herbal/earthy quality as well; Nice touch of biscuity and lightly toasted crust notes
T - Quite a bit of pumpkin meat/flesh in the beginning - really nice to experience it without being masked by too much spice; In addition, plenty of bready and caramel character tagging along with just a faint hint of nuts - reminds me of butternut squash; The allspice and nutmeg spices start to step up mid-taste, though not even close to overpowering - provide nice balance to the now lightly toasted and herbal pumpkin flavor
M - Carbonation and body is light to moderate - wish the body had a bit more presence; Pretty smooth going down; Fairly dry finish
O - Overall, this is a pretty good offering for the style. I've got no real complaints in the aroma/taste as this displays the desired balanced between pumpkin and spice. I do think more body and carbonation would bring added life to this beer, but even so, it's still a very easy drinking pumpkin ale.
Dec 29, 2012From notes on 12/06/12:
Poured in a pint glass.
A - One inch of off-white foamy head with okay retention; Deep brass/orange hue with a slightly hazy appearance; No lacing left behind
S - Pretty pleasant and uplifting for a pumpkin ale; Really good balance between pumpkin meat and spices; Has a floral and somewhat herbal/earthy quality as well; Nice touch of biscuity and lightly toasted crust notes
T - Quite a bit of pumpkin meat/flesh in the beginning - really nice to experience it without being masked by too much spice; In addition, plenty of bready and caramel character tagging along with just a faint hint of nuts - reminds me of butternut squash; The allspice and nutmeg spices start to step up mid-taste, though not even close to overpowering - provide nice balance to the now lightly toasted and herbal pumpkin flavor
M - Carbonation and body is light to moderate - wish the body had a bit more presence; Pretty smooth going down; Fairly dry finish
O - Overall, this is a pretty good offering for the style. I've got no real complaints in the aroma/taste as this displays the desired balanced between pumpkin and spice. I do think more body and carbonation would bring added life to this beer, but even so, it's still a very easy drinking pumpkin ale.
Reviewed by Kegatron from Pennsylvania
3.85/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
64 oz brewery filled growler into a pint glass.
Pours a slightly hazed copper that eventually clears out, topped with 1 ½ fingers of foamy white head that has a slight off-sheen to it. The aroma smells of fresh pumpkin, musty earth, a green and herbal hop element and some moderate spicing. A touch of sweet malt works with the pumpkin and citrus to emit a bit of a green twang to the nose.
The taste is fresh and bright feeling pumpkin flavor that has some light vegetative notes on the edges. This is complimented nicely by a crisp citrus profile and some neutral malt sweetness that helps balance this and push the pumpkin and hops forward. This is just a smattering of pumpkin spices throughout the profile, lingering in a finish that is semi-sweet at first and then more dry and earthy. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a crisp feel up front and then more silky smoothness to the carbonation across the back. This is a nice even feel that flows well in the mouth.
Despite a little too much of a vegetable feel at times in the profile, this is the type of Pumpkin Ale that is right up my alley, with a concentration on the pumpkin flavor, taking a more low-key approach to the spices and most of all, keeping the overall focus on a crisp and drinkable experience. I’m glad I picked this up.
Oct 25, 2012Pours a slightly hazed copper that eventually clears out, topped with 1 ½ fingers of foamy white head that has a slight off-sheen to it. The aroma smells of fresh pumpkin, musty earth, a green and herbal hop element and some moderate spicing. A touch of sweet malt works with the pumpkin and citrus to emit a bit of a green twang to the nose.
The taste is fresh and bright feeling pumpkin flavor that has some light vegetative notes on the edges. This is complimented nicely by a crisp citrus profile and some neutral malt sweetness that helps balance this and push the pumpkin and hops forward. This is just a smattering of pumpkin spices throughout the profile, lingering in a finish that is semi-sweet at first and then more dry and earthy. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a crisp feel up front and then more silky smoothness to the carbonation across the back. This is a nice even feel that flows well in the mouth.
Despite a little too much of a vegetable feel at times in the profile, this is the type of Pumpkin Ale that is right up my alley, with a concentration on the pumpkin flavor, taking a more low-key approach to the spices and most of all, keeping the overall focus on a crisp and drinkable experience. I’m glad I picked this up.
Punkinator from Mad Fox Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
30 ratings
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