Crooked Tooth Pumpkin Ale
Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.

Crooked Tooth Pumpkin AleCrooked Tooth Pumpkin Ale
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From:
Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
Pumpkin Beer
ABV:
5%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.75 | pDev: 12%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
57
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 03, 2019
Added:
Oct 31, 2008
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  8
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Ratings by IllNate:
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Reviewed by IllNate from Canada (BC)

3.92/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A - Pours a fairly clear copper. Good amount of off-white head. Decent retention.

S - Malty sweetness with a some pumpkin spice, but not overdone.

T - Well done, this one still tastes like a beer, with a pumpkin take. Nutmeg, ginger, nutty maltiness.

M - Full bodied with a good balance.

O - A fine pumpkin ale.
Nov 04, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.1 by Amoeba from California

Nov 03, 2019
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

3.79/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - Pours a rusty red with three fingers of tan head.

Smell - earthy and leafy hops, bready malts, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, vanilla, hazelnut, and earthy yeast.

Taste - earthy and leafy hops followed by the pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and clove. The bready malts, vanilla, hazelnut, and earthy yeast finish the brew off.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes crisp and dry with the spices lingering.

Overall - An enjoyable pumpkin spiced brew that displays the spices very well. My only criticism would be to have the spices and pumpkin be more predominant.
Oct 08, 2018
 
Rated: 2.55 by ILOVEHAM from Canada (BC)

Oct 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by BCborn from Canada (BC)

Mar 12, 2017
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Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)

3.69/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Crooked Tooth sounds ugly but the label art is fantastic. Oh, and the beer looks pretty good too. The orange liquid appears almost as if crystallized like an old jar of honey. Its luminous golden highlights are partially muted by a cool, icy complexion. It befits the head, which looks like a fine layer of frost.

Some Pumpkin Ales smell like just like pie. This one will remind you of pie but smells like beer first and foremost. Sure, there's some watered down spiciness (chiefly led by cinnamon) but it's the sweet, toasty, and nutty qualities of the malts that comprise the biggest slice of this pie (pun intended).

If I didn't know better I might have guessed this a lager; the base beer is crisp and clean, showcasing a dry and nutty maltiness with a sprinkling of toasty melanoidins. It drinks like a Vienna lager that's been mulled with chai spices (cardamon, cinnamon, and nutmeg mixing in with that nicely caramelized finish).

Those with an aversion to perfumy flavours, however, have nothing to fret. Those hoping to pair this with (or serve it as) dessert, on the other hand, will not be fully satisfied. Let it warm and give it a swirl and a little graham cracker and brown sugar comes to fore, but know it's more aperitif than digestif.

Crooked Tooth achieves a level of quaffability by expending a certain degree of character. It's a well-made offering but its more subdued holiday flavours are better suited to novice drinkers and those that are lukewarm on the style. I, personally, enjoyed it but it won't make my pillowcase next Halloween.
Nov 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.69 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Nov 08, 2015
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Reviewed by Trosevear from Canada (AB)

4.33/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
L: Light brown with a slight orange tinge to it.

S: Pumpkin right off the nose with a slight breadyness and sweeter notes to it.

T: Pumpkin and toffee with caramel yoy can't taste the hops but you know there there. Sweeter with a little bit of pepper spice.

F: Full body mouth feel with a nice amount of carbination. Easy drinking and super good.

O: A very good beer from Phillips easy drinking and excited to try there barreled aged one after this.
Oct 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.69 by imfinished from Canada (BC)

Oct 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Tpop1005 from Canada (BC)

Oct 03, 2015
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Reviewed by Easton70 from Canada (ON)

2.75/5  rDev -26.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
I bought a bottle in Spirit of Seymour in North Vancouver. This was my first pumpkin ale and while it was enjoyable, I found the flavours a little too subtle. There's a stronger version by the same brewery so I will try that tomorrow.
Sep 27, 2015
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Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)

3.79/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
650 ml bottle poured into a mug. Nice label art. A light colored golden amber (think ginger ale) with a notably frothy pillow-like two fingers of white head. Lightly spiced sweet aroma. Nutmeg, ginger root, and allspice dance in and out. Not particularly pungent. Rather delicate. Again recalls gingered soda. Aroma develops nicely as the beer warms.

Taste does not really remind me of pumpkin pie, like so many of this brew's contemporaries. More of a "spice style" than a "pie style" pumpkin ale but quite smooth, drinkable, thin-bodied, and mellow. There's a cinnamon heart note in the background from start to finish. More ginger up front. The malts recall caramel corn and sugar cookies. A deeper gingerbread-like flavor note does develop late. Give this one some time to develop on the palate. The spices take a while to gather steam and meld with the malt sweetness. Very gentle carbonation. Slight grassy tea-like hops. Finish is curiously dry and even a little chalky.

If I have a major concern here its with the mouthfeel. Too thin if the goal is to convey a classic pumpkin ale gestalt although the flavors do save the day to some extent. Ginger and cinnamon > cloves and nutmeg. With a glut of pumpkin ales from Canadian craft brewers every fall, it is good that folks are playing some different riffs.
Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 2.5 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Dec 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by jennybeer from Canada (BC)

Nov 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Jesse1258828 from Canada (BC)

Nov 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.88 by atsir

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Erik-P from Canada (BC)

Oct 02, 2014
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Reviewed by souvenirs from Canada (BC)

3.1/5  rDev -17.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Yay, pumpkin ale time!

This one's lighter in colour than some I've seen. Light copper. Visible carbonation.

Smells lightly of spice and... sugar? There's definitely some sweetness going on.

Taste is nothing special. I'm not picking up a lot of spice or pumpkin. Fairly sweet, with a weird aftertaste I'm not a fan of.

Feel is smooth. Could be more crisp.
Oct 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by CWVegas from Nevada

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by taylur from Canada (BC)

Jul 13, 2014
Crooked Tooth Pumpkin Ale from Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 57 ratings