Roadsmary's Baby
Two Roads Brewing Company

Roadsmary's BabyRoadsmary's Baby
Beer Geek Stats | Print Shelf Talker
From:
Two Roads Brewing Company
 
Connecticut, United States
Style:
Pumpkin Beer
Ranked #168
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
84
Ranked #23,212
Avg:
3.7 | pDev: 12.7%
Reviews:
146
Ratings:
688
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 07, 2024
Added:
Aug 23, 2013
Wants:
  35
Gots:
  201
Roadsmary’s Baby is a traditional pumpkin ale with a Two Roads spin, its aged in rum barrels for added complexity and depth of flavor. The result is a smooth drinking ale with notes of pumpkin, spices, vanilla, oak and a touch of rum.
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
Ratings by WanderingFool:
Photo of WanderingFool
Rated by WanderingFool from Massachusetts

3.7/5  rDev 0%

Dec 12, 2014
More User Ratings:
Photo of Parmesan
Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado

3.53/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
L: Pours a dark reddish orange color with a small white head and no lacing, very nice looking beer.

S: Fresh pumpkin, followed by the expected pumpkin pie spices, a light vanilla don't get a lot of the rum.

T: Starts with pumpkin, cardamom, ginger and other pumpkin pie spices, with a touch of vanilla and a very light rum barrel. Solid taste but certainly doesn't really do anything new for a pumpkin beer.

F: Medium body, smooth slightly creamy carbonation.

O: It doesn't reinvent the wheel for a pumpkin beer but it is solid.
Feb 07, 2024
Photo of JokersAce
Reviewed by JokersAce

3.69/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Eh, this one is a bit hard to nail down. I drank this past the best buy date by about 12 days. Well it seems to suffer the same issues other pumpkin beers do - the flavors and adjuncts go south and dissipate in the can really quickly. At least that's what I'm assuming, because it just tastes like a brown ale. There is some spices here and at times it almost tastes like a Dr. Pepper or something but otherwise pretty plain. It's weird because it has so many adjuncts and is aged in rum barrels so it should be slightly impervious to the issues plaguing other pumpkin brews. Either way I'll be sure to try it again and re review if I get to try it on draft or something, otherwise it's not quite pumpkin pie in a glass.
Jan 22, 2024
 
Rated: 3.89 by nodder from New York

Dec 14, 2023
 
Rated: 3.67 by ItsBeer4Me from Pennsylvania

Nov 15, 2023
 
Rated: 3.52 by tommyd313 from Pennsylvania

Oct 05, 2023
 
Rated: 3.98 by Taenim from Maine

Aug 12, 2023
 
Rated: 2.94 by sbradley41 from Pennsylvania

Mar 27, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by billycalder12 from Connecticut

Dec 11, 2022
Photo of nathund
Reviewed by nathund

4.99/5  rDev +34.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
My favorite beer by a longshot.

Smell: The people that say it doesn't smell like pumpkin either got a bad batch, have no idea what a pumpkin smells like, or just straight uphave covid. Smell-wise this beer is very pumpkin forwards, with a cinnamon-vanilla background smell. Seriously, as far as smells alone go, it smells exactly like a pumpkin pie.

Taste: a bitter, malt beer with hints of spiced rum on the initial sip, but on the exhale you'll swear you just ate a piece of pie. It's a really interesting tasting, fantastic beer, and it's really easy to drink if you're not a huge beer 0erson. (Or if you are, it's still just as good, just don't expect even a hint of hops.)

Looks: a dark orange-amber colored beer with a very short-lived head, but great, long-lasting lacing

Overall, its a great beer. Not as beer-y as some on this site might like, but as an overall package I haven't had a pumpkin beer that was even close to as good, and I've tried quite a few of them.
Nov 22, 2022
Photo of Nass
Reviewed by Nass from Florida

3.42/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
I like the bottle artwork, great use of color & I like this horror movie. The pour is tawny orange colored. The taste is rum, spices, & mild pumpkin. This was a light & interesting tasting pumpkin beer that leaves desert like aftertaste on your palate. If your looking for a bold tasting pumpkin beer with big in your face pumpkin flavor then you might not like this. Cheers! B-
Nov 08, 2022
Photo of Dalkri
Reviewed by Dalkri from Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +21.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A lovely beer. Light on the Pumpkin Spice but a good amount of Rum flavor and aroma. It's more like a rum flavored beer really than a pumpkin beer. I was definitely not expecting so much liquor presence.
Oct 31, 2022
Photo of DistrictElite
Reviewed by DistrictElite from District of Columbia

2.06/5  rDev -44.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Flat. Everything about this beer is flat. Little smell. Little taste. Little spice. Little pumpkin. Just a boring-ass pumpkin beer. Not even sure it was aged in anything other than a closet. Great logo and marketing. Shame the beer is poor.
Oct 23, 2022
 
Rated: 3.77 by SadMachine from New Jersey

Oct 22, 2022
Photo of benandemmiboo
Reviewed by benandemmiboo from Maryland

3.14/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bought the beer because of the packaging. That's a bad habit of mine, as it seldom leads to great discoveries, and this beer is among the very few I would be happier to give away than drink myself. While the beer works okay with food, I agree with another who compared it to an alcohol-fused soda with some spices. I guess I tend to prefer pumpkin spice accentuating an already-good porter or stout; here, I think the spices were added as an afterthought just to salvage the beer, as there's less "beer" taste here than in "Slightly Mighty" or other low-calorie craft beers.
Oct 19, 2022
 
Rated: 3.73 by avisong from Virginia

Oct 09, 2022
Photo of harrypowers
Reviewed by harrypowers from Massachusetts

3.37/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear amber color with a small tan head and light lacing.

Smells of spice, toasted malt and some booze.

Tastes of sweet toasted malt, a bit of vanilla and cinnamon with an alcohol warm, lingering hot peppery finish.

Medium light body with light carbonation= and watery mouthfeel.

I don't often try pumpkin ales so I am not going to say that I have any idea of how much pumpkin taste they typically have. I don't think this one has any or maybe it's hidden by the spices in the brew. The amount of heat in the finish is not pleasing to me as well.

Medium light body, light carbonation and watery mouthfeel.
Oct 06, 2022
 
Rated: 3.9 by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania

Aug 19, 2022
Photo of JayQue
Reviewed by JayQue from Virginia

3.65/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Not a bad pumpkin beer!! The pumpkin spices are there but mercifully subdued. More like a beer than a potpourri! Poured from a 12 oz can into a pint glass this beer features a light brown/amber (mostly clear) body and a light tan/cream color bubbly white head with average retention and minimal lacing. Aroma is bready malt, some pumpkin flavoring. mild pumpkin spices and a little vanilla. Taste is more of the same, with the flavor enhanced by the very restrained use of pumpkin spices. I did not detect any evidence of rum barrel flavoring. Mouthfeel was malty and rich enough for the style.In all, fairly good take on a style that can often be disappointing!!!
Aug 15, 2022
 
Rated: 3.5 by LAM01833 from Massachusetts

Aug 01, 2022
Roadsmary's Baby from Two Roads Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 688 ratings