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Spiced Harvest Ale
Fordham Brewing Company
- From:
- Fordham Brewing Company
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.57 | pDev: 14.01%
- Reviews:
- 25
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 08, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 22
Our Newest Fall Seasonal is light Amber in color with a medium body, spiced with Cinnamon, Ginger, Clove & Allspice.
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Ratings by TequilaTom:
Rated by TequilaTom from Ohio
3.5/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Feb 25, 2015
3.5/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Feb 25, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by akaizer from Virginia
4.02/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pour had a rich golden amber color with a 1/2 inch fluffy foam head that disappates over time to leave a lacy layer. Looks like fall! Scent has cinammon and clove with some pumpkin coming across. Taste is fantastic: cinammon, ginger, clove, pumpkin all coming across in equal measure with none of the flavors overwhelming any other. Very balanced flavors, medium to full bodied, and a slightly spiced aftertaste make this a great harvest ale. Would recommend for these fall days, especially when the temperature drops a bit.
Sep 15, 2019Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.89/5 rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Fordham Brewing Co. "Spiced Harvest Ale"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle with illegible yellow ink-jet coding
$2.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: I can tell it's going to be cloudy as I'm pouring it, and yes, it's a very hazy medium amber in color with visible particles in suspension. The head is a two-finger thick cap of creamy off-white foam. I'll assume the haze is from the spices, probably added into the secondary. It's got a pumpkin pie spiciness to it but it's not overdone. Ahhh, the flavor is nice as well, and again, not overdone. There's enough lightly sweetish malt there that it's got some sweetness to it, you can't do a spiced beer without that, and it's nicely balanced. The malt is bready, and just lightly caramelish. I don't even notice the bitterness, and the spices linger a bit in the finish, mainly the cinnamon. I'm a little surprised it's not richer though at 6.5%.... ah, no, wait... I guess that makes sense, forget that. As usual cinnamon is the main spice that I get, followed by allspice. Let's see what else is in here... ginger, oh yes, I get some of that, just a little zippy note of it, and clove... yeah, I'm finding a light bit of that as well. As for the pumpkin, sorry, I'm not tasting it. So the head has fallen by now and there's some very nice lacing left behind. I guess I can forgive the haze and say that it's got a pretty good appearance. What about the mouthfeel? It's medium bodied and gently crisp and then smooth. That works pretty well too, otherwise the spicing might become more accentuated, although, as it stands I don't think that's a problem. Would I drink another one of these? Meh, I don't know, maybe. I certainly wouldn't be held back though because it's too much, but on the other hand there's not a whole lot there to inspire me to really want another one. Ahhh, in the end I guess I would. If I had a six-pack of this for Halloween night I might drink two or three and then save the rest for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hell, I might drink one even without an occasion.
Review# 6,301
Oct 19, 201812 fl. oz. brown glass bottle with illegible yellow ink-jet coding
$2.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: I can tell it's going to be cloudy as I'm pouring it, and yes, it's a very hazy medium amber in color with visible particles in suspension. The head is a two-finger thick cap of creamy off-white foam. I'll assume the haze is from the spices, probably added into the secondary. It's got a pumpkin pie spiciness to it but it's not overdone. Ahhh, the flavor is nice as well, and again, not overdone. There's enough lightly sweetish malt there that it's got some sweetness to it, you can't do a spiced beer without that, and it's nicely balanced. The malt is bready, and just lightly caramelish. I don't even notice the bitterness, and the spices linger a bit in the finish, mainly the cinnamon. I'm a little surprised it's not richer though at 6.5%.... ah, no, wait... I guess that makes sense, forget that. As usual cinnamon is the main spice that I get, followed by allspice. Let's see what else is in here... ginger, oh yes, I get some of that, just a little zippy note of it, and clove... yeah, I'm finding a light bit of that as well. As for the pumpkin, sorry, I'm not tasting it. So the head has fallen by now and there's some very nice lacing left behind. I guess I can forgive the haze and say that it's got a pretty good appearance. What about the mouthfeel? It's medium bodied and gently crisp and then smooth. That works pretty well too, otherwise the spicing might become more accentuated, although, as it stands I don't think that's a problem. Would I drink another one of these? Meh, I don't know, maybe. I certainly wouldn't be held back though because it's too much, but on the other hand there's not a whole lot there to inspire me to really want another one. Ahhh, in the end I guess I would. If I had a six-pack of this for Halloween night I might drink two or three and then save the rest for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hell, I might drink one even without an occasion.
Review# 6,301
Spiced Harvest Ale from Fordham Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
127 ratings
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