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Imperial Pumpkin Porter
Summit Brewing Company
- From:
- Summit Brewing Company
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Porter
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 9.16%
- Reviews:
- 123
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 30, 2014
- Added:
- Nov 01, 2010
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 16
No description / notes.
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Ratings by ryan1788a5:
Reviewed by ryan1788a5 from Massachusetts
4.27/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.27/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
12oz bottle poured into a Guinness goblet.
A: Deep black with a one-inch brown head. Head settles very quickly.
S: Roasted malt. Chocolate, pumpkin meat, cinnamon, all-spice, pie crust. Great balance.
T: All-spice and cinnamon up front. Deep roasted malt tastes of coffee, chocolate, charcoal, and smoke alternate with flavors of cake-like pumpkin. Long, lingering smokey finish. Very good.
M: Medium bodied, creamy, and velvety. Very active seltzer-like carbonation is a bit of a distraction.
D: High. A very tasty beer.
Notes: This is a great beer. The porter beneath all of the pumpkin and spices would be a hell of a beer in its own right. My only criticism is the unnecessarily high level of carbonation. It really takes away from an otherwise excellent mouthfeel. Despite this minor flaw, this is probably the best pumpkin ale I've had to date. Definitely worth a try.
Mar 05, 2011A: Deep black with a one-inch brown head. Head settles very quickly.
S: Roasted malt. Chocolate, pumpkin meat, cinnamon, all-spice, pie crust. Great balance.
T: All-spice and cinnamon up front. Deep roasted malt tastes of coffee, chocolate, charcoal, and smoke alternate with flavors of cake-like pumpkin. Long, lingering smokey finish. Very good.
M: Medium bodied, creamy, and velvety. Very active seltzer-like carbonation is a bit of a distraction.
D: High. A very tasty beer.
Notes: This is a great beer. The porter beneath all of the pumpkin and spices would be a hell of a beer in its own right. My only criticism is the unnecessarily high level of carbonation. It really takes away from an otherwise excellent mouthfeel. Despite this minor flaw, this is probably the best pumpkin ale I've had to date. Definitely worth a try.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Jackofallbrews from Minnesota
4.24/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This was Summit's 5th foray into letting its brewers try out unusual recipes on a smaller scale. This edition was dreamed up by brewer Nate Siats and included Sweet China Cinnamon, Jamaican Allspice, Powdered Cassia Buds, Ground Nutmeg, Ginger Powder, Ground Mace, and Ground Ceylon Cloves. Released in October of 2010, I found it to be too bitter for me. I left a few bottles in the cellar (more by accident than anything) and discovered them recently, lurking behind some bottles of Bigfoot. A happy surprise!
Aroma: I get some molasses and boozy dark rum notes up front. Some nutmeg and cinnamon are present and s spicy almost chili pepper note on the nose. Strong semi-sweet chocolate aromas as it warms.
Appearance: Very dark brown with slight ruby highlights at edges of glass. Fine tan head that fades quickly.
Flavor: Complex roast and chocolate flavor, mixed with a molasses and licorice root off-sweetness. Medium bodied, but ends pretty dry. Some oxidized sherry-like notes add complexity. Spicing is mellow with just a hint of nutmeg and cinnamon. There is a slight boozy warming note as it goes down. As this warms up I get more coffee notes and an earthy astringency that may be due to the pumpkin.
Overall: This is tons better than it was last year--almost a different beer. Age has added smoothness and complexity to this unusual beer. I sipped this on Halloween night in front of a fire, while sneaking chocolate from our treat basket. If you have any of these hiding in your cellar--drink them now!
Nov 15, 2013Aroma: I get some molasses and boozy dark rum notes up front. Some nutmeg and cinnamon are present and s spicy almost chili pepper note on the nose. Strong semi-sweet chocolate aromas as it warms.
Appearance: Very dark brown with slight ruby highlights at edges of glass. Fine tan head that fades quickly.
Flavor: Complex roast and chocolate flavor, mixed with a molasses and licorice root off-sweetness. Medium bodied, but ends pretty dry. Some oxidized sherry-like notes add complexity. Spicing is mellow with just a hint of nutmeg and cinnamon. There is a slight boozy warming note as it goes down. As this warms up I get more coffee notes and an earthy astringency that may be due to the pumpkin.
Overall: This is tons better than it was last year--almost a different beer. Age has added smoothness and complexity to this unusual beer. I sipped this on Halloween night in front of a fire, while sneaking chocolate from our treat basket. If you have any of these hiding in your cellar--drink them now!
Imperial Pumpkin Porter from Summit Brewing Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
157 ratings
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