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Imperial Pumpkin
Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
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- From:
- Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.17 | pDev: 9.59%
- Reviews:
- 51
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 15, 2022
- Added:
- Sep 05, 2013
- Wants:
- 44
- Gots:
- 54
Pumpkin and spiced bock aged in used oak Korbel brandy barrels. Originally brewed for their 25th Anniversary.
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Reviewed by Cylinsier from Pennsylvania
4.41/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
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Pours hazy reddish brown, ring of yellowish head.
Smells of fresh pumpkin, sweet potato, brown sugar, and graham cracker.
Flavor is of rich pumpkin pie, sweet potato, cinnamon, nutmeg, pecan, allspice, brown sugar, graham cracker, honey, oak, and brandy. Roughly in that order.
Full syrupy body, stinging carbonation on the roof of the mouth. Warms going down.
Stellar sipper of a pumpkin beer, boozy and very rich. Drinks very slow, but a real treat. One of the best pumpkin beers I've had. A must try for pumpkin fans who like big beers.
Sep 28, 2017Pours hazy reddish brown, ring of yellowish head.
Smells of fresh pumpkin, sweet potato, brown sugar, and graham cracker.
Flavor is of rich pumpkin pie, sweet potato, cinnamon, nutmeg, pecan, allspice, brown sugar, graham cracker, honey, oak, and brandy. Roughly in that order.
Full syrupy body, stinging carbonation on the roof of the mouth. Warms going down.
Stellar sipper of a pumpkin beer, boozy and very rich. Drinks very slow, but a real treat. One of the best pumpkin beers I've had. A must try for pumpkin fans who like big beers.
Reviewed by KevSal from California
4.42/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
I've had this for years, can't remember who sent it to me. no better time than now.
poured into a darkness snifter
dark orange hue looks like a pumpkin ale for sure
nose is awesome, brandy pumpkin pie. pumpkin comes through nicely and some pumpkin spice
taste is fantastic! tons of pumpkin and it works fantastic with the brandy barrel, I'm amazed. I've had several ba pumpkin beers but sometimes it's over the top. this is on point
thick bodies with lots of carbonation, coats the tongue nicely
overall I'm impressed, I can't believe I had this guy sitting here for years and I havnt had it yet. highly recommend, I can even vouch this guy taste great even aged, pumpkin still bombards
Nov 01, 2016poured into a darkness snifter
dark orange hue looks like a pumpkin ale for sure
nose is awesome, brandy pumpkin pie. pumpkin comes through nicely and some pumpkin spice
taste is fantastic! tons of pumpkin and it works fantastic with the brandy barrel, I'm amazed. I've had several ba pumpkin beers but sometimes it's over the top. this is on point
thick bodies with lots of carbonation, coats the tongue nicely
overall I'm impressed, I can't believe I had this guy sitting here for years and I havnt had it yet. highly recommend, I can even vouch this guy taste great even aged, pumpkin still bombards
Reviewed by Benish from Utah
4.5/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Absolutely delicious. On draft. Poured a dark brownish red color. No head as they filled the beer to the brim of the glass. Strong aromas of nutmeg with a touch cloves. Does not smell like a pumpkin pie but seriously some kind of festive desert. Also light notes of brandy. Upon drinking, taste a ton of nutmeg. Like a liquid desert. The nutmeg comes in, then burnt sugar and maybe nuts. The nutmeg is so prominent yet not so spicy. It finished with brandy with some warmth from the alcohol. While I do not taste pumpkin, this is quiet possibly the best pumpkin beer I tasted.
Sep 05, 2016
Imperial Pumpkin from Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
256 ratings
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