Baked Pumpkin Ale
Lancaster Brewing Company

Baked Pumpkin AleBaked Pumpkin Ale
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From:
Lancaster Brewing Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Pumpkin Beer
Ranked #102
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
86
Ranked #18,664
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 10.97%
Reviews:
64
Ratings:
272
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 27, 2024
Added:
Sep 28, 2013
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  73
Have your pie and drink it too! Bold flavor with a deep amber color, our big Baked Pumpkin Ale is sure to remind you of Grandma's home made pumpkin pie.
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Ratings by StaindProject86:
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Rated by StaindProject86 from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.1%

Oct 20, 2013
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by klarcbarr3 from Michigan

3.98/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L= This is a beautiful pumpkin ale to behold. A cloudy, amber/orange body, with obvious pumpkin mash, and a 2 inch off-white head with above average staying power and lacing. Beautiful!
S= The smell is modest, given the promise from the look. Pumpkin and pumpkin spice, presumably allspice and cloves, vanilla, caramel, soap. All a bit muted and unexceptional.
T= Better than the smell. Pumpkin spices, sugar, bread notes, pumpkin, caramel... enough that the taste of pumpkin pie including the crust, is within reach, if not exactly duplicated. There is a nice aftertaste which reveals a quality water base.
F= Good. Nicely balanced, less sticky than some pumpkin ales, less watery than others. About as satisfying as a pumpkin beer could be.
O= While this does not make my top 5 pumpkin beers, It is solid, well constructed and way better than most of the pumpkin ales on the market. I am a pumpkin beer aficionado, and look forward to having at least a 6 pack of this in my yearly pumpkin beer mix.
Feb 27, 2024
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.75/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Draft at Hotel Genetti. Clear amber pour, persistent thin off-white head. Pumpkin aroma, baked, like my mom used to do. Taste is pumpkin with light cinnamon and brown sugar. Pumpkin beer without the spice. Nice.
Jan 28, 2024
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Reviewed by RollingRockRollingRocker from Pennsylvania

4.22/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This pumpkin ale is great! From the hops and malt that make your tastebuds dance to the pumpkin pie and vanilla finish, this potent beverage will have you wanting at least one more.
Oct 19, 2023
 
Rated: 3.5 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Jun 20, 2023
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Reviewed by DerekP from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pretty amber in appearance, almost like orange blossom honey. Pumpkin spice with prominent cinnamon and hints of brown sugar. Taste is much the same, and I mean that as a compliment. Smooth and warming. A very drinkable pumpkin beer.
Nov 10, 2022
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Rated by Nass from Florida

3.69/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
There is no date on the bottle. The pour is copper colored. The taste is pumpkin, clove, cinnamon, along with a soft vanilla note. Cheers! B
Nov 08, 2022
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Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey

3.92/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
(12 oz can, BB 07623; purchased single off shelf... poured into my Chouffe tulip)

L: crazily-hazy, tawny liquid; semi-tight, but airy foam, crunching and crystalline... its thick cloudiness is really throwing me off... by the end, still murky, with no collar and barely a scab of lace

S: too much clove... the nutmeg slowly emerges... then finally the cinnamon... I think the ginger may have been creeping at first, then slowly soared up to take the lead... when the spices finally marry, it's great, and there's even some caramelized malty beer poking out too... for a pumpkin ale, somewhat on point and inviting

T: damn! yeah, the cinnamon (sugar) and ginger really leap out upon first sip, even getting peppery a few beats into the aftertaste... second sip and it's rather boldly malty, with a semi-dry underbelly, the likes of which seem very much accentuated by the now aggro spicing stinging the palate; jeez o'lantern, please... yeah, (red hot) cinnamon phenolic, almost burning... overall, it does somehow taste like pumpkin pie filling infused with too much vodka

F: like its looks suggest, its murky-muddy, brash and bracing upon the palate; stings and stuns by the tons, with a subtly-oily spiked viscosity... the booze pings and a prickly sizzle accompanies each sip; keeping me awake...

O: its boldness is arresting and interesting, but the lack of a balancing underlying sweetness works to its disadvantage... might go great with uber-glucose-y desserts... but on its own, you really gotta be into egregious pumpkin pie spicing (2063)
Oct 14, 2022
 
Rated: 3.98 by saymike32 from New Jersey

Sep 11, 2022
 
Rated: 3.81 by rorjets from Connecticut

Mar 10, 2022
 
Rated: 3.69 by Spade from Pennsylvania

Feb 21, 2022
 
Rated: 3.75 by TLA from Pennsylvania

Dec 12, 2021
 
Rated: 3.81 by Tiernan from Texas

Nov 26, 2021
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Reviewed by Slatetank from Pennsylvania

3.41/5  rDev -11%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
amber hazed no head
clove heavy with light nutmeg
thin spicy low carb light sweetness and semi bitter but dry finish
Taste is ok, but clove heavy with low malt taste slight nutmeg and cinnamon and slight alcohol in back warmth w/ cinnamon linger and light nutty vegetal aspect
overall a middle of the road example...spice heavy with clove emphasis, ok but many are better
Nov 20, 2021
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Reviewed by rudiecantfail from Pennsylvania

3.72/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
12 ounce bottle poured into a tulip glass. Bottling info was smudged, but I could see 21. So, probably was brewed for this fall.

L---Crystal clear, rich amber color. Medium white head faded quickly to a ring and left good lacing.

S---Pumpkin pie spices all the way. Cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and some vanilla.

T---Follows the nose. Tastes purely like pumpkin pie spices.

F---Medium/light body with so so carbonation. A little thin and watery.

O---A fairly generic pumpkin ale.
Nov 11, 2021
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Reviewed by Dodo2step from Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev +7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A- orange in color in mild bubble and yeast suspension. minimal head no lacing.

S- dominant clove smell with mild malts

F- pumpkin and clove are dominant. almost like eating a clove cigarette.

M- creamy and pumpkin pie smooth.

O- a decent pumpkin. at op 7 i ve had.
Nov 03, 2021
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Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania

3.57/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle

Clear, dark amber copper in color, thin head that fades quickly. Heavy clove and ginger aroma, a touch of sweetness but hard to pinpoint it as pumpkin. Similar taste, spice is heavy up front but finishes with lingering generic sweetness. Medium bodied.
Oct 24, 2021
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Reviewed by Vetbidder from Pennsylvania

3.99/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Almost see through and copper with and offwhite head. Spicy, pumpkin pie all through the nose and flavor of this brew. Pretty decent. Potent yet easy to drink.
Oct 24, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Oct 23, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by Jdells09 from New Jersey

Oct 22, 2021
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Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 272 ratings