Pumpkin Ale
Long Trail Brewing Co.

Pumpkin AlePumpkin Ale
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From:
Long Trail Brewing Co.
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
Pumpkin Beer
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
77
Avg:
3.38 | pDev: 14.79%
Reviews:
69
Ratings:
427
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 27, 2023
Added:
Aug 02, 2012
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  88
Long Trail is excited to launch Long Trail Pumpkin Ale, a slightly sweet seasonal treat artfully brewed with pumpkins, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. The perfect drink for a fall day, this exceptionally balanced beer has an aroma very reminiscent of pumpkin pie.

22 IBU
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Ratings by andrew8626:
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Rated by andrew8626 from Minnesota

3.76/5  rDev +11.2%

Oct 10, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by Velivolus1 from Vermont

Oct 27, 2023
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.85/5  rDev +13.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into an English pint glass, the appearance was a semi-murky dark orange close to brown color with a slight transparency about it. Just a sheet of a little white foamy head slid off at a moderate pace to leave some sly running lace.
The aroma had some ginger, allspice, a whiff of nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin extract and a little bit of pie crust.
The flavor arranged fairly nice between the previously mentioned spices to the sweetness of the pumpkin extract. Pie crust smoothness came back for a light balance. Mild aftertaste of the pumpkin extract and the spices, not so much the pie crust.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fairly nice sessionability about it. Carbonation wasn't distracting, seemed nice and even. ABV felt as projected.
Overall, pretty nice pumpkin ale that I could come back to.
Jul 09, 2017
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Reviewed by Irishman_Scott from Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +47.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. The head was golden and beer itself orangish brown. Pretty decent appearance. You can smell the pumpkin and spice. Very good flavor. Definitely noting the pumpkin, spices, maybe cinnamon, and lower mid range on the hops. Moderate carbonation. Flavorful at the first of each sip, and dry at the end. Very common with the other pumpkin beers, but still unique enough that it has character of its own. Pretty much all the pumpkin stuff I've come across, I've liked. This one doesn't disappoint.
Feb 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jul 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by AD17 from New Jersey

Apr 26, 2016
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

2.96/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
"3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
samsmith33 (745) - - JAN 17, 2015
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01/17/2015
Sweet flavor; fruit and pumpkin; thin feel. aroma has nutmeg
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2014 Pumpkin Double Blind Tasting:
1-Sam Adams Fat Jack. 2-Hoppin’ Frog. 3-Fegleys Devious. 4-Weyerbacher. 5-Southern Tier Pumking. 6-Terrapin Pumpkinfest. 7-Long Trail. 8-Riverhorse. 9-Blue Moon. 10-UFO Pumpkin (harpoon). 11-Sam Adams Pumpkin. 12-Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin. 13-Dogfishhead (shocker) 14-Ichabod."
Apr 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by cchrink from Pennsylvania

Mar 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.31 by jgido759 from New Jersey

Feb 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.45 by brotherloco from California

Dec 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.8 by Rolfsevg from Ohio

Dec 27, 2015
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Reviewed by seedyone from New York

3.65/5  rDev +8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Rattle n Hum, NYC. As pumpkin ales and beers go, this one comes off a bit weak. Looks are OK but aroma, texture and taste come up short. Better luck.
Dec 08, 2015
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Reviewed by secondtooth from Indiana

3.49/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Pours a hazy copper, with an average head of bone white froth. Thin, tree-line lace.

Aroma: Pumpkin and spice, very nice. I get some allspice, cinnamon, and of course pumpkin pie. “As advertised”, I’d say!

Taste: Definitely pumpkin pie here, with a decent amount of dryness and some bitterness at the finish. A satisfying and solid pumpkin ale — not a favorite but certainly not bad at all.
Dec 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.6 by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts

Nov 23, 2015
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Reviewed by twosheds from Massachusetts

3.76/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Orange amber in color

Smells of pumpkin pie spice with cloves seeming to the most dominant aroma. There is some sweet malt flavor coming through.

Surprisingly well balanced compared to the smell. The pumpkin flavors mesh well with the malt with nothing overpowering anything. It's almost a little bland, but is very drinkable and more flavors may become more apparent as I have more of it.

The mouthfeel is light and dry.

This is a good pumpkin ale to have more than one of. I like pumpkin beer on occasion, but I don't usually want to drink a whole six pack of it because the pie spices just get to be too much.
Nov 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.7 by foghornleghorn22 from Virginia

Nov 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.2 by MisledTitan from England

Nov 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.56 by mdaschaf from Indiana

Nov 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.71 by j0hnc2468 from New York

Nov 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.58 by cyber_phoenix from Pennsylvania

Nov 15, 2015
Pumpkin Ale from Long Trail Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 77 out of 100 with 427 ratings