Pumpkin Dead
Buckeye Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

2013 vintage. 22oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours a transparent burnt orange, nice color; fluffy white head that slowly fades and leaves nice retention and lacing. The aromas are very grainy and mineral like. There are also notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. It tastes better than it smells. The flavors are pretty typical of what you would expect from the style. There's a nice amount of sweet caramel malts that shine through. More of the usual spice suspects. Alcohol goes unnoticed. Mouthfeel is thin and on the lighter side of medium-bodied. The carbonation is moderate, but it still remains smooth. Everything seems to come alive more after it warms up a bit.

This is ultimately your typical pumpkin ale. There's really nothing unique going on, but it's not bad. Not overly impressed, but I still enjoyed the experience.

 

Poured into my Sweetwater standard pint.

A. Pours a deep, dark, burnt copper. Finger of cream colored head that is thick and foamy. Spectacular lacing. Truly top tier look here.

S. Back to reality. Moderate allspice, some faint citrus hop, and a little malt. Pretty refined and subtle. Hops are particularly pronounced.

T. Allspice, cinnamon, some light bready malt, herbal hops, and then a spectacularly vegetal, gag inducing finish. Almost rubbery. What the hell? Watery and plasticy, like the smell that comes out of the vacuum when the rubber belt breaks.

M. Watery, poorly carbed, flavors are stale and not enjoyable.

O. Bad bad bad. Not up to par for a style that is seemingly born on par. Watery, thin, flavorless, and vegetal, this is probably the worst pumpkin ale I have had. Avoid.

My third Pumpkin beer of the season!!

Pours out a nice deep amber/orange color with 2 fingers of off-white head.

The aroma has a decent amount of cinnamon, allspice, clove, pumpkin and bready notes.

The taste is very close. It's somewhat bitter with allspice, cinnamon, clove, pumpkin and hops in the flavor. Nice amount of spices balances out the sweetness and keeps the beer easy to drink.

The body is medium and creamy. No hint of the alcohol at all.

Not the best Pumpkin seasonal, but a decent beer and worth trying during this time of year.

This beer is a deep orange that verges on red. A head grows to just under a finger tall and retains what it has relatively well, the foam that remains sticking around all the way as a mix of patchy and spotty lacing is left behind.
There's not too much difference between the aroma and the flavor. Pumpkin makes a solid base on top of a good balance of malts and hops. There's a bit of pepper and something like nutmeg and/or some similar spicing, but it's not overdone. This is actually one of the hoppier pumpkins, as some floral bitterness lingers throughout. The aroma is a bit light, and a note of rubbing alcohol comes through into the finish.
The feel is this beer's best attribute. The body is a solid medium with a moderate carbonation. Crispness remains all the way through, never biting too hard and never fading away, while a nice, rolling smoothness remains similarly consistent.

A 12 oz bottle poured into an imperial pint glass. This beer pours a slightly cloudy/hazy dark golden/copper, slightly amber color with a nice whie head about an inch thickwhen poured that dissipates all too quickly to a thin ring lining the inside of the glass and then to almost nothing at all. Very little lacing here as well. Aromas of sweet caramel malts and pumpkin spice are nicely present and that is really about it smell wise. There is a nice caramel malt sweetness on the tongue upfront that gives way to pumpkin spice along with hints of butterscotch and toffee. An interesting flavor profile for a pumpkin ale methinks. Has a crisp, prickly, fizzy, medium bodied mouthfeel with moderate to heavy carbonation. Very easy to drink in the manner that good beer ought to be. Not the best pumpkin ale I've tried by any means, but certainly worth a try!

Eric

Pours a great looking pumpkin beer. A very dark orange-amber color. A nice thin layer of carbonation creating a cream colored head that stays strong on top of the beer throughout the drink.
Smell is very nice but a little weak on pumpkin. A strong malt smell to this beer, a bit of caramel, almost like a marzen beer. A bit of spice and alcohol in the nose too.
Taste is powerful on this beer. A very strong malt taste with good caramel and toffee notes. The pumpkin spice to this beer is very undertoned, which is a good thing. A strong alcohol taste in this too, which I think matches the style very well.
Mouthfeel is almost perfect. Medium-bodied and very smooth.
Drinkability is awesome on this beer. Unlike some pumpkin beers that overload on pumpkin, Pumpkin Dead has a very good pumpkin taste, but is a very good beer regardless of the pumpkin. This beer is awesome and fits the season very well.

22oz bottle poured into a pint glass
A: Burnt orange color with a one-finger head that slowly settles.
S: Pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice. Pleasant.
T: Lots of spice, with a hint of pumpkin. A bit of butterscotch as well. Quite pleasant.
M: Malt-driven, medium-bodied and smooth.
O: Not over the top or lacking in any way; just a balanced, tasty, enjoyable to drink beer.

 

 

 

 

Appearance: It pours a slightly hazy orange color with no head 3.5
Smell: Nutmeg and cinnamon first blast the nose but they eased up on the next sniff, a slight malty aroma blends in with the spices. 4
Taste: The malt and spices blend well together to make a fairly tasty pumpkin brew not overpowering on either flavor.3.5
Mouthfeel: It maybe a bit on the thin side but it is fairly close to what I was thinking it should be. 3.5

The color is remarkably clear. The aroma is full of pumpkin pie spice along with something unexpected, butterscotch. Warm spices at first back off to a nice blend of pumpkin and pie crust. That butterscotch is still in there, too. A hint of hops make their presence felt at the back end.

A great beer here. Big flavors, fantastic balance, excellent mouthfeel. I already want more!