Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin
New Belgium Brewing Company

This is my favorite pumpkin beer, I love the spice. Some say the spice is overpowering but I dont think so. I would buy it year round if it was available for me to do so convienantly.

 

Look: looks nice

Smell: cinnamon...

Taste: cinnamon and hot spice back

Feel: Fire...

Overall: I would do it again

Can:

C / AVERAGE

 

Pumpkin, cinnamon, and peppers. Like the can says. Peppers dominate with some serious zing.

12 ounce can, best before date of 11 JAN 2026 stamped in hard to read white ink on the bottom of the can. Served in a pint glass, the beer pours a clear dark gold color with about an inch off-white head. Head retention and lacing are both good. The brew smells like cinnamon, bready malt and some chili peppers. Taste is just like the aroma to me, it's all cinnamon and chili peppers, but leans more towards the cinnamon. Unfortunately the pepper heat is on the mild side and that's after drinking 2 cans. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's a bit slick and has a moderate amount of carbonation. This one wasn't bad at all, but I was hoping it would have more of a kick. With that being said, it's worth a try!

Poured from a can into a glass. It has a medium amber color with a medium foamy head. Not much smell maybe just a light cinnamon flavor. It has a delicious cinnamon spice flavor with a light burn. Not much pumpkin but still very tasty.

Most pumpkin beers go for actual pumpkin, but this beer goes straight for pumpkin spice with some cinnamon and if you like that then this is the pumpkin beer for you!

 

I’ve tried many pumpkin beers and this is by far the best imo, so smooth and rich with flavor, definitely my go too fall beer

 

I understand why this beer is divisive. The look and smell are of pumpkin, which is a problematic basis for a beer. The flavor reminds me of an apple cider fritter. In that context, it is OK. In vacuum, it tastes likes an unholy union of a fall-themed Yankee candle an a bottle of Tabasco sauce. The capsaicin burn is unusual. I don't care for it. The presence of warming spice is difficult to detect. Altogether, it gives the impression of a failed experiment. I certainly wouldn't buy it again. But I can see why it would have a very small cult following. Certainly I would prefer a number of other New Belgium beers to Atomic Pumpkin.

The first and the worst pumpkin beer to come out every year. I don’t know why they keep making this stuff and/or who is drinking it. Doesn’t taste like pumpkin, just gives a wicked burn at the end that feels like acid reflux.

Don't remember this beer specifically but gave it a little better than average rating. I'm not a fan of pumpkin spice beers but this one does not taste like that. A little different because of the peppers. Better than some but have had better.