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Fall Hornin'
Anderson Valley Brewing Company
- From:
- Anderson Valley Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
Ranked #197 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #25,403 - Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 13.09%
- Reviews:
- 138
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 20, 2022
- Added:
- Aug 16, 2013
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 137
With a brilliant, deep copper hue and creamy beige-colored head, our Fall Hornin’ Pumpkin Ale has inviting aromas of caramelized malt and baking bread with highlights of cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin and seasonal spices. The pleasantly creamy mouthfeel and silky body embrace the sweet caramel flavors and tang of spices (with just hint of hops) that ends in a smooth, round finish.
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Reviewed by jkblr from Indiana
3.69/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz can stamped 20219 (8/6/20 - about 2 months old) poured into a snifter at fridge temp 6% ABV. The beer pours very dark amber with orange & ruby highlights and khaki colored head. The head recedes to a pencil thin ring and single layer of tiny bubbles. The aroma is mild in strength featuring pumpkin and pie seasoning. The taste is barely sweet pumpkin pie as well with the pumpkin and spice well mixed. Mild bitterness and a little earthy hops in the finish. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation and a dry finish. Overall, good. I drink & review one pumpkin beer a year. Not really my thing, but this is well done, especially if you want some actual pumpkin and not sickly sweet.
Nov 03, 2020Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.27/5 rDev +18.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +18.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This one pours a dark golden orange color, with a small head, and a good bit of lacing.
This smells like sweet caramel, honey, nutmeg, cinnamon, roasted pumpkin, and general maltiness.
This was absolutely one of the most solid entries in a recent all pumpkin beers tasting. It's a nice balanced of malt and spice, with caramel, nutmeg, clove, and some other vague pumpkin spice type things.
This is medium bodied, slightly creamy, with a great malty smoothness.
This is definitely one of the best readily available pumpkin beer out there. It's got a sort of classic old school feel to it.
Oct 04, 2020This smells like sweet caramel, honey, nutmeg, cinnamon, roasted pumpkin, and general maltiness.
This was absolutely one of the most solid entries in a recent all pumpkin beers tasting. It's a nice balanced of malt and spice, with caramel, nutmeg, clove, and some other vague pumpkin spice type things.
This is medium bodied, slightly creamy, with a great malty smoothness.
This is definitely one of the best readily available pumpkin beer out there. It's got a sort of classic old school feel to it.
Reviewed by EnderFett11 from Virginia
4/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured hard from a can into a mug, forming a ton of frothy off-white head on top of a transparent dark orange body. Head took quite a while to fade to a ring of lacing. Smell is gentle pumpkin with a tiny bit of spices. Taste follows, a solid pumpkin flavor with some nutmeg at the tail end. Just shy of medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Solid and easy to drink pumpkin ale.
Sep 11, 2020Reviewed by Seanjohnhunt from California
3.01/5 rDev -16.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev -16.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Poured into a goblet glass. Head disappeared fast. The color/ is a burnt orange with some rubby red. It is a great color. The mouthfeel is nice. The flavor is just very mild, almost not prevalent. It's barely floating around the thinking of a solid pumpkin beer. it's okay.
Sep 10, 2020Rated by jpleonardi from New York
4.16/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Really nice pumpkin flavor with other notes of the fall season. A little on the heavy side for a fall beer, but well worth the drink.
Dec 27, 2017Reviewed by colts9016 from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a pint glass at 38 degrees. The head of the beer is one in half finger thick; furthermore, it is creamy and billowy with good retention. The color of the beer is SRM 12 a medium amber with dark amber hues. The clarity of the beer is mostly opaque unless put up to a light source. The beer has a medium amount of carbonation bubbles.
The initial aroma of the beer is caramel, medium roasted malt, and baking spices.
Additional aromas are pumpkin, earthy, bready, and some floral.
The first sips of the beer are medium roasted malt, caramel, a char note, and baking spices.
I taste yeast, bread, floral, pine, pumpkin, and earthy in the beer.
The mouthfeel of the beer is dry, medium body, medium carbonation, light astringency, and a medium finish.
I have issues with this pumpkin beer. For me, I do not like it. The hops used are all wrong, Why use a pine and grapefruit hops? I feel the beer suffers from confusion.
Dec 15, 2017The initial aroma of the beer is caramel, medium roasted malt, and baking spices.
Additional aromas are pumpkin, earthy, bready, and some floral.
The first sips of the beer are medium roasted malt, caramel, a char note, and baking spices.
I taste yeast, bread, floral, pine, pumpkin, and earthy in the beer.
The mouthfeel of the beer is dry, medium body, medium carbonation, light astringency, and a medium finish.
I have issues with this pumpkin beer. For me, I do not like it. The hops used are all wrong, Why use a pine and grapefruit hops? I feel the beer suffers from confusion.
Fall Hornin' from Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
722 ratings
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