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Pumpkin Ale
Mendocino Brewing Company
- From:
- Mendocino Brewing Company
- United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.49 | pDev: 11.17%
- Reviews:
- 18
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 20, 2017
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2013
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 9
To honor Fall we offer our deep mahogany hued Pumpkin Ale, bursting with a robust roasted malt flavor. To this mélange we add copious amounts of pumpkin and embellish that further with nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger. This would have been ideal, but perfection is our preference and so we diligently add cocoa nibs as the beer conditions and intensifies the depth of flavor. This melds magnificently with the pumpkin and spice. And as a fitting finale we gently introduce hops to compliment this complex potion and the result is a finish that is clean and brilliant.
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Reviewed by Celtics17 from California
3.42/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.42/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
The worst pumpkin beer I've had. Just lacks any character, and coca nibs? I didn't taste or smell any. This beer doesn't hold up, and it's my first beer from this brewery.
Aug 27, 2015Rated by dertyd from California
4.35/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Amazing pumpkin ale taste like liquid pumpkin pie great job
Dec 30, 2014Reviewed by samtrillo from California
3.56/5 rDev +2%
3.56/5 rDev +2%
Pumpkin pie aromas.
Taste features much more of the cocoa with the nibs and in the malt. Pumpkin is there but it's subtle. Other spices add a kick of spice to the end.
Mouthfeel has low carbonation and is pretty smooth with an up beat finish from those spices.
Overall it's a good seasonal. Add even more pumpkin and it's a true winner.
Oct 25, 2014Taste features much more of the cocoa with the nibs and in the malt. Pumpkin is there but it's subtle. Other spices add a kick of spice to the end.
Mouthfeel has low carbonation and is pretty smooth with an up beat finish from those spices.
Overall it's a good seasonal. Add even more pumpkin and it's a true winner.
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.36/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.36/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Pours a hazy copper with a foamy khaki head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, earth, pumpkin pie spice, and slight cocoa aromas. Taste is much the same with malt, earth, and cinnamon stick flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of spice bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that has a super cinnamon forward flavor over any other spices used.
Serving type: bottle.
Oct 08, 2014Serving type: bottle.
Pumpkin Ale from Mendocino Brewing Company
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
77 ratings
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