Pumpkin Spice Latte (Nitrogen Charged Pumpkin Coffee Stout)
Breckenridge Brewery & The Farm House

Appearance: Deep, dark mahogany in color, a strong light offering only the slightest highlights in dark amber, crowned by a small, coarse and superbly persistent white head. The lacing is wonderful, recalling sea foam.

Aroma: Bitter cocoa vie with cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, vanilla, brown sugar and a bit of wood. I could not detect any hint of coffee.

Taste: Upon tasting, there is a mild wave of bitter cocoa, cold coffee, and pumpkin spice, with notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. As the taste progresses, a little cold coffee manifests, it is lingering, slightly dry and overall quite mild. Late in the taste, there is a bit of astringent coffee bitterness and some faint pumpkin pie spices to bring the taste to a close.

Mouth feel: Watery and thin, with no carbonation noted, but a very soft and velvety mouth feel.

Drinkability/notes: Its not bad, but seems like it could have been much better. Pumpkin Spice Latte coffee seems to me to be wonderfully "over the top". Breckenridge Pumpkin Spice Latte seems a bit understated. Happy Halloween 2024!

Presentation: Packaged in a fifteen point two ounce aluminum can, served in a La Fin du Monde tulip.

 

 

 

 

Dark nutty brown body, clear with purplish highlights. Light beige head. If you need someone to tell you about the head production and retention of a nitro beer ...

True to advertising on the nose: cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, clove, nutmeg, cream, pumpkin. Very little coffee on the nose. Dark fruit, toast, molasses, brown sugar, caramel.

A bit thin on the palate, but smooth. More bitter than expected, with some coffee presence. The pumpkin spices, coffee, and pumpkin all come together in a dry, spicy, fairly bitter package. Vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, coffee, pumpkin, cream. Fairly straightforward, but not bad. Not amazing or special, but not bad. I'd drink it again, but the 16 oz serving might be a bit much.

Interesting seasonal beer having it be nitro in a can, but it’s a disappointment. The flavor is akin to pumpkin pie, but the cream from the nitro is sour.

 

 

 

Poured pretty quickly from a can, resulting in faint nitro bubbling that resulted in a little bit of foamy head. A little bit of head stuck around for the whole drink. Smells mostly of malt and a bit of coffee. Deep brown color, almost opaque. No sign of pumpkin taste, mostly of milk stout and malt. Pretty creamy but thin mouthfeel. An okay milk stout, but not what I'm looking for when it comes to a pumpkin stout.

I bought a can of this because my local brewpub (J.J. Bittings, Woodbridge NJ) announced they were going to change their traditional pumpkin offering to a Pumpkin Spiced Latte. It is still in the works, and I thought it would be interesting for them to gain an insight to where they are headed. So seven of us, the owner, the brewer, the bartender, and four of us customers, each had a shot glass of this beer. The nitro was a bit flat, the nose weak, and the taste was somewhat mystifying.. I could taste the milk, but the coffee was not distinct, and there was a perfume-like quality to the spicing. Pumpkin appears to be missing.. not evident in the taste. I found the overall concoction disappointing, but two of the seven of us enjoyed it. Clearly, this is not for everyone, but it is not without appeal to some.

 

 

This is one of the most disappointing and worst beers Ive had all year. I love Pumpkin beers in the fall and now that the nights are crisp and cool, it's time for the pumpkin beers to come out and play.

I don't really taste pumpkin or latte in this one. It's a watery mis-mash of favors which tastes a bit like watered down flat cream soda.

The color is terrible and looks like ice tea and the carbonated bubbles look more like soapy dishwater than a foamy head. The marketing team deserves props for naming this and using 3 things which sound great ... pumpkin ... nitro and latte. None of those things really is evident to me in this stinker.

I have 3 cans left and have no idea what I will do with them because this beer is terrible.

Glass used: An old 24-ounce mason jar that I usually use for my protein smoothies. I'm pretty sure it was clean, as it was in my glassware cabinet already.

Poured like a typical nitro brew, but without the cool cascading effect that you often see (see: Boddington's). The head is nice and tight and was about 3/4" thick in the mason jar, probably would be thicker in an actual pint glass. The beer was nice and opaque, like a good stout should be. The aroma was kinda meh. I mean, it certainly smelled stoutish, but for a pumpkin spice latté milk stout, i would have expected more pumpkin spiciness on the nose. Same with the taste. Plenty of malty goodness, but with a little more tang from the lactose than I'm used to. The spices were almost non-existent, and the pumpkin (fresh pumpkin? pumpkin purée? The website was coy on that front) was only hinted at. Mostly, I got malt and coffee, which on its own is fine by me. The mouth feel was smooth and creamy, as a milk stout is supposed to be.

All in all, not too bad. Not what I was hoping for, but an OK coffee milk stout nonetheless. An acceptable answer to the question, "Should I go to church, or should I have a beer instead?"

Very light taste for both pumpkin or latte. Do not get the creamy nitro taste. The can sounded like it had extra fizz and pop sound when I opened it. The normal “rain fall” or whatever look of a nitro beer is non existent.

 

L. Dark brown to black, inch of frothy off-white head.
S. Yes. Pumpkin pie spices, which makes the malty sweetness smell like straight pumpkin pie. A hint of mocha cappuccino.
T. Coffee comes through more on the taste with a light creamy sweetness. Pie spice comes out closer to room temp. Mild sweetness, slightly bitter.
F. Medium body, pretty smooth and creamy.
O. Not crazy good but worth a try in my opinion. Cheers!