What Even Is Pumpkin Spice?
Evil Twin Brewing

This one pours a very hazy light orange color with a soapy white head. The aroma is of fruit juice and spices...maybe some cinnamon. I'm not sure it is a pleasant mix. The taste has a lot more spice in it...cinnamon really stands out, but nutmeg is also distinct. It has a notable sweetness and a lingering spice aftertaste. Full in body. Just okay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not a style I like...an IPA that is not crisp or bitter!! I bought the can by mistake before I saw "milkshake" on it!!!! However the beer itself is not bad even if it bears no resemblance to an IPA!!!! Poured from a 16 oz can into a pint glass, this beer has a hazy dull gold color, a medium sized foamy white head with good retention and thin bands of lacing on the glass. Aroma and taste are malty with lactose, bready malt, actual pumpkin and allspice and nutmeg spicing. The spices were not artificial tasting or overdone. The flavor is actually pretty decent....as long as you were not expecting an IPA! Mouthfeel is smooth, malty with some sharp spiciness compensating for a complete lack of IPA hoppiness. The lactose is not too sweet and contributes to the smooth mouthfeel. I had this with a snack of cheese, crackers and sliced apple. A nice pairing. Don't think I would like it with dinner or for slamming down a few. Still much better than I was expecting.

Appearance is a murky yellow, with minimal head (poured from 16 oz can). The smell is sort of indeterminate. There's a little cinnamon, no discernible pumpkin, and nothing that would tell me it's an IPA. The taste is a mess, at least to me. It's not really a pumpkin taste at all. It's not an IPA at all. What is it supposed to be? To me, it's the worst beer I've had in quite a while.

 

16oz can poured into a snifter

A- pours a murky dull orange color with a one-finger foamy white head that reduces to a ring

S- aroma is a bit muted, some zesty orange hops, cinnamon & vanilla milk sugar

T- zesty citrusy hops up front, followed by some cinnamon and nutmeg undertones. Mid-palate gives some creamy lactose that adds a vanilla note, the finish gives more citrus and a hint of cinnamon

M- medium body with medium carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that continues into the finish

16oz can purchased at Huckleberry's, in Spokane, WA, for $4.69. I misread the can label and was under the impression this was an imperial stout. That is definitely not the case.

Poured into a treehouse snifter, this was a murky orange Amber color, with a decent sized off-white head that dropped after a couple minutes.

The nose is remarkably free of anything smelling like pumpkin spices. If anything, what I'm picking up on are hops giving off tropical fruit like scents.

Vaguely spicy and milky. If you told me this was a milkshake IPA meant to impersonate a pina colada, it would seem closer to the mark. Things do not seem pumpkin like at all.

Medium bodied, with a creamy mouth feel.

Seems like a tropical fruit milkshake IPA. While that's not exactly my jam, it doesn't remotely seem like what was being attempted here. I'll drink it fairly easily, but there's nothing here to make me want another one, certainly not at this price.

 

Light copper colored with a hazy complexion. There’s a half inch of frothy off white on top. The aroma is a bit of lemon lime hops, pumpkin spice, and cinnamon. I’m tasting pumpkin spice, cinnamon, lemon and lime hops, and lactose. The mouth is smooth and quaffable.

16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg and caramel. Creamy taste with some cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla.

Poured from a 16 ounce can dated 9/23 into a snifter.

Look- Pale gold, very hazy, no visible particulate, frothy white head, average head retention and lacing.

Smell- Pumpkin, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ginger, slight clementine, medium strength of scent.

Taste- Pumpkin, cinnamon, slight clementine, very watery flavor, weak strength of flavor.

Feel- Between thin and medium body, average carbonation, between mild and moderately bitter, watery feel, no mouth coating properties.

Overall- Pale gold with average head retention and lacing. Bouquet was pleasant, but an understated mix of pumpkin, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and ginger. Taste was a very wet mix of pumpkin, cinnamon and clementine. Feet was between thin and medium body with a mildly bitter and very watery feel. Overall this beer provided a below average drinking experience. It needed a much more vibrant flavor and scent profile to bring it to the next level.