Franklin Castle
Market Garden Brewpub & Brewery
- From:
- Market Garden Brewpub & Brewery
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
Ranked #223 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #33,450 - Avg:
- 3.57 | pDev: 13.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 18, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 31, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Named after our close neighbor with an eerie history that’s best told with this brew in hand. This tasty ale is mashed with delicious pumpkin then spiced in the kettle with cinnamon, vanilla beans, and brown sugar.
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Rated by Nash39 from Florida
3.5/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
The pour is burnt orange. The taste is big pumpkin along with some cinnamon & clove. Cheers! B
Oct 18, 2024
Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
3.33/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
I'll give it credit in that at least it doesn't taste bad but come on guys I know they make more flavorful beer than this. This feels good but tastes like absolutely nothing. Probably my lowest rated beer from here which sucks cuz I like this place but it is what it is. Tastes like nothing.
Revisited this one and it was still not amazing but much better
Aug 29, 2022Revisited this one and it was still not amazing but much better
Rated by SmoothOverEverything from Ohio
2/5 rDev -44%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -44%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Very metallic, almost stoutish and too focused on carbonation
Apr 16, 2021
Reviewed by DrBeergood from Ohio
4/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Clear caramel colored. Fairly active.
S: Crisp ale with spice.
T: It starts with some roasty toasty barley malt. There's a noble hop. Some ginger. Nutmeg. Clove.
F: Semi dry sticky finish. It leans towards the sweet side, but not overly so with the addition of hops. It drinks like a 5% even though it's at 7%.
O: It's local, and priced well. It has a moderate flavor and stands with the best pumpkin ales of 2020.
Sep 17, 2020S: Crisp ale with spice.
T: It starts with some roasty toasty barley malt. There's a noble hop. Some ginger. Nutmeg. Clove.
F: Semi dry sticky finish. It leans towards the sweet side, but not overly so with the addition of hops. It drinks like a 5% even though it's at 7%.
O: It's local, and priced well. It has a moderate flavor and stands with the best pumpkin ales of 2020.
Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
3.77/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Thanks goes out to MastaaaGrillaaa for this brew, from NBS BIF#6
12 oz. Bottle
Bottled On: 11/06/17
Poured a pretty nice slightly hazy dark golden amberish color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, with some pumpkin, nutmeg, cinammon, spice. The taste is pretty nice, malty, pumpkin, cinammon, nutmeg, spice. Medium body, ABV hidden pretty well with this one. Overall, a tasty brew. Glad to have gotten a chance to try it.
Oct 15, 201712 oz. Bottle
Bottled On: 11/06/17
Poured a pretty nice slightly hazy dark golden amberish color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, with some pumpkin, nutmeg, cinammon, spice. The taste is pretty nice, malty, pumpkin, cinammon, nutmeg, spice. Medium body, ABV hidden pretty well with this one. Overall, a tasty brew. Glad to have gotten a chance to try it.
Reviewed by schoolboy from Ohio
3.94/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
August 27, 2017:
Growing up on the west side of Cleveland I remember hearing about Franklin Castle. I guess it's still there. It was always an overrated dump but this is a great pumpkin ale.
It pours dark orange with fine bubbles. The aroma is weak pumpkin and a bit of malty alcohol. The taste is not very pumpkin-like (and that's fine) but a very malty ale taste with some hops poking through. The aftertaste is big and bold and somewhat bitter. Pumpkins find their way to your burp. This may not be one you would want to drink several of, but it is one to have again and again.
Recommended.
August 27, 2025
2017 me had it right. It is a quality ale. I guess it has the same character (though I did not actually remember the taste). I have had three great pumpkin brews this year, all from Cleveland, and one honorable mention, not local.
Aug 27, 2017Growing up on the west side of Cleveland I remember hearing about Franklin Castle. I guess it's still there. It was always an overrated dump but this is a great pumpkin ale.
It pours dark orange with fine bubbles. The aroma is weak pumpkin and a bit of malty alcohol. The taste is not very pumpkin-like (and that's fine) but a very malty ale taste with some hops poking through. The aftertaste is big and bold and somewhat bitter. Pumpkins find their way to your burp. This may not be one you would want to drink several of, but it is one to have again and again.
Recommended.
August 27, 2025
2017 me had it right. It is a quality ale. I guess it has the same character (though I did not actually remember the taste). I have had three great pumpkin brews this year, all from Cleveland, and one honorable mention, not local.
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