Pumple Drumkin Spiced Ale
Cisco Brewers Inc.

3.38/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

The pour is sort of a bright looking orange. The nose is not as big as other pumpkin ales I've had of late. The pumpkin is there in the taste but it's light & I want to taste more of it but they do a good on addin the right amount of spice into the mix without spoiling the beer. There is no date anywhere on the can just a set of numbers that I can't seem to figure out what they mean. This beer drinks quite smooth, I think I would pick this up again. Cheers! B-

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3.52/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz bottle into Sam Adams glass. No date.
Semi-clear pumpkin color. nose is spice, mostly clove and cinnamon. Taste follows nose. Feel is light. Overall very nice for what it is but more spice here than pumpkin.

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4.09/5  rDev +17.2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Smells and looks like pumpkin. Very cute can. Taste is like Whale's Tale Pale Ale with some spices that don't super taste like pumpkin. Overall a solid seasonal, but nothing super special.

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4.99/5  rDev +43%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Served out of a can.

A bright pumpkin orange color beer with a one finger head of tiny, finely compacted off-white bubbles. Minimal retention and lacing.

The aroma is delicious, with a slight yeast profile and big notes of fresh baked pumpkin pie and gingerbread. Aroma is predominantly caramel malt dominated. Big notes of sticky toffee and butterscotch alongside ginger and cinnamon spice in the background.

Upfront you get sweet flavors of savory toffee and light butterscotch candy. Gradually, a restrained but noticeably pungent pumpkin, cinnamon and gingerbread flavor sets in midpalate, finishing with more malty notes of creme brulee and caramel syrup, drizzled over french toast. There is also a moderate yeast profile lingering somewhere amongst the palate with flavors of vanilla, clove, parsley and mild bubblegum. Lightly hopped with notes of mildly bitter pine resin throughout so as to counteract the sweetness. It's important to note everything is in perfect balance here. At no time does this become overtly sugary or cloying

Creamy in body with medium weight and moderate carbonation. Smooth and crisp. Highly drinkable. Abv non-existant.

Overall Comments: One of the best pumpkin ales I've ever had. An extremely delicious, creamy, mid strength, pumpkin ale that offers sessionability and doesn't compromise on flavor.

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4.02/5  rDev +15.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Not sure if it's this batch or not, but it tastes a little too bitter to me. Perhaps it is one of the pumpkin pie spices, like cardamom or clove. The bitterness lingers way past each sip, making it difficult for me to enjoy. Nice color, though: beautiful orange glow with two-finger head. Legions of tiny bubbles rise to join said head.

After bitterness fades, the tongue is left with a thick coating. Nice aroma of pumpkin pie.

Overall, this beer was not as enjoyable as the other pumpkin ales I've tried, like Shipyard's Pumkin Ale or Harpoon's Pumkin UFO. If I have time within the season, I may try it again.

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3.58/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This baby is way past it's prime, but I scored a sixer real cheap here in FLA. I needed some beers I didn't need to think about.

This baby is pretty in the glass. Slightly red, a little hazy and a medium head. The aroma is fresh and slightly malty. There might be a hint of pumpkin.

The taste is of a very mild brown ale with a hint of pumpkin. The aftertaste is clean with just the tiniest bit of bitter and pumpkin coming through.

I got spoiled by Jackie O's pumkpin beer this year - one of the best ever. This is an OK mild one and the sixer of cans was a buck less than one little bottle of Jackie O's.

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3.28/5  rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Clear amber pour with a slightly garnet cast. Normal head volume, lacing and retention.

Light nose of pumpkin and spice. Lighter than typical in intensity.

Light body slightly smoother than water. Below normal carbonation level with a hint of effervescence in the middle and a somewhat stronger finish.

The flavor profile is rather good. It is flavorful, not very complex and well balanced. It begins with a blend of spices that never really separate. The middle shows a bit of pumpkin and no hop flavor. As the finish fades, pumpkin makes its strongest showing and a bit of hop bitterness surfaces.

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3.74/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Orange-gold beer with a thin foam that recedes quickly. Smells faintly of nutmeg and allspice, gourd and citrus. Taste is bready and malty with some nutmeg presence, lightly citrus, faint sweetness. Body is medium. Finish is clean. This reminds me of a marzen with a washing of pumpkin pie spices. Decent enough and not overly spiced which is a good thing.

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3.93/5  rDev +12.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I enjoyed this pumpkin spiced beer. Nothing overpowered me, I found it to be beer with a warm friendly aftertaste of pumpkin/spices. I would buy again!

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3/5  rDev -14%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This reminded me in a very subtle way of New Belgium's "Pumpkick," given the introduction of a countering citrus - sour note in the middle-finish. Cisco does a nice job of providing deviation from the standard pumpkin-spiced seasonal, although I believe New Belgium's offering is more successful at it.

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3.43/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a beautiful amber orange to red and smells like a boozy fall. This is a solid pumpkin ale and I would do again. Would have to try Pumking by Southern Tier first though.

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4.03/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into a pint glass.

A: Beautifal Amber-red color with excellent clarity. Two fat fingers of pillowy head retain very well. Very appealing to the eye.


S: Sweet pumpkin flesh and a good dose of cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. Toasty malt base and a kiss of citric hops.

T: Earthy and rind-like hop flavors vacillate with pie spices of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. Touch of sweet pumpkin. Toasty and nutty malt base holds it all together. Hints of vague fruit. Pie spices ride out the finish.

M: Medium bodied. Fluffy and creamy texture, sharp and crisp carbonation.

O: Better than the majority of pumpkin ales on the market. The spicing is forward, but it still feels very much like a beer. A solid grab if you're feeling festive.

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3.57/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Clear, glowing, golden-orange, with a 1/2"" off white head that quickly drops to a veil, leaving spotty lace on the wall of a Cisco Fisheye pint glass.
The pie spices are light here, with pumpkin as a secondary player to the alcohol fumes.

The flavor is that of an Oktoberfest with pie spices. Bitter/sweet balance is maintained, but the alcohol solvency is pronounced, some high tannic attributes.

The medium body and satin texture combine with ample carbonation. Alcohol is definitely present, but about as expected for 6%.

Every year I try a few pumpkin beers, hoping one will suit my taste. This one was about average. I like the seasonality, appearance, and aromas of the style, but rarely the flavors. Just as the journey is part of the fun, the hunt keeps me searching for a pumpkin ale that fits the hype. Maybe next year I'll try the smoked pumpkin offering from Cisco.

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3.79/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

All in all it's a pretty tasty pumpkin beer, and one of the few that you can get in cans, which makes it a hint better. Nice gentle aroma and good flavor with a decent amount of spice. Nothing off-putting or artificial. Not the strongest pumpkin, but because of that it has a spot of it's own.

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3.87/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Pours a deep orange color with a white head. The smell was great with a lot of spice to it and the pumpkin scent coming through. The taste was a bit different though with a balance between allspice, nutmeg, and pumpkin, with the hops in the beer. A light pumpkin ale, but still has a great flavor to it.

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4.21/5  rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

12 oz bottle, poured into a pint glass

Appearance: Pours a very pretty, hazy, golden, brownish/orange with a quarter of a finger of white head that quickly dissolved into a very thin halo of foam that gripped the sides of the glass and formed wispy clouds that collected in the center of the glass.

Aroma: Very spicy! Lots of nutmeg, all-spice, cinnamon, clove, brown sugar, and even notes of ginger. Malty too, like freshly baked ginger bread. Not much in the way of hops however.

Taste: Exactly like the aroma! Lots of pumpkin and spices! Strong notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar. Pumpkin pie in a glass. Finally, there is no hops bitterness to speak of, which I overall prefer.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied to slightly chewy. Good carbonation to tickle the taste buds. With an ABV of 6.0%, there is no presence of alcohol on the palate.

Overall: Delicious beer! Tons of pumpkin pie flavors, but not too sweet. I’ll certainly get it again next fall.

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3.51/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Enjoyed this one at home - poured into tulip glass from a 12 oz bottle
A - A very pretty copper color with 1 1/2 inches of off white creamy head that settles to about 1/8 inch; decent lacing and a healthy stream of carbonation rising through the glass
S - Very, very mild spice and maybe citrus, almost undetectable though, as are any other aromas; I'm struggling here.
T - This isn't too bad, easy going down, light hop, mild bitter, not much in the way of spice or pumpkin characteristics; not too bad, just doesn't wow me
F - I would say this has just about the right level of carbonation for me; good body,
O - This beer is really up and down. Great look, weak aromas, easy drinking taste, but average comlexity, good body.....seems like a mild IPA. If the label didn't have a pumpkin on it, I wouldn't know the difference.

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3.42/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

12-oz bottle into nonic pub glass

A - 1 finger off-white head over a slightly-cloudy body of deep amber, tons of visible carbonation

S - spices, pumpkin (not very prominent), citrus, grass

T - interesting mix of spices, pumpkin and grainy malt notes, citrusy and grassy notes from the hops, fruity and nutty character, bitter finish

M - highly-carbonated medium body

O - The bitterness is high and the pumpkin is low. Not exactly what I expected from a pumpkin ale.

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2.94/5  rDev -15.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

I have been drinking Cisco's beers since they started, but I had yet to try their pumpkin ale. On the pour everything looked great: rich amber color, really nice head, off-white in color, with fine lacing. The pumpkin aroma was very slight, and so, alas, was the taste, which was mostly a hoppy bitterness. I could only make out a little pumpkin flavor, and no spices whatsoever, as the bitterness overwhelmed. If you want your pumpkin ale to taste more like a pale ale, this is for you. But if I get a pumpkin ale I want to taste the pumpkin, and this beer didn't hold it's own in that regard.

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4/5  rDev +14.6%

Pours a dark orange amber. Not really any head
A nice well rounded aroma of pumpkin and spices.
The taste matches the aromas. Very good pumpkin ale,
Mouthfeel is good. I would get this one again

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3.75/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

12 oz. can poured into a pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a sort of rusty amber with a big eggshell head. Lots of lacing on the way down.

Aroma: Spices are up front, along with a pumpkin/squash kind of smell. Also vaguely grassy.

Taste: This strikes me as a spice-forward pumpkin ale. There's some cinnamon and caramel notes, and a kind of clove-like essence throughout. Pumpkin is there, too, but it's not dominant. Definitely not sweet - it has a slightly dry, spicy finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied beer, as one would expect. Easy on the palate.

Overall: Decent autumn beer. I like that it's spiced up front. I had this with some squash tacos and it was a nice autumnal pairing. Not my favorite pumpkin ale - that's still Smuttynose, as of now - but not half bad.

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3.24/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Poured into a tulip glass.

A: Burnt orange, opaque. An off-white half finger head that leaves fast. Decent lacing.

S: Pumpkin puree, cinnamon, clove.

T: Not much pumpkin here. More orange and citrus-y. Slightly bitter on the finish. A few spices like cinnamon and clove, but not much under the hood.

M: Light to medium with medium carbonation.

O: Some guy at Hop City in Atlanta convinced me to buy this one. He thought it was the shit in pumpkin beers. Wrong! A real waste of sip and money. Pass on this boring offering.

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4.01/5  rDev +14.9%

Copper pour, two fingers of khaki head dissipates quickly, minimal lacing in the tulip.

Aroma is classic pumpkin spices, seems well balanced.

Despite the reputation for being one of the hoppier Pumpkin Ales (one reviewer noted Nelson Sauvin hops were advertised: I've seen no such evidence of this claim on the Cisco website), it was not apparent to me. Not as sweet as some of the other offerings I've tried, there is a pleasant balance from sip to swallow that is satisfying.

Medium body, lower level of carbonation, non syrupy in the finish.

Noticing the Julian dating after purchase, I realized Pumple Drumkin was canned mid July, 3+ months before consumption. I'm wondering if there is a hop presence that may have been more noticeable closer to the canning date. Next season I'll seek this one out closer to the canning date to see if the hops are more of a factor. Easy drinking Pumpkin Ale, worth a shot.

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3.5/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear dark orange with a foamy tan head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, citrus zest, earth, and slight pumpkin pie spice aromas. Taste is much the same with malt, earth, pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of spice and earth bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with an aroma of something like an amber ale, but the taste of a pumpkin ale.

Serving type: bottle.

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3.5/5  rDev +0.3%

Cannot explain it but this one really didn't settle with me at all.
Poured a brownish orange hue with two finger head.
Aroma was minimal pumpkin spice and sweetness with some graininess.
Light, almost watery, to me the beer tasted like your average pale ale with grainy hops and minimal sweetness but then had some pumpkin notes added it (and the pumpkin is minimal at best).

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