Peaceful Pumpkin
Mudshark Brewing Co.

 

 

 

Can to becher pint glass.
The appearance was a semi-bronzed yellow/copper color with a slight transparency about it. Some carbonation could be seen rising to fill a finger's worth of white foamy head with some fizzy bubbles. Lace appears shyly in some speckled bubbles, and sliding off at a decent pace.
The aroma had some pumpkin pie sweetness along with ginger and nutmeg intertwining fairly nice.
The flavor combined a decent sweetness to spicy content through all of the prior mentioned aromas. Mellow aftertaste of pumpkin pie and ginger, nutmeg is there but way lighter.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a touch under. There is some sessionability about this one despite some spicy harsh contours penetrating my tongue. Good enough carbonation. Finishes with some spicy ginger and nutmeg, even lighter on the pumpkin pie notes.
Overall, good enough pumpkin ale to come back to if I could get it again.

Pours semi-clear with an off white head. Flows deep yellow to a copper color. Very little beer scent. Prominet nutmeg and allspice... Smells festive. As far as I am concerned, for a small craft brewery, this is one of the most amazing pumpkin beers I have ever enjoyed. Great balance. Taste like pumpkin pie, more so than the many others I have tried. Their use of an ale brings out all of the fall flavors, instead of a porter or stout. This will be a regular purchase for me, until the end of the season.
5.2 ABV