Pumpkin Pie Treat
Prairie Artisan Ales

L: Silty orange brown, light fizzy head
S: Cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, hiding a faint fruity sourness, a bit like apple cider.
T: Pumpkin pie spices upfront, the nutmeg stands out, quickly transitioning to tart apple, lemon, a bit of white grape sweetness, some vanilla and ginger too, and mellowing out on the finish as key lime pie.
F: Moderate carbonation, a bit acidic, smooth finish.
O: Weird, and I was anticipating weird. I’d describe it as tart key lime pie with pumpkin pie spices. Weird! But it works, and it’s actually really good? I don’t dislike sours, and I mostly buy them just to try, but I would buy this again if I saw it… Weird!

12oz can poured into a snifter

A- pours a dull orange-brown with a think foamy head that reduces to leave nothing behind

S- smells like a typical sour for the most part; some lemon tartness, apple cider. Light undertones of cinnamon and some creamy marshmallow

T- sour lemon tartness with a bit of ripe pear. Mid-palate brings out some cinnamon, the finish gives an undertone of creamy vanilla. Lingers of tart lemon

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

O- if I had drank this blind, I would have never known that it was intended to be a pumpkin beer, meh

Aroma is fruit, pumpkin, spices and vinegar. The flavor is fruit, mild lemon/lime, malts, a small hint of lactose/mostly marshmallows and a big vinegar/spicy finish.

October 2023. Would’ve been nice if they had made it clear that this was a sour for that reason alone I’m gonna write this though plus it doesn’t even taste very good the can is about the best thing. Would never purchase or drink again.

 

 

Gold in color with a cloudy complexion. There’s a half inch of densely packed off white foam on top. The aroma is of pumpkin pie spice, ginger, nutmeg, and marshmallow. I’m tasting pumpkin pie spice, ginger, marshmallow, nutmeg, cinnamon, and just a touch of lactobacillius. The mouth is moderately carbonated and dry.

 

Pours a pretty pale golden color with an inviting but quickly fleeting off white head.
Smells of a tart cinnamon reminiscent of apple cider.
Tastes slightly tart with kind of a dry cinnamon finish.
Does have a really pleasant effervescent mouth feel that almost reminded me of like a sparkling wine.
Maybe because I’m a huge fan of both sour ales and pumpkin spice things, I felt like it didn’t do either particularly well. It was just okay.

 

A true sour - nothing about this was muted, it was as sour as sour can be. The smell wrinkled your nose, the mouthfeel shrank your tongue, and the taste gave you those weird feelings at you tonsils. It was sour, I tell ya.

12 FL. OZ. can
Served in an imperial nonic pint glass

This beer pours golden with a slight haze to it. It is topped with a fleeting beige head that leaves no trace of its existence.

The first thing I notice is that it smells tart. I get pumpkin pie filling and cinnamon too.

Subtle tartness. I taste pumpkin pie filling with a little more pronounced cinnamon than the aroma suggested.

Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel

It should have tasted like eating a slice of pumpkin pie for what a can cost. It's ok. It was barely tart. The pie flavors were pretty good. It was just a little disappointing.

nice pumpkin flavor makes this sour not so sour

 

 

12oz can. Poured out a slightly cloudy, golden orange color with a small, white head of foam. It left little to no lacing on the glass. It smelled strongly of nutmeg, some cinnamon, pumpkin and some caramel. Great spiced taste with nutmeg and cinnamon. Nice pumpkin sweetness.

Pours an effervescent & slightly hazed gold with 2+ fingers of eggshell colored head. Zero head retention & lacing

S: Tons of Pumpkin Pie Spice, fades as it warms, a little marshmallow

T: Slight tartness & dryness up front, then vanilla & cinnamon up front. More of the same as this warms, cinnamon is the main flavor. Finishes dry with some tartness & cinnamon & a little marshmallow

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, some acidity once all warmed up

I'd take this over the average pumpkin beer on offer, but still not one I'd buy again, drinkable enough