Butternut Spiced Ale
Rockford Brewing Company

Butternut Spiced Ale from Rockford. Purchased on 18/3/21 at Riverside Liquors, Grand Rapids, MI, for $ 7.51 (Including tax and deposit) for 22 oz bottle ($ 0.341/oz). On room temperature shelf at store. Stored at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 21/3/21. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated bottle. Stamped on the bottom “2725 A2 2308“. Served at 53.4 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 58.6 degrees.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Deep Amber (SRM 15), clear.
Body – Brown (SRM 20), opaque and muddy. When rear-lite, red-amber and hazy. A thin layer of sediment remains on the bottom and a ring remains on the neck.
Head – Small (Maximum one cm, aggressive center pour), almond, low density, fizzy, gone in less than ten seconds, leaving neither crown nor cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 3.75 – A bit of brown sugar and a pleasant spice blend – cinnamon, nutmeg, maybe allspice. No hops, no yeast. As it warms, the aroma weakens, leaving only brown sugar.
Flavor – 4.5 – Begins slightly sweet with a bit of brown sugar and a mild mélange of fall spices, much less forward than the average pumpkin ale, and the gentle earthy fruitiness of butternut squash. No hop flavor, no malt, no yeast. No alcohol (6.6 % ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma, although a gentle gastric warming occurs. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 4 – Medium, almost creamy, lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4 (After deducting 0.25 point for undated personal container) Is there such a thing as “Comfort Beer”? If so, this is the poster child. Mild, non-threatening spices, lightly warming brown sugar and butternut squash, you cannot go wrong.

 

 

Best beer I have had in a long time! Pleasantly surprised. My husband is a beer connoisseur. I took him to Rockford Brewing Company for a tasting. I ordered this Butternut Squash Beer. It is the best beer that I have had in a long time! I was pleasantly surprised. I even got a growler filled, which I never do.