Basic Witch
Millersburg Brewing Company

On tap at brewery into pint glass, cinnamon sugar on the rim. Pours clear golden amber color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head. Great retention and spotty soapy lacing down the glass. A great pumpkin ale, the cinnamon sugar enhanced the experience. Aromas and flavors of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, brown sugar, brown bread, light caramel, herbal, floral, grass, yeast earthiness. Light pine/ herbal bitterness and spiciness on the finish. Medium carb and body. Creamy bready malts and lingering sticky hop/spice dryness. No astringency or cloying flavors. Nice kind of background vegetable umami note from pumpkin in flavors. The spice balance was outstanding with the toasty malts. Refreshingly drinkable.

Standard pour yields no discernible head, rather just some swirling carbonation... Color is a pale and slightly hazed amber is copper... Very still... Nose is musky pumpkin pulp and seeds... Some faint sugar cookie and spice notes as well... Tarter than expected on the palate... Some faint sour candy notes... Pumpkin and spice are secondary... Light to medium bodied in terms of feel... Onay at best, but not something I would revisit...