B&O Station Hearth Ale 2003
B&O Station Brewery & Restaurant, The

From a sampler: This beer pours a rich and somewhat hazy amber color with a medium light beige head. Aroma of pumpkin, along with some malt and allspice. Medium-bodied, with the pumpkin flavor at the forefront. There are a lot of other spices floating around as well, such as ginger, cinnamon and allspice. There is an underlying sweetness that becomes too much by the end of the glass. The finish is amply sweet and cloying. I like what they are trying to do with this year's version but it needs refinement.

Appearance: Copper amber with an orange tinted creamy tow finger sized head leaves behind speckled lacing. Aroma: Nice pumpkin sweetness very nice perfectly blended with spices and a vanilla coated cream texture this beer needs to teach the more established micros how to brew a pumpkin ale. Taste: Very subtle spicing with a nice pumpkin flavor prevalent creating sweetness on the palate and warmth going down the gullet, this beer is solid and in my opinion the best of it's style that I have ever sampled. Mouthfeel: Medium body slightly sticky texture even smooth carbonation just perfect mouthfeel going down. Drinkability: Excellent not cloying in anyway does what every pumpkin ale sets out to do. Cheers to this small brewery, awesome!