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Post Road Pumpkin Ale
Brooklyn Brewery
- From:
- Brooklyn Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
Ranked #213 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #27,452 - Avg:
- 3.46 | pDev: 15.9%
- Reviews:
- 923
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 04, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 09, 2001
- Wants:
- 65
- Gots:
- 328
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
Early American colonialists, seeking natural ingredients for brewing ales, turned to pumpkins, which were plentiful, flavorful and nutritious. Blended with barley malt, pumpkins became a commonly used beer ingredient. Post Road Pumpkin Ale brings back this tasty tradition. Hundreds of pounds of pumpkins are blended into the mash of each batch, creating a beer with an orange amber color, warm pumpkin aroma, biscuity malt center, and crisp finish.
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Reviewed by DarkLordScott from Wisconsin
3.16/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.16/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Pours a bright copper colored brew with a one finger head. Aroma is nutmeg and pumpkin. Taste is very light and largely pumpkin. This is one of the lightest pumpkin brews I've had. It has a crisp, clean taste but not one that a pumpkin aficionado might look forward to.
Oct 05, 2023
Reviewed by KenjiN from Massachusetts
2.63/5 rDev -24%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.63/5 rDev -24%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Copper-colored beer with a fast-receding white head. The nose is mild and has notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. Carbonation is high. There is very little flavor -- and the little flavor is disagreeable; almost sour (in a bad way). A more substantial malt base would help this mediocre ale.
Jan 24, 2023
Rated by NastyNorseman from New York
3.02/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
First taste felt and tasted like cinnamon perfume. Lacking pumpkin. The cinnamon and nutmeg kill its flavor.
Nov 03, 2022
Reviewed by Rapscullion from Massachusetts
1.89/5 rDev -45.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.5
1.89/5 rDev -45.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.5
Possibly the most disappointing pumpkin beer I have ever had. Pleasant coppery color with virtually no head.
Nose is light with some odd notes. Flavor is slightly malty with some fall spice notes but the pumpkin is lacking.
Finish is bitter with a chemical after taste.
Oct 10, 2022Nose is light with some odd notes. Flavor is slightly malty with some fall spice notes but the pumpkin is lacking.
Finish is bitter with a chemical after taste.
Reviewed by ThrewRedButter from Massachusetts
2.86/5 rDev -17.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
2.86/5 rDev -17.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Look – Light orange color with a mostly transparent body helped by chill haze. Got a hefty two fingers of fluffy, white head.
Aroma – Subtle pumpkin with a strong malt and cracker character.
Taste – Pumpkin is bigger here than it was on the nose, but even then, it still isn’t very robust. More concerning if the aftertaste which is dirty and unpleasant. It has a mossy/grassy taste, but not in a fresh hop sense, but again, just dirty.
Mouthfeel – Body is light and crisp. Arguably thin at times, but it moves the beer along.
Overall – Pretty bland overall and the taste was just off. Any pumpkin that was there was too hidden behind a thin body and bad aftertaste.
Oct 06, 2021Aroma – Subtle pumpkin with a strong malt and cracker character.
Taste – Pumpkin is bigger here than it was on the nose, but even then, it still isn’t very robust. More concerning if the aftertaste which is dirty and unpleasant. It has a mossy/grassy taste, but not in a fresh hop sense, but again, just dirty.
Mouthfeel – Body is light and crisp. Arguably thin at times, but it moves the beer along.
Overall – Pretty bland overall and the taste was just off. Any pumpkin that was there was too hidden behind a thin body and bad aftertaste.
Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
2.75/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Unfortunately this is one of the worst pumpkin beers I've had. Barely any flavor, super thin mouthfeel. Definitely disappointed, this was my first brew from this brewery. Just super not into this one
Oct 04, 2021
Rated by SmoothOverEverything from Ohio
2.5/5 rDev -27.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -27.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
A lot of fizzle and not much taste
Apr 16, 2021
Post Road Pumpkin Ale from Brooklyn Brewery
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
2204 ratings
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