Pumpkin the Bear
Hanging Hills Brewing Company
- From:
- Hanging Hills Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
- ABV:
- 8.3%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 7.12%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 08, 2022
- Added:
- Nov 02, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Pumpkin the Bear is a progressive pumpkin beer. The base beer is a true to style German Dopplebock. Except that we threw in a whole mess of smoked malts. And pumpkin. Lots and lots of sweet gourdy deliciousness.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by far333 from Connecticut
3.96/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.96/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
2021 edition. 6.8% ABV.
Burnished copper colored with a head that sizzles away quickly. Low aroma of sweet malt. Rich flavor of slightly sweet malt and rich smoke. Pumpkin flavor is very understated, not sure I would pick it up had I not known. Even mouthfeel, tickly carbonation. Not a typical pumpkin beer, much more smokey, but I love smoke so I like it.
Oct 31, 2021Burnished copper colored with a head that sizzles away quickly. Low aroma of sweet malt. Rich flavor of slightly sweet malt and rich smoke. Pumpkin flavor is very understated, not sure I would pick it up had I not known. Even mouthfeel, tickly carbonation. Not a typical pumpkin beer, much more smokey, but I love smoke so I like it.
Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut
3.47/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.25
3.47/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.25
Canned on 8/22/19
Pours a clear blood maroon body with rusty brown hues and a slight off-white head of frothy foam; head recedes quickly to a short-lived cap/collar and no lacing.
Aromas of smoked malts almost comprehensively dominate, but come to incorporate a light dusting of chocolate, a touch meaty, pumpkin flesh, and vague cherry skins along the way.
Taste lightly meaty smoked malts open, while sweet gourd develops along the mid-palate; a roasty char and slight dark fruit presence appear into the finish and on the swallow.
Mouthfeel displays a medium body accompanied with a balanced, moderate carbonation; drying, just shy of char-like crispness progressing steadily along the palate; minimal alcohol presence; vague acridity in the distance, while the swallow remains mildly robust and reprises a brief char.
Any hint of pumpkin beyond the vaguest notion is overpowered by smoke, but that aside, this is a pleasant surprise; smoky, malty, and softly balanced, this is truly a pleasant take on a rauchbier/doppelbock hybrid, as a robust yet clean pairing leaves me both satisfied and searching for just a bit more depth (or at least the advertised 'fall' flavors).
Nov 02, 2019Pours a clear blood maroon body with rusty brown hues and a slight off-white head of frothy foam; head recedes quickly to a short-lived cap/collar and no lacing.
Aromas of smoked malts almost comprehensively dominate, but come to incorporate a light dusting of chocolate, a touch meaty, pumpkin flesh, and vague cherry skins along the way.
Taste lightly meaty smoked malts open, while sweet gourd develops along the mid-palate; a roasty char and slight dark fruit presence appear into the finish and on the swallow.
Mouthfeel displays a medium body accompanied with a balanced, moderate carbonation; drying, just shy of char-like crispness progressing steadily along the palate; minimal alcohol presence; vague acridity in the distance, while the swallow remains mildly robust and reprises a brief char.
Any hint of pumpkin beyond the vaguest notion is overpowered by smoke, but that aside, this is a pleasant surprise; smoky, malty, and softly balanced, this is truly a pleasant take on a rauchbier/doppelbock hybrid, as a robust yet clean pairing leaves me both satisfied and searching for just a bit more depth (or at least the advertised 'fall' flavors).
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