Schlafly Pumpkin Ale | The Schlafly Tap Room
Brewed by:
The Schlafly Tap Room
Missouri, United States
schlafly.com
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 8.00%
Availability: Fall
Notes / Commercial Description:
Our Pumpkin Ale blends the spices of the harvest with full-bodied sweetness for a beer that tastes like pumpkin pie. Pounds of pumpkin form a malty foundation that supports the fall flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove.
While pumpkin beers were produced in the early days of the American colonies, they were different from the pumpkin beers we know today. Colonists used pumpkin and squash as the fermenting medium, since malted barley was scarce. Once malt became more readily available, it replaced these alternatives to grain. In the 1990’s, American craft brewers reintroduced the style to the delight of pumpkin beer drinkers.
16 IBU
Added by maxpower on 09-16-2006
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Ratings: 2,363 | Reviews: 589
4.16/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pleasantly surprised. A good tasting pumpkin ale. Not too flavor overwhelming. Smooth. Good ale.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pleasantly surprised. A good tasting pumpkin ale. Not too flavor overwhelming. Smooth. Good ale.
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4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.16/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Oh yeah this is a really rich tasting pumpkin ale, but it's not a cheap & artificial type of sweetness like Shipyard Pumpkinhead is Schlafly pumpkin ale reminds me of a pumpkin flavored marzipan. The spices are definitely present in this beer but it blends so well with the pumpkin. I am going to disagree with some of you folks I think the alcohol is well hidden for an 8% pumpkin ale. This is not bad for $1.99 a bottle. The pumpkin does come out quite a bit more with the 10% imperial version probably because they infused more pumpkin into that batch I would imagine but I am only guessing. Cheers! A-
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Oh yeah this is a really rich tasting pumpkin ale, but it's not a cheap & artificial type of sweetness like Shipyard Pumpkinhead is Schlafly pumpkin ale reminds me of a pumpkin flavored marzipan. The spices are definitely present in this beer but it blends so well with the pumpkin. I am going to disagree with some of you folks I think the alcohol is well hidden for an 8% pumpkin ale. This is not bad for $1.99 a bottle. The pumpkin does come out quite a bit more with the 10% imperial version probably because they infused more pumpkin into that batch I would imagine but I am only guessing. Cheers! A-
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4.19/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.97/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Appearane- The beer is served a lightly hazed orange-light reddish color with a tiny white head. The head fades very fast to leave a little bit of lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell-The aroma is light for the taste, with some sweet caramel, pumpkin, and brown sugar. Along with these smells comes spice smells of clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon, creating a sweet pumpkin pie like smell overall.
Taste- The taste begins very sweet with tons of brown sugar sweetened pumpkin taste and a decent amount of spice of cinnamon. As the taste advances the cinnion grows stronger and is joined by a bit of nutmeg and corriander. The sweet brown sugar, joined by some caramel and clove as well as a tiny bit of booze alcohol, leaves one with a sweet and warming pumpkin pie flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel-. The body of the brew is rather thick and chewy with a carbonation level that is normal. For the sweet pumpkin and booze tastes the feel is great and compliments the boozey pumpkin pie tastes well.
Overall-. A rich and sweet pumpkin pie brew. Sweet, spiced, pumpkin, and nice.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Appearane- The beer is served a lightly hazed orange-light reddish color with a tiny white head. The head fades very fast to leave a little bit of lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell-The aroma is light for the taste, with some sweet caramel, pumpkin, and brown sugar. Along with these smells comes spice smells of clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon, creating a sweet pumpkin pie like smell overall.
Taste- The taste begins very sweet with tons of brown sugar sweetened pumpkin taste and a decent amount of spice of cinnamon. As the taste advances the cinnion grows stronger and is joined by a bit of nutmeg and corriander. The sweet brown sugar, joined by some caramel and clove as well as a tiny bit of booze alcohol, leaves one with a sweet and warming pumpkin pie flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel-. The body of the brew is rather thick and chewy with a carbonation level that is normal. For the sweet pumpkin and booze tastes the feel is great and compliments the boozey pumpkin pie tastes well.
Overall-. A rich and sweet pumpkin pie brew. Sweet, spiced, pumpkin, and nice.
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3.58/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.2/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.96/5 rDev +18.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Maybe my favorite pumpkin ale and I've tried a few!
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look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Maybe my favorite pumpkin ale and I've tried a few!
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4.9/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Not your typical pumpkin beer. Delicious and strong. I have tried quite a few different pumpkin beers, and this one takes the cake for me.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Not your typical pumpkin beer. Delicious and strong. I have tried quite a few different pumpkin beers, and this one takes the cake for me.
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4.09/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
The beer pours out a dark amber/light brown color, with 1 finger of khaki colored head---------- the aromas are of sweetness, nutmeg, pumpkin pie and cinnamon--------- the flavors are of sweet malt, clove, cinnamon, pumpkin pie, Carmel, vanilla and brown sugar, the beer has a full creamy mouthfeel with a smooth spiced finish------------ overall this beer was exceptional - hands down one of the better pumpkin ales I have had, the mouthfeel was out of this world so creamy and full---
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
The beer pours out a dark amber/light brown color, with 1 finger of khaki colored head---------- the aromas are of sweetness, nutmeg, pumpkin pie and cinnamon--------- the flavors are of sweet malt, clove, cinnamon, pumpkin pie, Carmel, vanilla and brown sugar, the beer has a full creamy mouthfeel with a smooth spiced finish------------ overall this beer was exceptional - hands down one of the better pumpkin ales I have had, the mouthfeel was out of this world so creamy and full---
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3.79/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.49/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.06/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.19/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.85/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
2.43/5 rDev -42.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2
2.36/5 rDev -43.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2
Schlafly Pumpkin Ale - 8.0% ABV - 16 IBUs
Date: 7/31/18 - 8/17/18
Appearance: Deep ruby red with a finger of off white head.
Aroma: Big pumpkin pie spice that overtakes everything else. Very little, if any vegetal pumpkin flavor.
Taste: While I don’t doubt that this beer is made with pumpkin, I just can’t taste any. The spices completely overwhelm everything just as they did on the nose. It’s malty as is to be expected and it isn’t overly sweet, but honestly there isn’t much more to say here.
Biased comments: Wow, what was once my favorite pumpkin beer has, this year anyway, been reduced to a total spice bomb. The only thing I can think is that the beer was brewed in July to be consumed well into the fall, after the spices have faded some. As it stands, its drinkable, but certainly not what I would call enjoyable.
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look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2
Schlafly Pumpkin Ale - 8.0% ABV - 16 IBUs
Date: 7/31/18 - 8/17/18
Appearance: Deep ruby red with a finger of off white head.
Aroma: Big pumpkin pie spice that overtakes everything else. Very little, if any vegetal pumpkin flavor.
Taste: While I don’t doubt that this beer is made with pumpkin, I just can’t taste any. The spices completely overwhelm everything just as they did on the nose. It’s malty as is to be expected and it isn’t overly sweet, but honestly there isn’t much more to say here.
Biased comments: Wow, what was once my favorite pumpkin beer has, this year anyway, been reduced to a total spice bomb. The only thing I can think is that the beer was brewed in July to be consumed well into the fall, after the spices have faded some. As it stands, its drinkable, but certainly not what I would call enjoyable.
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4.4/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
LOOKS: A very clear dark copper with a finger of tan head that sticks around. Mild lacing down the glass.
AROMA: Very spiced, but, very balanced. Some molasses or a nice gingerbread note. Very pungent, but, smells really nice.
TASTE: Very well balanced and not overly sweet. Tastes like pumpkin pie. Exactly like pumpkin pie.
FEEL: Medium full body, medium carbonation, and fairly dry on the finish. Slightly sticky, overall.
OVERALL: Damn good Fall beer. Pick up a six pack.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
LOOKS: A very clear dark copper with a finger of tan head that sticks around. Mild lacing down the glass.
AROMA: Very spiced, but, very balanced. Some molasses or a nice gingerbread note. Very pungent, but, smells really nice.
TASTE: Very well balanced and not overly sweet. Tastes like pumpkin pie. Exactly like pumpkin pie.
FEEL: Medium full body, medium carbonation, and fairly dry on the finish. Slightly sticky, overall.
OVERALL: Damn good Fall beer. Pick up a six pack.
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4.29/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
hoo boy am i excited for summer to end. i'm gonna drink a lot more schlafly. dumped this into an official Schlafly(tm) glass, a nice deep red beer sloshed down and a good chunk of foamy off white head appeared and sat there for a long while. lacing still clinging behind now. the smell makes me pretend its not 90 outside at 7pm, pumpkin, tons of cinnamon/nutmeg, and some sweet almost syrupy booze. tastes like a piece of pie but without the sugar induced tooth ache, with a hint of almost yeast like qualities and some booze. wonderful pumpkin flavor without being overpowering, and a great balance of sweet/spice. feels a tad thin for what it is, but still quite creamy and smooth. unless you hate pumpkin this is a goodie.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
hoo boy am i excited for summer to end. i'm gonna drink a lot more schlafly. dumped this into an official Schlafly(tm) glass, a nice deep red beer sloshed down and a good chunk of foamy off white head appeared and sat there for a long while. lacing still clinging behind now. the smell makes me pretend its not 90 outside at 7pm, pumpkin, tons of cinnamon/nutmeg, and some sweet almost syrupy booze. tastes like a piece of pie but without the sugar induced tooth ache, with a hint of almost yeast like qualities and some booze. wonderful pumpkin flavor without being overpowering, and a great balance of sweet/spice. feels a tad thin for what it is, but still quite creamy and smooth. unless you hate pumpkin this is a goodie.
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4/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Surprisingly good. Best buy itself as a drink. Not sure if I'd like it with food.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Surprisingly good. Best buy itself as a drink. Not sure if I'd like it with food.
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3.89/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.21/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A great example of a pumpkin ale. Just the right amount of spice and malty goodness. I find it to be very good session ale. It is not cloying at all like some examples. Another quality ale from the Schafly Tap Room.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A great example of a pumpkin ale. Just the right amount of spice and malty goodness. I find it to be very good session ale. It is not cloying at all like some examples. Another quality ale from the Schafly Tap Room.
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2.34/5 rDev -44.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Schlafly Pumpkin Ale from The Schlafly Tap Room
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