Pumpkin Ale
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Presentation: A ubiquitous 22 fluid ounce brown glass Bomber with a single label that looks the Brewers 4-year old daughter made it at school and which wouldn’t look out of place stuck on a Refrigerator. The pastel green and orange obverse label simply says Pumpkin Ale above a partial picture of one. Lots of blurb warning about the dangers of alcohol but none that gives the merest of a hint at a Freshness Date or Strength. It does state that this beer is from Brewbakers of Huntington Beach though.

Appearance: Golden color with some orange hints, like Golden Orange Marmalade in appearance. Clear with lots of streamers. Big white head at first that collapses in a random manner and leaves a 3-D Cobweb like lacing which is quite remarkable to look at. Superb appearance.

Nose: Pumpkin and All-Spices are heavy in the nose; none of the beers main ingredients come through at all – just the Pumpkin and the spices. Average yet Pumpkinny.

Taste: This offering has a very sharp bitter-sour taste profile. Light sour pumpkin and mixed spices at first with some malt – but the ending is very bitter, still crisp though, some hints of ground Nutmeg in the ending. Not sickly at all – but not exactly a session beer either.

Mouthfeel: Pretty average mouthfeel really. Decent carbonation lends a good feel in the mouth. But it’s difficult to mark this one; the only memorable thing here is the deep lingering pumpkin bitterness I find.

Drinkability: Erm, not that good actually. I struggled with the Bomber to be honest and I would recommend sharing one of these if you have one.

Overall: My burps definitely testify to the fact that this is a Pumpkin Ale, but it is not a sweet one by any stretch of the imagination. Very bitter and just plain friggin’ weird.