Pumpkin Night!

In honor of all the pumpkin beers hitting the market right now, Joe and I decided to just try them all. We were quite surprised to find that out of the 8 we tried, none tasted like the other. We also started a new rating system for this taste test. We gave each beer 1-5, 5 being the best. Our friend Jim helped us out with a few too. Here are the results:

DOGFISH HEAD - Punkin Ale
Highly spiced. Very light pumpkin flavor. Excellent reddish-orange color. Lots of little bubbles. Great beer!
Joe - 5
Val - 4.5


FISHERMANS - Pumpkin Stout
Val: This tastes like BBQ meat. Where is the pumpkin? It's a good smoked beer, but it nothing at all to do with pumpkin.
Joe: Val's right. It tastes like spiced ribs or something. Our friend Max says he can taste pumpkins, but I think he;s just being nice.


JACK'S - Pumpkin Spice Ale
Not much scent or flavor. Pumpkin + Budwiser. It does get a little better when it's warm, but I wouldn't drink this one again.
Joe - 1
Val - 1
Jim - 2

SARANAC - Pumpkin Ale
This company is always hit or miss. This was a miss. Dark amber color and bubbly with a light taste. Not very pumpkiny at all.
Joe - 2
Val - 2

SHIPYARD BREW CO. - Pumpkinhead
Light amber color. Light scent. Very pumpkiny, sweet taste. It's like pumpkin pie mush from a can. We love it!
Joe - 4.5
Val - 5

SMUTTYNOSE - Pumpkin Ale
Hoppy smell and taste. To me it doesn't taste like pumpkin at all. It's just an icky IPA. Joe thinks it's out of style, but he still likes it. He thinks the pumpkin flavor is bitter.
Joe - 3.5
Val - 1.5
Jim - 2.5

SOUTHERN TIER - PumKing
Joe: No other pumpkin beer tastes more like pumpkin pie and less like beer.
Val: The pumpkin flavor is good at first, but gets a little overwhelming the more you drink.
Joe - 4
Val - 3

WEYERBACHER - Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Light reddish color. Not very bubbly. Most head of all the pumpkins we tried. Lots of pumpkin spice and flavor. This is a good one! This is more of a pumpkin spice beer rather than the pumpkin pie flavor that the Shipyard had. This one will be excellent when it gets colder out.
Joe - 5
Val - 4.5

WOLVER'S - Will Steven's Pumpkin Ale
Bubbly with a very reddish color and spicy smell (which I love). Subtle pumpkin flavor. Sweet, very spiced, and dry. Some sourness too.
Joe - 4
Val - 3.5