Fabulous autumnal dessert treat! Richly concocted pumpkin ale (with bold 8.5% ABV) retains vanilla-creamed powdered sugaring for chewy roasted pumpkin meatiness, enduring cinnamon-nutmeg-cardamom seasoning, sweet orange peel snip and a hint of sage over sweet doughy malting.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, gingerbread-honeyed cinnamon and nutmeg seasoning plus brown-sugared vanilla creaming add serious autumnal sweetness to powder-sugared caramel glaze of extraordinary Pumking variant. Pumpkin pie spicing maintains alongside caramel candied confection, picking up slight cream soda, candied yam and nutmeg shortcake snips for extra sweet-toothed goodness.
Creamily silken nitro cold brew coffee Pumking variant displays exuberant coffee-sugared pumpkin spicing. Luscious caramel latte, creme brulee, fudged chocolate, hazelnut coffee, cinnamon coffee, gingerbread cookie, mint chocolate and vanilla cake seduction presses up against wintry pumpkin-pied nutmeg, clove and ginger spicing as well as dewy peat moisture.
On tap at Bonnie & Clyde’s, honey-glazed Belgian yeast affects mild pumpkin-spiced cinnamon licks and wispy nutmeg-clove-ginger-allspice seasoning above its delicate amber grained spine. Distant banana, cherry and berry fruiting sweetness caresses pumpkin pie spiciness.
Richly creamed cola-nutted mocha seduction picks up brown-sugared cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger and clove spicing to fortify low key pumpkin pie dalliance. Dryly bittersweet mocha-stained pumpkin spicing gains weedy dark floral daub and dainty herbal licks over time.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, intensely pumpkin-spiced Imperial Stout drapes dark chocolate syrup upon brown-sugared cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander and clove seasoning as well as mild anise, pine nut and caraway illusions. Bittersweet dark-roast pumpkin influence holds up fine against cavernous molasses-sapped chocolate spicing of richly robust 11% ABV full body.
Complexities abound as polite cacao-nibbed chili peppering gains autumnal pumpkin spicing over toffee-sugared mocha malts. Delightful pumpkin-daubed cocoa, dark chocolate and cold-press coffee continuance proves prominent as sedate nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and cardamom seasoning recedes and delicate ancho-serrano-habanero peppering subsides (and mild aridity ensues). A deliriously adventurous dessert treat.
On tap at Beef Trust, black-peppered chai tea adjunct brings sharp edginess to cinnamon-toasted pumpkin pie sweetness and brown-sugared gingerbread cookie respite. Cotton-candied rum raisin, banana bread, apple butter and vanilla illusions further sweeten its rich resolve while white-peppered ginger herbage deepens cardamom-spiced chai tea aspect. A welcoming venture.
Lovely coffee-milked pumpkin pie spicing with teasing vanilla-sugared whipped creaming and brown-sugared cinnamon, allspice, coriander and nutmeg seasoning provide delightful results for impressive Pumking knockoff. Light roast cold press coffee bittering contrasts honeyed Graham Cracker sweetness as tertiary dark chocolate, cappuccino, crème brulee and amaretto illusions increase complexity. On tap at Taphouse 15, intimate light-roast cold-press coffee adjunct seeps into autumnal pumpkin pie-spiced nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice pleasantries as well as wispy vanilla, molasses, hazelnut, Amaretto and espresso undertones. Try in lieu of pumpkin latte.
On tap at Tapastre, sweet cinnamon-spiced pumpkin pie goodness rides above honeyed wheat malts. Beneath the surface, brown-sugared vanilla caking spiced up by nutmeg-clove seasoning as well as molasses-sapped gingerbread.
Bottled 2017 version heightens lemony orange peel tartness against sugary pumpkin pie spicing. Cinnamon-toasted gingerbread sweetness gains vodka-sugared 9% ABV and mild gourd-like earthiness for ‘devious’ after dinner delight.
Efficient medium-bodied autumnal ale lets brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing gently seep into brisk phenol hop sharpness and recessive lemon-drop tartness. Waning cinnamon-nutmeg spicing allows dewy wet-leafed earthiness to expand across the yam-sweetened pumpkin plain.
