Thin sugar-rimmed pumpkin spicing and drifting gingerbread sweetness drowned out by fizzy phenolic esters. Distant ginger-leafed gourd earthiness and leafy hop oiling contrast faded cinnamon-nutmeg-clove seasoning below the fragile surface.
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UNTIED BOOS PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne – 2021, chewy Madagascar vanilla bean prominence and dark cocoa syruping nearly overwhelm brown-sugared cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and clove seasoning as well as gingery mace peppering, light burnt wood chafe and teasing cola nuttiness. In the can ’24, boozy bourbonized gingerbread presence consumes bittersweet Madagascar vanilla bean creaminess guarding wintry cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and mase spicing as well as rum-dried minty pine snips.
BUTTZVILLE CEMETERY HILL PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, sharp gingered cinnamon spicing seeps into brown-sugared pureed pumpkin as mild saffron-perfumed nutmeg, allspice and clove seasoning peppers dryer than expected tannic vanilla-daubed butternut squash base.
UFO JOURNEY TO PLANET PUMPKIN
On tap at Schatzi’s – Poughkeepsie, easygoing pumpkin puree-spiced hefeweizen moderates cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice seasoning as earthen gourd dryness and lacquered citrus snip add slight dimension.
FIVE BOROUGHS PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, sedate golden-cleared autumnal moderation contrasts pumpkin pied cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice seasoning with earthen gourd salting as cologne-spiced lemon licks waver.
O’FALLON VANILLA PUMPKIN
Sharp cinnamon-nutmeg-clove influence hides subtle cold-pressed Madagascar vanilla creaming, sweet caramelized bourbon snip, gingery pumpkin pie crusting and mild orange peel twist, finishing just a tad too phenolic.
(URBAN VILLAGE) STINGY JACK PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Bonnie & Clyde’s, brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing gains sharp citric hop tinge while cinnamon-sweetened nutmeg and gingerbread ride above Graham Cracker wheat base.
(MASS BAY) UFO PUMPKIN
Richer and headier than most UFO series, Harpoon’s Pumpkin Ale now gets canned under Mass Bay Brewing. Sweet brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing counters less prominent earthen gourd vegetalia and muted herbal hop pungency. Sharp cinnamon spicing gains ginger, clove, allspice and nutmeg seasoning as well as raw vanilla tannins.
MONTAUK PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, reserved pumpkin-spiced moderation spreads brown-sugared cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice sweetness across dried ginger insistence and mild perfumed hops above relegated Graham Cracker-honeyed wheat spine. Predictably staid and worthily conformist.
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE AUTUMN BLAZE PUMPKIN ALE
Brown-sugared pureed pumpkin pie spicing lets ginger-snapped cinnamon toasting gain prominence above earthen gourd-bound foliage. Fizzy orange peel spritz never precludes pumpkin-spiced sweetness.
SPELLBOUND PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Hoover’s, weak pumpkin-spiced barleywine lacks descriptive stylistic diversity and becomes arid. Pumpkin pie sweetness and brown-sugared cinnamon toasting lost to sharp gin-licked orange rind bittering. Wispy ginger, nutmeg and allspice reminders need better resonance.
(POINT) WHOLE HOG PUMPKIN ALE – 2020
Sharp cinnamon spicing paces less enthusiastic 2020 version of brown-sugared pumpkin pied libation. A tad slick compared to the triumphant 2012 original, its cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice alacrity still maintains a sweet distinction, and the spiced orange tang’s a nice touch, but the carbolic fizziness retains a certain aridity.
