Laid-back cinnamon-toasted pumpkin pie entry gains immediate lemon souring as semi-sweet acorn squash, buttered pecan and yam illusions filter thru alongside recessive allspice-nutmeg spicing. Citric hop straddled the line between sharp and coarse. 
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DEVILS BACKBONE PUMPKIN HUNTER
Modest pumpkin roast sweetened slightly by meek cinnamon-nutmeg spicing, brown-sugared acorn squash reminder and teasing yam snip. Desolate earthen bottom underscores relegated pumpkin pie-spiced finish.
GREAT SOUTH BAY SPLASHING PUMPKIN
On tap at Barcade – Manhattan, subdued moderate-bodied pumpkin ale contrasts sweet pumpkin-pied nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and ginger spicing against earthen gourd complacency, baked pumpkin vegetalia and lemony Cascade hop bittering. But it’s ultimately too thin.
SMUTTYNOSE PUMPKIN ALE
Delicate floral-spiced pumpkin pie spicing lightly lacquers mild crystal malt sweetness to contrast dry pumpkin-fleshed earthiness of OK autumnal fare. Calm cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice seasoning as well as sugared yam snip need deeper penetration.
HALF FULL POSITIVELY PUMPKIN
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, compact pumpkin pie-spiced cinnamon, nutmeg and clove seasoning gains lingered ginger herbage and sweet yam whim to contrast less prominent earthen gourd toasting above honeyed Graham Cracker spine.
NEW JERSEY BEER CO. CHAIRMAN OF THE GOURD
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, pleasant autumnal moderation offers subtle gourd crisping to mild orange peel zest and spicy hop tingle. Sugared yam, sweet potato and squash illusions aid pumpkin pie finish.
CLIMAX PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Climax, highly expressive autumn ale leans on the sweet side as brown-sugared pumpkin pie pleasantry picks up discreet yam influence, ginger-spiced nutmeg seasoning and dainty cherry piquancy to contrast polite lemon-drop sourness as well as earthen squash, butternut and zucchini illusions.
3 GUYS & A BEER’D SOUL PATCH ALE BREWED WITH PUMPKIN
Sharp autumnal seasoning guards brown-sugared pumpkin pie theme while quickly approaching lemony gourd earthiness stays just below the surface to contrast the cinnamon-sweetened nutmeg-allspice-coriander spicing and honeyed Graham Cracker respite.
TROEGS MASTER OF PUMPKINS
Stylish brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing given ginger-minted freshness as well as a lemony champagne twist (emanating from French saison yeast). Ample cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and coriander seasoning sweetens light vanilla creaming to contrast roasted pumpkin vegetalia.
NESHAMINY CREEK PUNKEL DUNKEL
On tap at Amazing Grapes, richly creamed pumpkin-pureed dunkelweizen retains chewy molasses-syruped pumpkin pie richness as gingerbread-sugared cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice sweetness battles back dunkel-styled banana, vanilla, clove and toffee illusions above Graham Cracker-like wheat spine. In deep recess, orange-candied cherry, grape and fig nuances flutter. A ghoulishly full-bodied Halloween dessert treat.
CONEY ISLAND FREAKTOBERFEST BIG OL’ PUMPKIN ALE W/ ESPRESSO BEANS
Mildly smooth espresso-beaned pumpkin ale may be a tad thin, but its subtle flavor profile will please softer thirsts. Brooklyn’s Cafe Grumpy espresso beans provide back end pleasantries for sweet pumpkin pie-spiced gingerbread, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and clove illusions as well as vanilla-sugared coconut toasting and wavering smoked black peppering. But lemony carbolic spritz brings intrusive phenol aridity and vegetal squash-zucchini earthiness seems undefined. On tap at Growler & Gill, better 2017 version found subtle espresso bean exuberance caress pumpkin pie spicing and light lemon rind bittering.
NEW BELGIUM PUMPKICK
Tepid and thin in comparison to sourer Terrapin Cranberry Pumpkinfest as autumnal 2016 trend towards cranberry-infused pumpkin ales takes off. Tart cranberry juicing never fully punctuates brown-sugared spicing or its contrasting raw-honeyed lemony gourd bittering. Instead, sweet nutmeg, ginger, clove and cinnamon accents stay annoyingly moderated.
