Pumpkin Ale
Great Lakes Brewery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Fruit Ale
Thursday 15 March 2012 – 5.5%Alc./Vol. 86 / 100
Initial Thoughts
Big brown bottle with a terrific painted on Jack-o-lantern theme label... Festive! A light copper colour, a tad foggy. Nice big bubbly head, smell of pumpkin and spice, great first impression.
First Sip
Oh nice! Legitimately spiced, a touch of late bitterness. Really nice!
Halfway Through
Brings to mind those great North American autumn traditions of pumpkin pie, touch football in the park, changing leaves and cooler, shorter days, and longer warmer, indoor evenings... Great stuff... And the beer smells fantastic too!
Bottoms Up
Even though this was sampled several months after it was brewed and bottled, it was really impressive! A really enthusiastic and well orchestrated autumnal ale! Great quality. I would classify this beer as a “novelty ale” but that wouldn’t give this one enough credit. What it is truly is a fantastic genuinely crafted pumpkin ale... easily good enough to stand eye-to-eye with the best of it’s kind.
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