Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Lakefront Pumpkin

Description - Lager with Pumpkin & Spices

Maker - Lakefront Brewing

Notes - A delicious blend for sure, this one lives up to the spices in the description. One of the best pumpkin beer's I've tried.


8/10

Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale

Description - Fall Seasonal Pumpkin Ale

Maker - Michelob Brewing Co.

Notes - For having 'spice' in the name, I sure couldn't tell when drinking it. But, the flavor was pretty good, so it's cool.


7/10

Punk

Description - Pumpkin Ale with spices

Maker - Dogfish Head

Notes - While I wasn't wild about their regular IPA, this was pretty good. There was a nice balance of body, bitter, and pumpkin/spice. Still though, not my favorite.


7/10

Punk'n

Description - Harvest Pumpkin Ale

Maker - Four + Brewing

Description - Very mild, and unfortunately not much punk'n. Generally a good beer though.


7/10

Venetucci Pumpkin Ale

Description - Pumpkin Ale

Maker - Bristol Brewery

Notes - A little bitter for my taste, but with a great craft edge. Huge body flavor, and a nice reminiscence of pumpkin.



8/10

Harvest Moon

Description - Seasonal Pumpkin Ale

Maker - Blue Moon Brewing Co.

Notes - At first glance I liked this one alright, but after a while, the flavor became dominated by its tang. That, and it really didn't taste like pumpkin. Despite this it was still fairly drinkable.

6/10

Samurai

Description - Ale

Maker - Great Divide Brewing Co.

Notes - I had such high hopes for this one. I guess at least, though, it was reminiscent of your average Japanese beer, like a Kirin or something.


7/10

Dundee Honey Brown

Description - Brown Lager

Maker - Dundee

Notes - Average, but has a strange, light, bitter attack that's not altogether pleasant. With the whole honey bee thing going on, I was also expecting more of a honey flavor.


6/10

Urquell Pilsner


Description - Czech Pilsner

Maker - Urquell

Notes - Kind of nasty, but maybe I just don't like pilsners.



3/10