Southampton Pumpkin Ale
A - Orangish brown brew with a small head and no lacing. S - Red cinnamon, like cinnamon gum or candies and nutmeg. A touch of pumpkin is decernable, but the cinnamon and nutmeg are basically all there is. T - A bit of sweet malt with red cinnamon, pumpkin, allspice, nutmeg and a slight ascerbic character. The aftertaste is a bland ascerbic character. M - Carbonation is a tad high. Medium viscosity, pretty refreshing. D - Not too great. It is too spicy (from red cinnamon) and sweet to be ideal. I might try it again, but the red cinnamon is too strong on the flavor. I love my pumpkin ales with pumpkin pie spices in them, but pumpkin pie does not imply red cinnamon. Cinnamon, as in ground cinnamon sticks, is very far removed from the red variety. Oh well, I was glad to have gotten to try this!