Pumking
22oz bottle courtesy of womencantsail. Into a DFH Signature glass. Bottle notes this as 9% A: Pours a nice orange color with a thin off white head, about half an inch or so that recedes to an island of bubbles and a few sticky spots of lacing. Slightly hazy but not completely opaque. S: Liquid pumpkin pie, cinnamon, allspice, a bit of nutmeg, and pie crust, think lard and shortening homemade pie crust as well. Underneath those flavors is the huge note of canned pumpkin. Has all the notes of a well made pumpkin pie. Pretty damn impressive that they can fit those smells into the nose of a beer. T: Follows over pretty nicely from the nose, but if anything I'd say that the spice overpowers the pumpkin flavor, and there is just a bit too much in the way of bitterness, probably extracted from the spices and a bit much in the way of hops as well. However, it all ties together quite nicely to make a damn tasty beer. I just think the hop bitterness might be a bit high and in the way to let things truly shine. M: Relatively light bodied for being a 9% beer, also, almost no detectable alcohol either, maybe a touch of warmth. Medium carbonation, and fairly dry as well. Pretty nice here. D: I can't see myself drinking a lot of this, just too many spices and a bit too much booze to really be something I'd drink a lot of. I do like that this beer is in no way subtle at all, all the flavors and aromas are in your face, but I would like to see the pumpkin character come out just a bit more and knock the bitterness down a touch and that would bump my score up significantly. Still good, and happy to try it! Thanks Andrew! Happy Halloween!