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.
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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.
TERRAPIN CRANBERRY PUMPKINFEST
On tap at Amazing Grapes, tart cranberry-forward sourness almost supersedes vegetal gourd earthiness and mild pumpkin-skinned acridity. Lemony blood orange, yellow grapefruit and tangelo fruiting tingles the sour cranberry essence.
(LION) STEGMAIER PUMPKIN ALE
Mucky midrange moderation meshes pumpkin pie sugaring with ephemeral cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice conflux, candied crystal malting and distant banana-clove sweetness. Latent metallic sheen and phenol hop astringency disrupt gourd tenacity.
DEPARTED SOLES GHOST OF PUMPKIN PASSED
On tap at Plank Pizza, pallid gluten-free autumnal moderation utilizes sorghum, instead of wheat, to less assuredly support evaporative brown-sugared pumpkin spicing and vegetal gourd earthiness. Lemon-seeded herbal hop astringency negates wispy vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg adjuncts.
