Great Lakes Brewery Pumpkin Ale

Great Lakes Brewery Pumpkin Ale
Type of beer: Ale
Container Type: 650 mL bottle
Alcohol by volume: 5.5%
Country of origin: Canada
Rating: 61% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Cost: $6.75
Tasted on: 9/17/09
Colours of label: White/Orange
Drank From: Bears

Label Reads: "Beer brewed with pumpkin and spices", "In our pursuit to bring you the most flavourful and unique beers possible, we are proud to release this tasty autumn ale. Handcrafted with an assortment of specialty malts and hops, we added a generous amount of pumpkin directly into the brew. Combine this with hints of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and allspice, and you’ve got a beer that you won’t soon forget. Rich, satisfying and slightly spicy, our seasonal ale goes perfectly with your favourite dessert or traditional feast. But like fall, Pumpkin Ale comes but once a year!".

website: www.greatlakesbeer.com
Best for: Going door-to-door begging for food
Ratings:
Taste: 12/20
Flavour: 13/20
Buy again: 11/20
Aroma: 7/10
Satisfaction: 6/10
Complexity: 6/10
Intangible: 6/10

Handwritten notes: I hear a lot of people talk about Pumpkin beers, and I've never laid lips on one, so I was hyped to see this puppy wrapped in orange foil at the LC. It's not really what I expected, though. I expected to have a mouthful of pumpkin pie. (Should Unibroue have made this beer, I certainly would have had just that). Instead this is a consummate weiss with a sour sort of genuine pumpkin taste, and a hint of clove. Autumnal as hell, which is fine by me. How come Autumn is the only season that has two names? It's Autumn and fall. That's right, I gots me some thinkins.

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