| It's officially Fall now and with the Autumnal season | | | | Drinkability is fair to good but I think this description |
| comes both Halloween and Thanksgiving, two great | | | | doesn't do justice because in my opinion, pumpkin |
| American holidays. While Halloween is all about Tricks | | | | spiced ales just don't have alot of high drinkability in |
| or Treats and carving pumpkins, Thanksgiving is all | | | | many cases (meaning I'd probably try one and not |
| about eating pumpkins in the form of pie. Both | | | | want another, even if I liked it). Too much of a good |
| holidays include pumpkins and how better to | | | | thing to continue? Maybe, maybe just too rich for |
| celebrate the season than with a pumpkin ale? Beer | | | | my taste. |
| comes in all flavors and pumpkin beer is just one of | | | | Anyway, I really did like this beer and I think many |
| many that is either loved or hated by those who | | | | looking for a good, true pumpkin flavored beer will |
| partake. I like all kinds of beer and will try just about | | | | enjoy this also. Again, you'll probably try it, like it, |
| anything so even though pumpkin pie may not be my | | | | maybe have another and that's it. You'll be done. It's |
| favorite, craft beers are and pumpkin or not, I'm | | | | just not all that sessionable. But it's good and I'll have |
| going to try any pumpkin beer I get my hands on. | | | | it again (I've got 23 more in my fridge now and only |
| So enough of the small talk. Let's get to this week's | | | | a week and a half til Thanksgiving to finish it! |
| feature sampling. I've been able to find and sieze a | | | | One negative I will point out is that, for me, in the |
| reasonably $33.00 priced case of Post Road Pumpkin | | | | background, beneath the strong pumpkin sensation, I |
| Ale. Post Road is essentially a spin-off of Garrett | | | | perceived this subtle taste that kept bugging me just |
| Oliver's Brooklyn Brewery. If you are somewhat | | | | a little. It reminded me of Yuengling lager. Yes, |
| familiar with Garrett and his Brooklyn beers, you | | | | Yuengling lager. When I got that taste in my mouth, |
| know that high quality, flavorful and innovative | | | | for whatever reason I got the idea imbedded in my |
| microbrews are what you'll get in just about anything | | | | brain that this was a beer, first and foremost, with |
| offered there. Here with Post Road is not all that | | | | pumpkin flavoring added. You know that whole "the |
| much different. | | | | whole is greater than the sum of the parts" thing? It |
| I tasted this one first at about 55 degrees in a | | | | just gave me a subtle impression that all in all, |
| standard 16oz. pub glass, nothing fancy here. This | | | | everything just didn't result in a seamless integration |
| brew ended up pouring out with a coppery/burnt | | | | of everything put into this beer. |
| orangy color with not a whole heck of a lot of head. | | | | My overall summary is, this beer is good. Above |
| I'd say about 3/4 finger and quickly extinct. Kinda | | | | average I would say for the style (pumpkin ales |
| disappointing right off the start there. Well, I'm here | | | | being a niche style of their own). I did enjoy it. Very, |
| to drink it not to stare. Good thing for me. | | | | very much...I would say no. But again, who's going to |
| Tasting it was just as pumpkin-ey (if that's even a | | | | sit down and drink pumpkin beer all day, even on |
| real word) as I thought and hoped it would be. Very, | | | | Thanksgiving. Nobody me thinks. But it is a very good |
| very good pumpkin flavor here in this craft beer. I | | | | representation of the style, and very good for the |
| liked it, I liked it very much. Just a twinge of nutmeg | | | | price I paid. Whether the case is gone by |
| cinnamon nudging out in the background. But overall, I | | | | Thanksgiving or not, I just don't know, but I will |
| could very easily tell this was a traditional pumpkin ale | | | | continue to enjoy it, one Post Road Pumpkin Ale at a |
| and not some holiday spice laden wannabe. | | | | time. |
| I really liked the way this one smelled. Overall, I | | | | My humble opinion will give this one 6.50 points out of |
| thought that it essentially smelled as close to pumpkin | | | | 10 possible. Clocking in at just a bit above 5.0 alcohol |
| pie as just about anything I'd ever tried (other than | | | | by volume, this is a respectable pumpkin beer for the |
| actual pumpkin pie that is). Sure it had some | | | | style and Post Road Pumpkin Ale is a beer that I'd |
| spicieness to the aroma but predominantly, I smelled | | | | recommend to someone who is already fond of |
| pumpkin. So often in many pumpkin beer offerings | | | | microbrews and prefers trying something a little bit |
| from microbreweries, everything seems | | | | different (keeping in mind that pumpkin ales just |
| overwhelmed in spices, spices, spices. Pumpkin | | | | aren't everyone's cup of tea) so I'd expect a widely |
| sometimes seems an afterthought. Not so with Post | | | | varying range of agreement/disagreement amongst |
| Road. Pumpkin rules the day here. | | | | the masses). |
| The carbonation seemed right on to me for the style. | | | | |
