I grin for the pumpkin
Early fall is a great beer drinking time when adventurous breweries unleash spicy tasting pumpkin beer– this year’s first batch comes from the Brooklyn Brewery of Black Chocolate Stout fame. Under the Post Road brand, this dark logger-like hued pumpkin beer is a great showing with a nice lasting head with a fair amount of bubbliness, which imparts a wonderful malty nose with a pleasant cinnamon and nutmeg spiciness. This pleasantly crisp and smooth beer has a sweet cinnamony taste, complemented by a well balanced maltiness, which finishes brilliantly.
The pumpkin spiciness of this beer makes it a pleasant drink lacking in the harshness commonly associated with some of the more full bodied winter beers. What’s more, at 5% ABV, it’s an easy drink.
All in all, I’m impressed with the Brooklyn Brewery’s Post Road Pumpkin ale– it has been a welcoming taste for a great beer drinking season.