The Great Pumpkin Ale - Cambridge Brewing Company

The Great Pumpkin Ale

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Style: Herb and Spice Beer

ABV: 4.40%

Season: Autumn

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  • Color: Gold
  • Pours clear with several inches of slightly off white foam that is full of very large bubbles. Retention is about average with lacing is not apparent.

    Aroma is light but spice and pumpkin are evident with sweet twist. Cinnamon and nutmeg are the most obvious spices and quite possibly the only.

    Taste is very laid back. Slight bread/toast malt give way to pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg which all come in the end, lingering in the back of the mouth.

    Light body with a carbonation that doses the tip of the tongue. Strangely the carbonation seems to sit on the tongue.

    The subdued spice make this one drinkable but, as with any spice beer, the spices build, delaying the time between sips. Definitely would find the time for The Great Pumpkin again. Enjoy!
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  • Reviewed: Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 15:22:45
  • Tasted: Sunday, February 26, 2012
  • $0.00 for 22 oz. bottle
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Beer Notes
  • New England’s first pumpkin ale. Made with fresh MA organic sugar pumpkins and organic MA malt, real pumpkin flavor is complemented by just a touch of spice.
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