Sunday, May 27, 2012
Pumpkin Ale Compitition
Pumpkin Ales Head to Head
Last night at Gonzalo’s we
had in impromptu Pumpkin Ale Tasting. He had several Pumpkin Ales left over
from the fall and I had another Spiced
Harvest Ale that the Wilson's
gave me.
So here was the lineup:
Spiced
Harvest Ale, Herbed / Spiced Beer,
6.60% ABV
Brewed by: Fordham Brewing
Company, Dover, Delaware USA
Punk'n
Ale, Pumpkin Ale, 4.00% ABV
Brewed by: Four + Brewing
Company, Salt Lake City, Utah
Post Road
Pumpkin Ale, Pumpkin Ale, 5.00% ABV
Brewed by: Brooklyn Brewery,
Brooklyn, New
York
Imperial
Pumpkin Ale, Pumpkin Ale, 8.00% ABV
Brewed by: Weyerbacher Brewing
Co., Easton, Pennsylvania
The cool thing was that I have had and reviewed each of
these in the past. So this was a good head to head competition. Here is how it
went down.
Fordham, was the clear winner for the best pumpkin flavor.
Post Road, that was my Gold Standard for this style may be a
better overall beer than Fordham but it could not match the authentic pumpkin
taste of Fordham.
Wyerbacher, had the most spice intensity and the biggest
beer at 8% but it did not have the overall enjoyability as the Fordham or Post Road.
Punk’n, had clearly come in last out of the group.
So this tasting finally did it. My new Gold Standard for
Pumpkin Ales is Fordham’s Spiced Harvest Ale.
It was tough to topple Post Road. It was one of my first and my
favorite pumpkin beer for many years. But it was clear doing a head to head
with Fordham that Fordham had the better Pumpkin Ale.
It was a cool little tasting, thank you Gonzalo and the Wilson family for making this possible.
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