2 Kinds of Local Pumpkin Ale – Just in Time for Fall

Pumpkin Ales: Oast House Brewery Country Bumpkin and The Exchange Brewery Pumpkin Ale

Oast Country Bumpkin (5.3% ABV)

SWIRL  – What do we see?

Light amber colour, clear

SNIFF – What do we smell?

Pumpkin pie, baked pie crust, nutmeg. Take a whiff of this ale and you immediately think pumpkin pie. (Elsie Mae doesn’t like beer, but she likes this!)

SIP – What do we taste?

Sweet and salty, honey, graham cracker, mouth coating (like whipped cream)

Exchange Pumpkin Ale (6.1 ABV)

SWIRL  – What do we see?

Light amber colour, hazy

SNIFF – What do we smell?

Ginger, citrus, sour

SIP – What do we taste?

Spice, orange peel, mouth feel – bitter, metallic

SO……

We conclude that we all liked the Oast Country Bumpkin better for the cozy fall feeling it created.  Which do you like better?