BREWERY: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
STYLE: Pumpkin Ale
ABV: 7.0%
PURCHASE: Draft (12-oz.), $7.00
SERVING: Chimay branded chalice. From the tap, a half-inch head with average retention.
APPEARANCE: Translucent auburn color. Visually alluring. Off-white head. No visible bubbling and no real lacing either.
BOUQUET: Essentially pumpkin spice and brown sugar. Nutmeg and cinnamon are detectable.
PALATE: Middle-of-the-road body with normal carbonation. Entry starts softly, and gradually crescendos in sweetness. Fusel alcohol finish, particularly if swallowed too fast. Aftertaste is spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and seemingly, clove and allspice. Could stand to have a bit more pumpkin; the brown sugar was actually more prominent.
MUSINGS AND METAPHORS: A tasty brew, but points off for a relatively subdued pumpkin flavor. This is like a second-rate Hitchcock film: It's still better than most of its competition, even if it's not exactly an ace in its field.
You know what this is named for? World Championship Punkin Chunkin (WCPC), an annual pumpkin chucking contest held in Delaware, the home of Dogfish Head. "Punkin chunkin" is slang for "pumpkin chucking." And I'm not talking manual chucking either. They use mechanical launching equipment. (See below.) It's even aired on the Science Channel. What will they think of next?
GRADE: B+
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