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This is a beer made by Coors – so I’ve got predisposed opinions. But… Nicole does like the Blue Moon so i figured it was worth a try. Coming at 5.60% APV.

The pour is usual. Copper brown and topped by a bready looking fluffy head. Smells faintly of spice, no real pumpkin to be found. The had drops leaving lacing both above and around the surface.

Smells like spice, but muted. The notes of clove are faint and there is something unusual as well. like lettuce. I might be drunk but this just taste that great. i think the vegatal smell is just too much for me to get past.

The taste is slightly sweet, with more acidity than expected. This might be carbonation but I’m not sure. The spice is mostly cinnamon but not much pumpkin to speak of… not as sweet as the rest in this category.

eh, not impressive. I’d probably look to spend more on a better tasting beer. Nicole will have to get over it.

D

Pumpkin Ale from the Michigan Brewing Company. Pours out at a 6.00% APV.

The beer looks good, clear and copper in color with a decent head that brings zero retention. The lacing is thick to the edges and light across the surface. The smell is very defined. Not over powering but definite. Pumpkin and allspice i think. faintly malty and a little bread-ish…

The taste is sweet, but then I have a well-documented ‘tooth’ as it were. I love this beer. I will admit that it lacks even more of the nuanced subtlety than I wrote about in other reviews. This beer makes mo apologies for what it is… A pumpkin infused, spice delight. the spices are there. The pumpkin is there,

Mouthfeel is distant, almost non-existant. It just barely coats the cheeks and leaves you able to drink more. I like that. Some of the more highly stylized beers like these tend to be more one offs for me. I like one – but I wouldn’t want to drink ten. This beer is an exception to that rule.

Wow, as good as I thought the Jack’s was… this is better. Its like a great autumn/fall desert beer – yet highly drinkable. Session beer for the style for sure. If I can find this in a case… Nicole will be drinking this for sure. I wish there was a grade between A and A+…

A

This beer comes from Michelob/Anheuser-Busch and therefore… i am not too optimistic. Coming in at 5.50% APV… so off we go.

The color is a rich copper and the head is very light. High but light. It drops soon and leaves a nice medioum lace all the way across the top. and it stays. The smell is very good actually. Surprisingly spicy and sweet but… something else – not sure, metallic maybe. Its a little off-putting but most people don’t linger with their nose buried in the beer so you might even miss it.

The beer is carbonated well, and it doesn’t coat my mouth a ton. It lingers but in a not so bad kind of way. The taste is… well, not too shabby. The spice is up front and the pumpkin is not overly sweet. The cinnamon is most forward, along with the clove. I gotta admit… i like it. its probably not as nuanced and balanced as many better peers in this style… but its a damn good one.

I enjoy it. I will say – brewery be damned. It is spicy and sweet in a pleasant way. A case would last awhile – its not the type to be pounded one after another.

B+