The first pumpkin stout starts with Red Hook Out of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter. The beer pours a dark black with a nice brown roasted head, about a quarter inch up and quickly fizzles. The smell is the usual array or typical pumpkin pie spice. The taste is overwhelming cinnamon, with some coffee and roasted malt, very dry in the finish with a little bitterness as well. This beer just seemed to miss the sweet spot for me, with too much cinnamon, not enough chocolate from the malts, and the hops buried way too deep. It was easy to sip on with it's incredible dryness though, so at least drinking a few would be easy enough.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Red Hook: Out of your Gourd
The first pumpkin stout starts with Red Hook Out of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter. The beer pours a dark black with a nice brown roasted head, about a quarter inch up and quickly fizzles. The smell is the usual array or typical pumpkin pie spice. The taste is overwhelming cinnamon, with some coffee and roasted malt, very dry in the finish with a little bitterness as well. This beer just seemed to miss the sweet spot for me, with too much cinnamon, not enough chocolate from the malts, and the hops buried way too deep. It was easy to sip on with it's incredible dryness though, so at least drinking a few would be easy enough.
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