Typical Wychwood artwork on the label, with a maniacal Pumpkin presumably on his way to eat some children... The appearance is a deep burnished, golden honey. A wispy off-white head pops up, and sticks nicely to the glass.
Nose gives off some lightly toasted malt, with plenty of caramel sweetness wrapped in some booze. Dried fruits with some hops complete the aroma. No Pumpkin that I can make out...
Taste starts off with a pretty weak malt base. Caramel, fruit cake and a lightly toasted character are the underlying flavours, but its all quite subdued and watery. Oranges, apricot and... some mild 'squash' notes are there... must be the pumpkin. Finishes with a dry harshness and pine hop bitterness
Body is medium, but thin and feels unbalanced. The finish is just too dry and bitter, and masks any lingering malt or hop flavour. Too bad...
My first pumpkin beer and, to be honest, if I had to blind taste this, I probably wouldn't have picked up that it was a pumpkin flavoured
A decent ale from Wychwood, but offers nothing new to the shelves.
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