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Beer Review – Howe Sound’s Pumpkin Eater


Name: Howe Sound’s Pumpkin Eater Ale

Origin: Canada, BC

Style: Pumpkin Ale (8%)

Appearance: A slightly fogged, toffee coloured ale, this beer pours with a nice soft medium head that shrinks down rapidly to a small, yet incredibly long lasting head.

Taste:  The aroma is spicy, smelling of cinnamon and nutmeg. There are some sweet malty and toffee notes in its aroma as well. This beer is rich in flavour, with a sweet, malted base. It has a spicy flavour and I can definitely pick out the nutmeg and clove used to spice this pumpkin ale. There is a subtle hint of pumpkin in the background, giving this beer a very ‘natural’ flavour. It finishes spicy and bitter, which lingers on the tongue.

Mouth Feel: This beer is very sharp, very carbonated and very hot. I can really pick out its high ABV from this. Pumpkin Eaton is a heavy bodied ale.

Final Thoughts (3.5out of 5): I love the taste of this beer, though its mouth fell is harsh for an ale. I am planning a pumpkin ale of my own for the next batch and I really wanted to try a commercial pumpkin ale to gauge my own brew.

This entry was posted on October 9, 2010, 3:31 am and is filed under Beer, Beer Tasting, Photography. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

  1. #1 by Nathan Rayment on October 12, 2010 - 6:56 pm

    Great review! Thanks for drinking! Let me know how your Pumpkin Ale turns out. We are having a blast with ours this year.
    Cheers
    From the team at Howe Sound

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