Tasting Notes: Badger Pumpkin Ale
Brewery: Badger (Hall & Woodhouse)
Location: Dorset, England
ABV: 4.6%
Version: 500ml bottle
Hallowe'en is coming and the goose is getting....blah, blah, blah. I know I should have saved drinking this one until Friday but then I couldn't have reviewed it in time for you to go out and get some for yourselves, if the notion took you.
Released in a limited batch specifically for this time of year the label states this ale comes with "hints of roast pumpkin, cloves and peat". I'm not exactly a fan of pumpkin itself, tried it once and was thoroughly underwhelmed, but Badger usually get good results with their odd experiments so thought I'd give it a try anyway.
The ale pours a golden amber colour with loads of bubbles running through it initally. The aroma is very much of winter vegetables (did I detect carrot in there somewhere?) with a hint of malt. Didn't pick up much in the way of peat though, or cloves. The taste is very much at the sweet and fruity end of the scale, with a touch of bitterness coming through in those bubbles. I found the carbonation a bit too much to be honest and had to leave the glass to sit for a short while to give the fizz some time to calm down. Overall however, the recipe works better than it should but it's a bit too sweet for an all-nighter. Would I get it again? Probably not, but it was worth sampling.
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Ha! I bet you drink your festive ales the week before Xmas as well, don't you? :)
I'll give this one a go as well tomorrow, let you know what I reckon over the weekend.
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Right then, tried this one last night. I think I pretty much agree with you all the way here, mate. Not too bad - a bit on the sweet side, and the pumpkin & cloves rather ganged up on the alleged peat flavour. Not something I'd want to drink every day (or even every week), but worth a try.
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Hello! Nice blog!
We had a go at this the other week and liked it a lot (here). The Beer Nut wasn't so keen.
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Howdo Bailey, thanks for stopping by! Beer Nut wasn't too keen, was he? He might have a point about the vaguely medicinal qualities as well, I reckon. But then I actually tend to like the taste of cough medicine (when required) so that was another plus in my book.
Each to their own, eh?
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