Pumpkin Savior
Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Beer Regular|
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7.20
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The last thing we wanted to do was waste them, especially after all the work and patience that goes into growing them.
So, instead of dooming our pumpkins to a long, lonely life as canned puree, or worse yet, watching them slowing rot on the vine, we made the decision to save them and brew a spring pumpkin beer.
Since pumpkin beers come out earlier and earlier every year anyways, we introduce Rogue Farms PUMPKIN SAVIOR - a spring pumpkin wit brewed with real, Rogue-grown pumpkins and wheat.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Orange-amber with a thick, off-white head. Nutmeg, pumpkin scent. Flavour is pumpkin, nutmeg, caramel malt. A nice, light bodied pumpkin ale......that’s not overblown and heavy-handed. Very tasty....crisp and light enough to enjoy even in the opposite season we’re used to.....very good.
superspak (10209) reviewed Pumpkin Savior from Rogue Ales & Spirits 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750 ml bottle into signature pint glass, Spring 2015 bottling. Pours lightly hazy deep orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of pumpkin, pear, apple, light banana, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, light vanilla, herbal, grass, and yeast/spice earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, pumpkin/spices, and bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big pumpkin, pear, apple, light banana, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, light vanilla, herbal, grass, and yeast/spice earthiness. Light herbal spice bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of pumpkin, pear, apple, light banana, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, herbal, grass, and yeast/spice earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity and robustness of fruity/earthy yeast, pumpkin/spices, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast/spice balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and fairly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice pumpkin witbier. All around great robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, pumpkin/spices, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.