Pumpkin Beer Taste Test 2006

Sucking the Fun Out of Drinking, With Science!

Blue Moon
this is a pumpkin beer, alright
Blue Moon
The first beer out was the "Blue Moon". This one had been the surprise winner of last year's tasting, so I thought it'd be a good way to set everyone's palattes. Unfortunately, it didn't fare nearly as well this year.

Most reviewers felt it was too beer-y and were left wanting for pumpkin, though the pumpkin smell was there. It was likened to cheap macrobrew and generally dismissed.

The table below shows how this beer fared with each of our judges. To see what a judge thought of other beers, click the judge's name.

Blue Moon Julie Shauna Mark Esther Chriswillie Michelle Matt Kimon Patty Brian Kir Nathan Steven Averages
Smell 6 4 6 3 4 1 4 7 4 1 3 6 6 4.2
Sip 6 5 7 4 6 2 6 5 6 3 2 3 5 4.6
In Mouth 7 5 6 4 5 1 6 6 3 2 1 5 6 4.4
Swallow 6 6 7 4 5 4 8 6 5 2 2 4 6 5.0
Aftertaste 6 4 6 2 3 1 7 1 5 1 1 2 6 3.5
Repeat 6 4 7 3 6 3 6 3 4 3 1 3 5 4.2
Memories 5 3 3 1 4 1 5 3 1 7 1 4 0 2.9
Overall 6 4 6 2 4 2 7 5 4 2 2 4 5 4.0
Pumpkinosity 4 2 2 1 5 6 0 4 2 1 2 1 3 2.5
Enjoyment 5 4 7 1 5 2 6 5 4 1 1 2 5 3.7
Beerishness 8 9 8 10 5 0 7 5 8 3 4 6 6 6.1
Slugability 5 5 8 1 5 0 7 1 2 1 1 1 7 3.4
Comments Not Great; Not much flavor of either beer or pumpkin. Where's the pumpkin? Not bad beer, not much pumpkinishness. Tastes too beerlike for me to enjoy. Where's the fucking pumkin-spice? . Not a fan, too sweet. Colt45? Steel Reserve? Not a bad beer but aftertaste kills it. Do not chug this beer. . Smell: Bad breath and butt. Memory: First taste of bad beer yucky a bit bitter, aka a "bitbitter", a tease with the smell Not too tasty, could pound it though. .
Hints of dookie? Cheap Beer. . . . Licorice, Skunks, Racism. . . . Macrobeer crap . . .

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Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Process and Procedures
Part 3: Tasting Parameters
Part 4: Results
Part 5: Conclusions