Pumpkin Beer Taste Test 2006

Sucking the Fun Out of Drinking, With Science!

Judge Kimon
Kimon plays tennis.
The table below shows how this judge rated each beer in blind taste-tests. To see what other judges thought of the beers, click the beer's name.

Kimon Blue Moon Saranac Pumpkin Patch Alpenhoff Buffalo Bill's Weyenbach Sea Dog Jack's Pumpkin Spice Shipyard Post Rd Smuttynose Dogfish Head The Mix
Smell 7 8 7 7 9 8 7 7 8 9 9 8 7
Sip 5 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
In Mouth 6 8 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 7 8
Swallow 6 9 8 7 6 5 8 7 8 7 8 6 6
Aftertaste 1 9 9 6 6 5 7 8 8 8 6 4 7
Repeat 3 7 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 7
Memories 3 7 8 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 6
Overall 5 9 8 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 5 7
Pumpkinosity 4 9 7 5 5 6 7 5 7 7 8 6 8
Enjoyment 5 9 8 7 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 6 8
Beerishness 5 9 9 8 5 4 7 7 7 8 6 7 7
Slugability 1 6 6 7 4 3 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
Comments Not a bad beer but aftertaste kills it. Do not chug this beer. Damn good pumpkin beer . so so, but grows on you Started ok then sank like used hops too much spice not enough beer too much of this beer would be a bad thing . . A nice mix OK but the more I drink the worse it gets. Makes Nose Run Darn Decent, a beer I can drink.
Hints of . pumpkin pie . spice . bad spice . . . pumpkin, spice, and beer. Chemical Burn. Bitter .

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