Pumpkin Beer Taste Test 2006

Sucking the Fun Out of Drinking, With Science!

Judge Matt
Matt was Esther's friend and knew someone at the Steak n' Egg kitchen.
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.

Matt 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 4 6 5 6 7 6 4 6 6 8 7 6 7
Sip 6 8 7 7 7 5 6 7 6 8 8 5 6
In Mouth 6 7 7 6 8 7 4 7 6 7 8 7 5
Swallow 8 8 7 6 7 5 5 6 5 8 7 6 6
Aftertaste 7 8 8 6 4 3 4 6 6 9 7 7 7
Repeat 6 8 8 8 6 4 4 6 5 8 7 6 7
Memories 5 7 5 5 7 6 5 7 5 7 8 7 6
Overall 7 8 7 6 6 4 5 7 6 9 8 6 6
Pumpkinosity 0 8 7 9 9 7 8 7 7 7 6 2 5
Enjoyment 6 8 7 6 6 4 5 6 6 8 7 6 6
Beerishness 7 6 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 6 6 5 6
Slugability 7 7 6 5 4 3 5 6 5 8 7 6 6
Comments Colt45? Steel Reserve? Me likey… Smooth taste ROASTED FLAVOR LOW CARBONATION, ROASTED METALLIC AFTERTASTE, STRONG PUMPKIN NOT A FAN SO MUCH NOT A FAN, BUT BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE… BETTER - HINT OF NUTMEG SLIGHT METALLIC TASTE NICE NICE AS WELL, BLUE MOON? NO!!! :) EH… NICE FINISH! LOW CARBONATION
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Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Process and Procedures
Part 3: Tasting Parameters
Part 4: Results
Part 5: Conclusions