Pumpkin Beer Taste Test 2006

Sucking the Fun Out of Drinking, With Science!

Judge Nathan
Nathan just shaved off his Abe Lincoln beard.
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.

Nathan 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 6 10 10 2 8 9 5 6 8 10 7 5 6
Sip 3 6 10 1 5 4 3 10 7 2 8 4 5
In Mouth 5 7 6 3 6 8 4 9 5 3 7 5 4
Swallow 4 7 10 4 5 8 3 8 5 3 5 6 5
Aftertaste 2 8 2 3 8 7 3 8 6 2 4 7 4
Repeat 3 7 6 4 8 9 2 8 7 4 8 8 6
Memories 4 6 5 3 4 10 2 5 5 5 5 2 5
Overall 4 7 6 3 4 8 3 9 6 5 7 6 5
Pumpkinosity 1 10 8 0 5 7 1 7 5 4 6 6 6
Enjoyment 2 9 8 3 8 8 2 9 6 5 6 7 6
Beerishness 6 5 4 6 9 6 7 6 5 8 6 6 7
Slugability 1 4 4 1 6 7 7 5 4 8 5 4 5
Comments a bit bitter, aka a "bitbitter", a tease with the smell -Tastes like pies, can't slug pies. blew it's wad too early. Great look, good sip, great smell, pull-off after that. The great pumpkin would be pissed . cinnamon The coors light of pumpkin beers, on the plus side can get blitzed off it. so far my favorite . could drink in mass qty. easiest The number of ratings is starting to contribute A meal very autumnal
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Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Process and Procedures
Part 3: Tasting Parameters
Part 4: Results
Part 5: Conclusions