Pumpkin Beer Taste Test 2006

Sucking the Fun Out of Drinking, With Science!

Judge Patty
Patty dated Matt.
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.

Patty 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 4 2 8 7 3 3 7 5 3 7 7
Sip 6 4 6 2 7 7 2 4 6 6 2 6 7
In Mouth 3 6 3 2 7 6 2 3 5 6 1 6 8
Swallow 5 5 5 1 8 7 2 3 5 6 1 6 7
Aftertaste 5 5 4 1 8 8 1 2 5 4 1 4 6
Repeat 4 4 4 4 8 8 1 2 5 6 1 6 7
Memories 1 3 0 8 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1
Overall 4 4 4 2 8 6 1 2 5 6 1 6 7
Pumpkinosity 2 7 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 2
Enjoyment 4 5 4 2 8 6 1 2 5 4 1 4 6
Beerishness 8 5 7 10 5 6 4 6 8 7 9 8 6
Slugability 2 4 3 1 6 5 1 2 5 4 1 4 6
Comments . Fall, burnt pumpkin seeds Nice Color Bad Guiness - Too Harsh A bit strong, still good taste Not as strong and nice color Remembering first taste of a bad stale beer Better Smell than taste Nice, Smooth Couldn't do a lot of Ugh - Glad it is over nice head smells like pumpkin
Hints of . . Spice . . . . . . Spice smell . . .

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