Pumpkin Beer Taste Test 2006

Sucking the Fun Out of Drinking, With Science!

Judge Shauna
Shauna is a documentary film maker.

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.

Shauna 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 8 3 7 8 9 8 7 5 8 7 6 5
Sip 5 9 7 6 5 5 5 8 7 9 4 5 5
In Mouth 5 9 7 6 5 5 5 8 7 9 4 4 5
Swallow 6 9 7 6 5 5 5 8 7 9 4 3 5
Aftertaste 4 7 6 8 5 4 5 8 7 7 4 2 5
Repeat 4 8 8 7 6 3 5 7 5 6 3 1 5
Memories 3 9 5 5 6 4 5 6 3 5 2 2 5
Overall 4 8 6 7 5 4 5 7 4 8 3 2 5
Pumpkinosity 2 10 8 5 7 7 5 7 2 9 7 8 5
Enjoyment 4 8 6 7 5 4 5 7 4 8 2 2 5
Beerishness 9 2 8 7 2 3 5 4 9 1 2 4 5
Slugability 5 6 6 8 3 2 5 7 5 5 0 0 5
Comments Where's the pumpkin? lovely! less obviously pumpkin, but overall likable. Nice beer, not-so-pumpkin. I was excited by the smell and let-down by the taste. Once again, smells great, tastes awful. blah blah blah I'm tired of pumpkin beer. Not Pumpkininny. An improvement over the last few disappointments. Disgusting, everything that is wrong with life. No Way Dude. I just don't care anymore.
Hints of Cheap Beer. pie, harvest nutmeg, sadness. licorice, coffee. bad cinnamon candy or gum. Soap, household cleaner, fakeness. desperation, ennui root vegetables. Keg stands, shame. scarecrows, maize, gourds. fennel, pain :( Longing for a simpler time, before this beer tasting. Relief.

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