Shipyard Brewing Company’s Pumpkinhead Ale
Posted on Thursday, February 16th, 2006 at 9:48 am
Name: Pumpkinhead Ale
Brand: The Shipyard Brewing Company
Purchased At: Henry’s Marketplace
Price: $6.99
Availability: Seasonal
This beer/ale is simply gross but not sooo gross that I feel the need to pour it down the drain. Towards the end of my second bottle, it began to taste a little bit like burnt plastic. I don’t at all claim to be a beer expert. I drink Coronas and Samuel Adams, not very high brow, but I’m pretty sure BURNT PLASTIC does not taste like pumpkin. It’s WEAK and I just taste beer-it’s 4.5% alcohol by volume. There isn’t much pumpkin flavor; actually, there isn’t much flavor at all. I can’t even smell anything even resembling pumpkin.
The lack of pumpkin flavor could be because the label reads, “malt beverage with pumpkin spice added.” If you’re going to have a pumpkin on the bottle and call it Pumpkinhead there should be SOME pumpkin or else just stick a picture of cinnamon or allspice or nutmeg on the bottle. Even the label is disappointing.
Even the label is disappointing. It looks like someone just learned how to use Photoshop and couldn’t wait to put a pumpkinhead on top of a strangely colored headless horseman. One more thing, why is the pumpkinhead horseman holding a can of his own ale when it doesn’t come in cans? I’m confused.
In summation, Yuck!