A few Non-Atlanta Pumpkin Beers

During recent travels to North Carolina and Florida, we picked up some pumpkin beers that are not available in the Atlanta area.  We finally had a chance to try these tonight.

Just to allow you to understand how our opinions might be tainted, we typically prefer a pumpkin beer that is a mixture of pumpkin and spice flavors, with the emphasis on the fall spices.

Overall, these beers were ok, but nothing exciting.  There definitely was not a  Schlafly or a Weyerbacher in the group.

Aviator Pumpkinbeast

There wasn't much fragrance with this one.  It smelled a bit like a Bud Light with just a hint of spice.  It had a stale taste with a spiced flavor that is just a little off. 4.5/10

Rivertown Pumpkin Ale
This had a "medium" pumpkin fragrance and a slight spicy smell.  It has more of a pumpkin flavor than a spiced flavor, but it still was not a deep pumpkin flavor.  Drinkable, but nothing special.

Fat Head's Spooky Tooth
Not much fragrance, but it had some slight spiced smell.

There isn't much pumpkin flavor to this one at all.  It's more of a spiced beer; it had some clove and a lot of cinnamon...almost overpowering cinnamon.  6.5/10

Catawba King Don's Pumpkin Ale
This had a relatively strong pumpkin smell, but the flavor really wasn't there.  We had actually had this one at the brewery, and it was quite a bit better, but it was disappointing out of the can.  4.5/10