Redhook Out of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter
Out of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter is dark chestnut brown in color and is made with pureed pumpkin. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger are added to the whirlpool and maple syrup is added during fermentation. Lightly hopped with Northern Brewer hops, Pumpkin Porter is a full-bodied, rich and roasty porter perfect for all things fall – eating turkey, watching football or drinking with your buddies around a bonfire.
3.3
205 reviews
Seattle, United States
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Draught at the Duke's Waikīkī, Honolulu, HI.
Black color with a small tan head.
Roasted malt, licorice, spices and pumpkin in the aroma. The flavor is dry roasted malt, licorice, mild spices and some pumpkin notes. The pumpkin-ness is not that strong in the flavor... I appreciate that.
BOD 7/14/15. Pours dark as a starless night. When held to intense light it becomes a rich deep dried blood garnet - suitable this close to All Hallows Eve. The head volume is normal as is retention. Lacing is above normal.
The nose is a touch light, but delivers a fairly strong pumpkin over hints of chocolate and roast.
Light medium body with a smooth texture that lacks any creamy characteristics. Barely normal carbonation with a hint of effervescence in the middle and a slightly stronger finish.
The flavor profile is good primarily due to its balance and complexity. Intensity is lacking, being more like a very light version of a porter. It begins with a pleasant blend of flavors that slowly separate. It delivers only hints however, rather than bold flavor assertions. Chocolate, roast and pumpkin wander over a subtle spice note. Unfortunately, the spices are so light they are indistinguishable from each other. Bitterness is very subtle and has more of a roast quality. The finish is a slow fade of the aforementioned light flavors with pumpkin leading the fading pack.
This one, sadly, is more of a trick than a treat.
Enjoyed a bottle of this beer poured into a pint glass to drink. The beer had a very dark amber-brown color with a huge creamy-foamy tan head with long retention and good cling and lacing. Its aroma featured nutmeg and spices along with a prominent pumpkin scent and some malty components. The beer was somewhat sweet with spices and a pumpkin effect, but also a bit of bitter earthiness and a touch sour. It was a fairly full and thicker beer with a watery body and average carbonation.
On Tap pretty dang black even for a porter with a fine light tan head. LIght rasty aroma. Nutty soft roast flavors. A little campfire and some biter chocolate. Easy on the bitterness bite at the end. Some dark pitted fruit. Not particularly heavy or big. Very mild trailer. The clamed spices are very light and only a faint accent.
12 oz bottle. Pours a thick dark brown color. Tan head, some lacing. Aroma is cinnamon, nutmeg, clove. Some malt. Flavor is heavily spiced. Overall it’s an okay seasonal. Tastes pretty sugary and artificial to me, though.
12oz bottle, from my local Kroger. Bottled Jul 15 15. Dark brown color, kind of clear around the edges. Thin off-white head, kind of bubbly, quickly fades to a minimal ring. Looks like cola, pretty much. Touch of dark chocolate, some watery pumpkin if you’re thinking on it, bigger spice, and some cola. Licorice. Medium-plus body, kind of thin, lighter kind of soft prickly carbonation. Touch of cocoa in the finish. Some roast malt, but a kind of watery flavor overall. Moderate-plus sweet taste, light bitter, mild bite. Kind of spicy, sweet, thin, with the porter/pumpkin flavors taking a backseat to spice/cola.
Red Hook’s 2014 Out of your Gourd Pumpkin Porter 5.8% Bottle served in a shaker pint.
This was picked up on Rakuten from Yamaichi. It pours a deep cola black with a thin brown head of foam that dissipated fast.
The aroma is really nice, light cinnamon, nutmeg, hints of ginger in a chocolate bun. Yum.
Medium to light bodied, the initial flavor is pumpkin pie spices, then roasty dark malts, a dab of chocolate and pumpkin flesh in the finish. I am digging this beer, solid - then again it’s a year old so fresh it may have been a spice bomb...
12 oz bottle. Bottle July 15 2015. Pours a medium, well retained, light beige head, with minimal lacing, over a clear, dark brown body.....nose is cocoa, light chocolate, no coffee, from the roasted malts, light cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg from the spices, no esters or hops, balance to the spices......taste is slightly sweet, with moderate cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, light cocoa, hints of chocolate from the roasted malts, light earthiness, finishing dry with mild herbal hops spice bitterness.....mouth feel, light body, no alcohol, low carbonation. This is an interesting beer. The pumpkin was used with a light hand, and is hidden under the spices and the roasted malts. As such, it is more of a spiced Porter than a pumpkin beer many of which are overly dominated by the squash taste. This really is a Spice/Herb/Vegetable, rather than a Porter. BJCP 6/3/10/4/5
Dark brown color with a modest tan head. Aroma is of roasted malts. Taste is slightly sweet with a hint of cinnamon. Overall a decent pumpkin porter that isn’t overwhelmed by the pumpkin.
Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass in a pub in Gettysburg, PA. This beer has a black color with a tan colored head. the aroma is full of malt and yeasty bread with a hint of pumpkin. The flavor is very malty with a slight pumpkin flavor, very nice. I found this to be one of the most interesting takes on pumpkin beers and I would definitely drink this again.
Pours a chocolate-mahogany hue into the glass, with an initial frothy choco-tan head that reduces to a thin ring of suds that leaves no lacing of which to speak. The nose is of chocolate and pie spices, focusing on clove. Flavors of sweet processed pumpkin, black cherries and dark chocolate, finishing with Allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg and light clove and ginger notes. The mouthfeel is smooth with semi-active carbonation. The medium body is easily quaffable on the palate. The best Red Hook offering I’ve had so far, and tries to stick to the qualities of a porter as best possible for the marketed masses. Decent.
From the bottle, the color is solid black with light barely penetrating, the head is thick dissipates slowly is brown white in color, the aroma is punkin spice with a little sweetness, the taste is rich a good amount of spice and there are chocolate notes as well. The mouthfeel is medium not very thick, the finish is roasted and a little spice notes.
Bottle. Deep, dark brown. Aroma is pumpkin pie spice and chocolate. Taste is pumpkin pie, vanilla, and chocolate.
Pours black with a tan head. Aromas of pumpkin and spice. Flavors the same with some malty sweetness. Medium palate. Really nice ale.
Bottle: Drank from the bottle. Aroma is sweet and spicy. Taste is malty and spicy pumpkin.
Pureed pumpkin, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger? That’s a whole lot for one Porter. What’s surprising is that Out of Your Gourd doesn’t really reveal much of its added features. That’s both good and bad. On the upside, Out of Your Gourd doesn’t taste like some random-ass mess that’s weighed down by its added parts. Downside is you don’t really get to appreciate the full effect of the included fall flavors. Aroma is quite nice: lots of sweet n’ spicy character. Flavor is underwhelming. You get some pumpkin and spice but not much - and virtually none of the syrup. While I’m happy the additions don’t spoil the integrity of the Porter, this won’t be a favorite fall treat for me. I’m still not sure I’m on board with pairing pumpkin and dark ale, either.
Nice spicy fall porter. Mostly black color with a tinge of "Burnt Siena" for you Crayola fans out there. Aroma is allspice, sweet potato, cinnamon nutmeg. Taste is squash, spices. Smooth, easy drinking fairly light abv.
Bring on the fall.
Pours dark black with a medium tan carbonated head. Aroma is of nutmeg, cinnamon and pumpkin, very seasonal. Flavor is of assorted baking spices, much like a gingerbread cookie, more so than a pumpkin pie. not as much pumpkin as expected, more obvious with the aftertaste.
Bottle. Roasted malt aroma with notes of pumpkin, pumpkin spice and maple. Pours deep brown with a thin light brown head with poor retention and very little lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt flavors with a little bit of pumpkin sweetness. Finishes smooth with the pumpkin spices, most notably cinnamon, coming through with a little bit of maple sweetness. Nice pumpkin porter.
Poured from bottle. Aroma of nut and licorice. Solid black with a bit of head. Tasting nut, coffee, cocoa, spice. Not as much pumpkin as there should be. Just a bit watery. Not bad.
On draft at the brewery. Dark brown pour, with a tan head. Roasted malt, some chocolate, bitter coffee, cinnamon and spice, and very little pumpkin. Not much pumpkin pie in this beer, but it’s ok.
A deep, cola-brown pour with a small tan head. The aroma has pumpkin spice, nutmeg, and nutty malt. It has a full body with average carbonation. The taste has a roasted sweetness with a dry finish.
Pours mahogany-tinged black into a shaker. Off-white micro head with medium retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Pumpkin, cinnamon and ginger aromas. Medium bodied with dark earthy pumpkin, nutmeg and chocolate upfront turning to dry maple in the medium length finish.
A pretty okay porter. More cinnamon and pepper than pumpkin here, but an all around mild "’pumpkin" experience. Tried at Sullivan’s in Omaha with Jess in 2015.
bottle @ Party Town / Florence KY --- Opaque brown/black color, tan head, sheets of lace. Taste is malt and pumpkin that adds mild fizz and maple syrup on the swallow, with only a pinch of spice in the finish. Hops are difficult to discern, but, it’s okay. The pumpkin keeps things well under control. Full-bodied, reasonably good.
12 ounce bottle. Smell of spices. Dark pour. Spices and some pumpkin. Maybe not totally balanced with the porter.
Brownish black. Nose of sweetish pumpkin with candy corn, cola, faint roast and black olive. Flavor is light pumpkin with barely perceptible spuce. Roast malt, coffee, and a tinge of plastic. All-in-all pretty decent.
First of all, this beer has a great name and label! The beer has an aroma of subtle pumpkin pie spice and maple syrup... very subtle and warm. The porter is dark and pours clear. The taste is slightly bitter with subtle notes of pumpkin pie spice and actual pumpkin. I’m not really picking up much of the maple syrup, but after all the flavors are competing against the intense flavor profile of a porter. However, the flavors do compliment each other quite nicely. I would definitely buy this beer again! I’m not normally a fan of pumpkin beers, but I do thoroughly enjoy this one.
Bottle. Chocolate male, faint pumpkin, and heavy pie spice aroma. Deep mahogany with a large tan head. Roasty malt, cola, and bitter pie spices flavor. Medium creamy body, soft carbonation.
12 oz bottle from Party Source. Pours a slightly hazy dark brown color with a small off white head. The aroma and flavor have roasted malt, chocolate, cinnamon, and additional pumpkin pie spices, some pumpkin, a slightly off vegetal note, a touch thin, worth trying once.