{"id":12309,"date":"2010-10-27T07:26:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T11:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12309"},"modified":"2010-10-27T07:26:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T11:26:55","slug":"review-ofallons-pumpkin-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/10\/review-ofallons-pumpkin-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: O&#8217;Fallon&#8217;s Pumpkin Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OFallon_cap.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12310\" title=\"O'Fallon Beer Cap \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OFallon_cap-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OFallon_cap-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OFallon_cap.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Here we are friends, we&#8217;ve reached the last Pumpkin Beer Review of the season!\u00a0 Are you excited?\u00a0 A little sad?\u00a0 I&#8217;m a little sad but also since this segment seemed really popular, I&#8217;m pretty sure we&#8217;ll see more pumpkin beer talk next fall!<\/p>\n<p>YaY!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofallonbrewery.com\" target=\"_blank\">O&#8217;Fallon&#8217;s Pumpkin Beer<\/a> is on the chopping block today.\u00a0 We spotted this beer in the grocery store and didn&#8217;t really pay to much attention to it.\u00a0 I think the label seemed a little generic and so we just kind of passed it over.\u00a0 However since we needed beers for Pumpkin Month and we hadn&#8217;t tried this one before we bought it to give it a whirl.<\/p>\n<p>Brief Recap:<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m going to rate the beers on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Smell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Color<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Head Retention<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taste<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ratings will be <img src=\"..\/images\/pumpkin.gif\" alt=\":pumpkin:\" \/> and the score will range from 1-5.\u00a0 One being the poorest and five being the best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did O&#8217;Fallon&#8217;s hold up or was it O&#8217;Failin&#8217;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OFallon_Pumpkin_Beer.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12311\" title=\"O'Fallon's Pumpkin Beer \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OFallon_Pumpkin_Beer-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OFallon_Pumpkin_Beer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OFallon_Pumpkin_Beer.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Smell:<\/strong> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/><\/p>\n<p>The smell doesn&#8217;t overwhelm you but there is a nice cinnamony scent that lets you know this is a beer with some spice to it.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t knock you over the head but it is a really nice start to the beer.\u00a0 Very heavy on cinnamon with a hint of nutmeg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Color:<\/strong> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/><\/p>\n<p>This beer has a nice color too it!\u00a0 While it seems light, you cannot see through it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s cloudy, which I like to see.\u00a0 It also had a nice orange tint to it, and for a pumpkin beer that makes for a great color!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head:<\/strong> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/><\/p>\n<p>For a lighter ale, the head on this was amazing.\u00a0 It was bright white, large, and maintained it&#8217;s shape and size for an extremely long time.\u00a0 Even several minutes after we started drinking, while the size did go down, some form of the head still remained.\u00a0 Perfect!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taste:<\/strong> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/><\/p>\n<p>Three pumpkins, this is a first this month!\u00a0 I would actually give it 3.5 <img src='\/images\/pumpkin.gif' alt=':pumpkin:' \/> if I had a half one to show!<\/p>\n<p>We had to sample this beer twice so we could have an accurate assessment.\u00a0 My initial impression was that it was not very good.\u00a0 However after having sampled some other subpar beers and then trying this one again, I realize my first impression was too hasty.\u00a0 This pumpkin beer actually isn&#8217;t bad.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not a powerful spicy ale but it does have a nice spice flavor to it that continues through to the finish.\u00a0 The finish is has almost a caramel graham cracker taste to it.\u00a0 Not overpowering, very subtle but it&#8217;s there.\u00a0 This is what I like in a pumpkin ale, I want a flavor to the finish because that makes the beer.\u00a0 A spice start is okay but if you lose it too quickly, the beer will fall flat.\u00a0 This beer, you get a lovely cinnamon smell at the start and the slight spice at the end.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a nice beer and is best served very cold.<\/p>\n<p>I would drink this beer again and I would order it out if it was offered.\u00a0 Would make a nice beer for someone just starting to drink some pumpkin ales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you ever had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofallonbrewery.com\" target=\"_blank\">O&#8217;Fallon&#8217;s<\/a> before?\u00a0 What did you think? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you think of the beer reviews for Pumpkin Month? Should we do it again?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are friends, we&#8217;ve reached the last Pumpkin Beer Review of the season!\u00a0 Are you excited?\u00a0 A little sad?\u00a0 I&#8217;m a little sad but also since this segment seemed really popular, I&#8217;m pretty sure we&#8217;ll see more pumpkin beer talk next fall! YaY! O&#8217;Fallon&#8217;s Pumpkin Beer is on the chopping block today.\u00a0 We spotted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[32,84],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3cx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}