Highballer Pumpkin Ale - Grand River

Mood: I'm in my Jammie's all nice and warm. Maybe a brew would do. 

Where to Buy: LCBO

Price: $2.50 (on sale 0.50 off)

Beer Type: flavoured ale

Ingredients: water, barley, malt, pumpkin, hops, spices

Country: Galt, Ontario 

%: 5.2

ml: 650ml

Appearance: Light coloured beer

Smell: light beer with a hint of pumpkin spice

Taste: Bitter like an ale, slight pumpkin spice flavour but gives way to bitterness afterwards

Mouthfeel: very bitter, foamed up a bit afterwards

Finish: bitter and then gives way to an almost bread flavour at the back of my throat. Still feeling the bitter minutes later

Overall: I mean I get it. It's an ale. Ale has that kinda bitter taste, but I didn't really taste much pumpkin or spice, it honestly just tasted cheap... So a no go for me. 

5/10

Prohibition Harvest Ale (Pumpkin Spice) - 5.50

Mood: wanted something fall-like

Where to Buy: BC liquor

Price: 5.50

Beer Type: Ale

Ingredients:

Country: Canada (Kelowna)

%: 5.5

ml: 650ml

Appearance: a darker ale look, looks like a pumpkin!

Smell: like cheap beer from undergrad (keggers)

Taste: not really sure, tastes like normal beer, but much more bitter, and I dont taste pumpkin or spice, unless that's the bitter taste....

Mouthfeel: 

Finished: bitter but wait... there it is!  I taste some pumpkin and some spice! score!

Overall: Not a fan.  It tastes cheap.  I know that wasn't the effect that it was going for, but seriously. Its super bitter in the mouth (not IPA hops bitter, just bitter beer bitter) and there is no pumpkin or spice to be had except for the lingering aftertaste.  Boo.

3/10