We've always like Shipyard Pumpkinhead so we were intrigued when we heard about Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin. Smashed Pumpkin is Shipard Brewing's Imperial Pumpkin, and it's new for 2009. The beer pours a nice deep amber with a light head full of pumpkin and spice aroma. You can smell pumpkin and nutmeg right away almost reminiscent of pumpkin bread. At 9% abv you'd expect the alcohol to come through but it really doesn't. The malt and spices really help balance out the alcohol quite nicely. There's no doubt this is a big beer and it's definitely has an ideal temperature. When we poured the first glass right out of the fridge the spices were a bit too dominant and the beer just didn't feel balanced. After letting it warm up a bit though this beer opens up into something pretty special. A rich malty pumpkin sweetness finished off with dry nutmeg and a hint of hops. Fans of Southern Tier Pumpking and Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin should definitely give this a go. 

As a quick side note this beer is excellent for cooking. I tossed some of the bottle in with some ground turkey,  zucchini, portabella mushrooms and caramelized onions and it added an awesome depth of flavor to a quick dish.

 

 

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scott-thebrewclub 2009-10-12 09:01:42

Nice review. I\'ve been trying my best to find this and the Southern Tier -
no luck so far!

Southern Tier Pumking and Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin
JKD 2009-09-18 16:10:59

Both can be found at Bermans in Lexington!
Bogie 2009-10-25 18:27:19

I found this at Blanchards in Marshfield, MA. It was a very good brew, but I
prefer Pumking from Southern Tier. I definitely appreciate what Shipyard is
trying here.
Devon 2009-10-25 18:52:24

Bogie,

Be sure to try the Weyerbacher if you haven't already, one of my fav
imperial pumpkins
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