Central City Red Racer Pumpkin Ale

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Pours a clean deep amber colour with a warm frothy cap, good retention and lacing. Munich and caramel malt scent. The taste is Munich malts with very light hops. If I did not know this was a pumpkin beer, would think this was a Munich German brew as the spices are not very apparent. Just a good malty ale.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pours a good size frothy tan head that sticks around for quite awhile and has an amber coppery appearance. Lively carbonation. Aromas of pumpkin spice, nutmeg and hints of caramel. Flavours are mostly spices and sweet malts, some hints of the pumpkin spice but could've had a bit more. Fairly wet mouthfeel. Not the best pumpkin beer I've had but still drinkable.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Had a couple at the Central City brewpub with lunch the other day. Can't beat the price - $4/pint. Arrived with a clear orange pour and no head. Served too cold, so some flavour was masked. Minimal aroma, maybe some pumpkin, no spices. Flavour was so-so, pumpkin, could've used something else to give it a kick. Average mouth. Not CC's best work. 2013's rendition promises "spicier". Not so, as judged by the one I just finished. Lots of room for improvement. Better luck with the 2014.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Can-o-pumpkin beer oh joy is this wonderful day. Brew appears to be burnt orange very clear with a limited cap. Pumpkin pie aroma with the normal clove spice, some dust and moldy orange. Aroma is thin slightly sour and lacking in any malt character and I think a pumpkin beer needs that in my opinion. The aroma is doing nothing for me. Taste is the same slight pumpkin pie, no malt limited spice and a very out of place citrus hop. Taste is thin and lacking substance. Noticed if I left the beer for a while a dark bitterness lingers for a very long time. Not a fan of this one. Got to say after reading a lot of the reviews (RB) there must be a lot of Homers out there because I’m noticing all the locals are giving this to high of marks for what it is. It falls way short of most other pumpkin ales I have sampled.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Average beer, great price. Tastes like your averge honey brown/nut brown/swill red with a touch of spice on the nose, but undetectable on the palate. The spice would be.......indiscrimate..... it smells reminescent of a pumpkin beer......the spice is not classic, not cinnamon, not nutmeg, perhaps a cinnamon syrup, like bad really cheap sitting on a shelf and losing all flavour cinnamon syrup, but the beer is enjoyable, just not really pumpkin. Probably one of the poorer offerings from red racer/central city. The price is right and may drink again. Meh...