Hoppin' Frog Double Pumpkin

The brewery says: "There’s a place just south they call Frog’s Hollow, with cauldrons afire in Fall, and they only speak in whispers of the name. There’s a brewery they say who has the secret, of spices picked just right. With a crying shout, they’ll knock it out, and hand you this Frog’s delight.

Recipe Information: Style: Double Pumpkin Ale
Alcohol By Volume: 8.4%
International Bitterness Units: 7.3

Serving Suggestions: Preferred Glass: Pint Glass
Preferred Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
Food Pairings: Dessert (Pumpkin Pie), Poultry (Turkey)
Cheese Pairings: Camembert, English Cheddar
Cellaring Notes: Enjoy within 180 days"

Your humble narrator says:

Appearance: Slightly hazy orange with a tightly packed vanilla bean white head of an inch, which fades quickly leaving no cap at all. 8.2/10

Body: Full, round, rich and viscous with medium carbonation. 8.3/10

Nose: The spices have more to say than the pumpkin, which is to be expected. Carmelized sugar, dense allspice, vanilla beans, gingerbread, cola. The conflated spices create an amalgam of pungent sweet notes. 8.7/10

Taste: The pumpkin emerges, but in the form of those mini pie pumpkins. Pumpkin ice cream—yes, it exists—coats the tongue before the spices anchor the flavor into a malt-ridden finish. There is a decernable flash of alcohol and this is the only blemish. 8.2/10

Overall: 8.4/10