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Rating: 4.85/5

Warlock (Blackwater Series) by Southern Tier Brewing is an 8.6% ABV Imperial Stout brewed with Pumpkins and Natural Flavors

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Warlock is brewed to enchant your palate on its own and also to counterpoint our Imperial Ale, Pumking. Make your own black magic by carefully pouring this Imperial Stout into a goblet

Master of the Underworld
Dark and mysterious, the Blackwater Series is serious about high gravity. Reanimate your senses with Warlock’s huge roasted malt character, moderate carbonation and spicy pumpkin pie aroma
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Time for the fall and as fall approaches, so does the array of delicious pumpkin beers. I have tried many pumpkin beers last year and brought them forth here to review. This year I will try out a handful as well and may even review some of the past ones I have done. Warlock is actually supposed to the the Dark Sorcerer version of the Pumpking. Basically if Pumpking turned into a stout or close to it. This years release seems to be very promising

Aromas are of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, chocolate candy corn, pumpkin, pie crust, hazelnut, squash, cinnamon, nutmeg,vanilla, piloncillo sugar cone, buttery caramel popcorn, butterscotch, caramel, brown sugar, ginger bread, cloves and spices

The flavors are of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, roasted pumpkin seeds, lots of Halloween candy corn, butterscotch, caramel buttered popcorn notes, caramel, pumpkin notes, pumpkin spice, ginger bread, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, cinnamon, molasses, vanilla, mocha notes, cloves and hints of banana

The aftertaste leaves with pumpkin, chocolate candy corn sweetness and a bit of roasty notes that linger. While beer has a moderate level of sip-ability, good luck trying to find the alcohol. It is covered up in buttery Pumking goodness

Overall, to me this was better than Pumking. Mainly, the milk stout properties works very well with that buttery pumpkin pie and candy corn flavor making this one that more amazing. He beer is easier to find online so far as it is still trickling down the distribution nooks and crannies. If you like Pumking, you may actually enjoy this one. No down, an awesome Imperial Pumpkin stout

Rating: 4.9/5

The Great Pumpkin by Elysian is a 8% ABV Imperial Pumpkin Ale. Considered to be one of the best pumpkin ales in the world by Beer Adv. A Seasonal beer that only comes out once a year. So if you can find it, awesome 🙂

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The Great Pumpkin was the 2007 Silver Medalist at the Great American Beer Festival in the Fruit and Vegetable category and is also the world’s first Imperial Pumpkin Ale. Brewed with pale, Munich, Cara-Hell, Cara-Vienne, Cara-Munich and Crisp 45° L Crystal malts. Roasted pumpkin seeds in the mash, and extra pumpkin added in the mash, kettle and fermenter. Spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice.

Each pumpkin beer I have had brings something different to the table which in my previous reviews I have stated these little facts and details. This is sort of like a combination between the smashed pumpkin with its sweet potato/yam, cooked sweet pumpkin and cinnamon with cream as well as the Pumkin from southern Tier with it’s candy and caramel corn sweetness. Additionally, it bring this small Belgian property that seems like a candied sugar and a bit of dark fruit, plums, raisins and anise spice in the aftertaste. It is minute but it adds to the flavors of the beer. Additionally, like other awesome beers of this category, it includes the pumpkin pie crust and filling, nutmeg, ginger and allspice. While it is still pretty good pumpkin beer, I think depending on what mood I am in, will I get this over the Smashed pumpkin beer. Was once 1st best pumpkin beer in the world to the ratings but to me It was pretty awesome but I guess depending on the day would I take this over Smashed Pumpkin. You see, this beer, while it is a very exceptional pumpkin ale with a range of flavors, if I just am in a mood for a strict basic pumpkin beer with flavors just like my mom used to make when she made calabaza con leche, then I would go for the other one. So in retrospect, it all depends on the mood. If you are looking for one exceptional, top of the line Pumpkin beer with a complex range of awesome flavors, go for this one 😛