I’ll start by saying that I do typically like pumpkin ales. Some use the ingredient as a layer in a complex hopefully malty brew. Its not too sweet like a some fruit beers. It lends itself to malty flavors. This pumpkin ale is not like that. You get pumpkin up front, in the middle and…
The name of this beer gives an interesting hint to what its about. What does rebel mean? Is it someone rebelling against their birth right? Fighting the system? Or if born into a rebel family, can a rebel be something else less radical? A rebel against rebellion? Its not like kolsch is a radical type…
Very malty up front continues nicely but disappears is it smoky? Not quite but it wants to be!