So I mostly purchased this one due to the ridiculous picture of a dumpy pumpkin-man on the label. Is he Fat Jack? He sort of looks like the illustrations one might find in original copies of The Wizard of Oz, amusing yet menacing at the same time. If you purchase Fat Jack, might he, in fact, end up drinking you?!?!
Well, he didnt, at least not before I downed all 22 oz. of him first. Those initial sips were a little rough. This dark ale assaults the new drinker with a bitter start, hoppy-ing down your throat. Yet, let it linger in your mouth a moment and the smoky textures of the included spices--cinnamon, nutmeg, harvested pumpkin--create a pleasing sensation. Fat Jack isnt so much a pumpkin beer as a nicely brewed Fall concoction, a "nestle under a fire after a cool walk through the changing leaves...but dont let Fat Jack get you at night time or he will bite your face off" kind of beer.
Finish as much as you can while cold though. I nursed this one while doing the dishes and reorganizing some new furniture and the last few room temperature sips gagged me. A Good buy when refrigerated.
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