On a recent trip to Rehoboth Beach, I stopped in the Dogfish Head gift shop to see what exclusive beers I could find and stumbled on this Punkin Liqueur. I originally ignored it as I thought it was likely another in the long line of pumpkin themed merchandise released to help increase the obesity rate in the US to one day finally knock Nauru off their #1 pedestal; however, curiosity got the better of me and I decided to at least read the label which informed me that it wasn’t just some hyper sweetened pumpkin infused vodka or gin but was made by distilling their Punkin Ale and further aging it in in their own used rum barrels before finally bottling it at 30% ABV. Alas, they swayed my opinion as I like their Punkin Ale and thought this sounded interesting enough to buy one to give it a chance. The nose starts with a blast of cloves, ginger and sage followed by a lightly sweetened pumpkin pie filling and tropical fruits that then transitions toasted marshmallow, graham cracker crust and dark chocolate with light ethanol burn. The taste is a medium and creamy mouthfeel starting with a blast of sage, cloves, ginger and allspice followed by a lightly sweetened pumpkin pie filling and tropical fruits that then transitions to toasted marshmallow, graham cracker crust and dark chocolate before a mild bitter herbal spice with light ethanol burn. The finish is long with sage, cloves, ginger, toasted marshmallows, lightly sweetened pumpkin pie filling, black pepper and espresso. Wow, I’m impressed as this isn’t as sweet as I was expecting and instead those baking spices come through strong before slowly fading to allow those lightly sweetened pumpkin and tropical fruits through along with mild earthy oak notes that finishes long and lingers for a few minutes after each sip. At the price of $30 for a 375ml, this was a fun purchase that I’d happily buy again as it's an adult version of spicy pumpkin pie in a glass but it unfortunately seems limited to the Rehoboth area for now. Hopefully this was a test run and they end up scaling up for a national release next year, as I’d much rather have a glass of this than a piece of pumpkin pie for my dessert.