New Terrain Brewing 'Punky Masala' Savory Pumpkin Ale Beer, Colorado

Roasted pumpkin, cardamom, cumin, and cinnamon open with an unusually savory expression of the autumn beer tradition. New Terrain Brewing 'Punky Masala' Savory Pumpkin Ale Beer combines pumpkin with a Garam Masala-inspired spice blend, oats, wheat, barley, and East Kent Goldings hops, moving deliberately away from the sweeter pumpkin-pie profile common to the style. At 6.4% ABV, it captures New Terrain’s exploratory brewing philosophy through a seasonal beer built around culinary spice, malt, and pumpkin rather than confectionery sweetness.

Product Details:

• Owners: Josh and Kaylee Robbins
• Brewmaster: Josh Robbins
• Head Brewer: Dave Johnson
• ABV: 6.4%
• Malt & Grains: Barley, wheat, and oats
• Hops: East Kent Goldings (EKG)
• Adjuncts: Pumpkin and Garam Masala-inspired spices
• Spices: Cardamom, cumin, clove, and cinnamon
• Seasonality: Fall

Sensory Description:

Pumpkin provides an earthy, gently sweet foundation while cardamom and clove contribute aromatic warmth and cumin pushes the profile firmly into savory territory. Cinnamon adds familiar autumn spice without turning the beer toward a dessert-like character. The grain bill of barley, wheat, and oats gives the palate enough breadth to carry the spice blend, while the interplay of pumpkin and curry-like aromatics evolves from sip to sip. The finish remains warming and savory, with lingering pumpkin, cumin, cinnamon, and clove.

Brewer's Background:

Josh and Kaylee Robbins founded New Terrain Brewing Co. in Golden, Colorado, after earlier involvement in Mountain Toad Brewing and careers rooted in science and engineering. Josh serves as President and Brewmaster, with Dave Johnson as Head Brewer, and the brewery approaches its small-batch program through experimentation rather than adherence to a fixed stylistic formula. Its guiding idea, to ask what might happen if a beer is made differently, has produced a broad range of lagers, IPAs, sour ales, barrel-aged beers, and seasonal releases. Punky Masala is a clear expression of that philosophy, reworking pumpkin ale around the savory spice vocabulary of Garam Masala rather than the conventional flavors of pumpkin pie.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve at 8 to 11°C in a tulip, stemmed beer glass, or nonic pint to allow the cardamom, cumin, clove, cinnamon, and pumpkin aromatics to develop. Pair with Indian-spiced roast chicken, lamb kebabs, curry, roasted squash, grilled pork, hearty stews, or aged cheddar. Its savory spice profile also makes it particularly well-suited to a fall meal, where a conventional sweet pumpkin ale might feel too rich.