Pumpkin Ale- The BEER Pleasure of FALL
October 2013
Around this
time of year, people start to perk up with the first gentle, subtle breeze of
autumn. They become excited about the
prospect of football games, marching bands, beautiful fall foliage and other
sights and smells of autumn. All of
those things are nice but they aren’t what warm my heart to this time of year. I love the fall for one reason and one reason
only: PUMPKIN BEER.
I love pumpkin beers
and I just love the day when I realize for the first time in months that
pumpkin beer is on the shelves. When I
see those little pumpkin heads, I just want to do a little dance, a little
pumpkin beer jig right in the aisle. I get so happy that I snatch up about five
different kinds and invite guests over immediately and have a taste test, that
day. I have to discover immediate who is
making the best batch this year and then I have to snatch up a 12 pack and sit
back and enjoy my beer. I just love the
fall.
Here are
some of my favorite pumpkin beers:
- · Harpoon UFO Pumpkin Ale
- · Shipyard Pumpkin Ale
- · Dogfish Head Pumpkin Ale
- · Saranac Pumpkin Ale
And I am
looking forward to trying Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale.
Here is my
2012 selection of pumpkin ales:
· Sam Adams(MA) Harvest Pumpkin Ale- yup
- · Uinta Brewing Co (UT)- Punk’N- yup
- Shock Top (MO)- Pumpkin Wheat- nope
- · Buffallo Bills Brewery (CA) – Pumpkin Ale- nope
- · Harpoon (MA) Pumpkin UFO- Unfiltered Offerings- its ok
- · Evolution Brewery (MD)- Jacques All Lantern Pumkin Ale- yup; my favorite this year
