Octobeer!

Dear friends,

Fall is here and we are presented with an ever increasing supply of "pumpkin" themed beers. I've sampled 4 to let you know my take on the market.

I have not sampled any macro brew pumpkin beers, but have tried to stick to the following 4 well known microbreweries' offerings.


Pumpkinhead Ale
Shipyard Brewery
Maine
(5 thumbs up!)
By far, my favorite Halloween beer. It doesn't actually have any pumpkin in it, but you'd swear you were drinking the beer equivalent of a pumpkin pie with this light ale flavored with nutmeg and other subtle fall spices.


Punk
Dogfish Head Brewery
Delaware
(4 thumbs up!)
The runner up. It's actually brewed with pumpkin as well as spices. It's a bit stronger (7%) and tastes really hearty. It is sold in 4 packs, but you'd be struggling to get through all 4.

Pumpkin Ale
Smuttynose Brewing Co.
New Hampshire
(5 thumbs down!)
3 of us tried this beer and couldn't get past one sip. It sucked. Don't buy it.

Pumking
Souther Tier Brewing Co
New York
(1.5 thumbs up)
Very strong (9%) and brewed with real pumpkin. It was an imperial style, thus the high alcohol content. We thought it smelled really stinky, but had a better taste. It wasn't great, and we didn't finish the large bottle that it came in.

Get drinkin, america!