Need A Little Pumpkin Beer In Your Life? Check These Out!
“Tis the season for throwing cinnamon, allspice, ginger. and nutmeg into everything and calling it pumpkin or pumpkin spice. The combo obviously works because the masses eat it up, literally……
"Tis the season for throwing cinnamon, allspice, ginger. and nutmeg into everything and calling it pumpkin or pumpkin spice. The combo obviously works because the masses eat it up, literally... and drink it up!
* Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin
Pumpkin ale, 9%
Portland, Maine
Distribution: Available in more than a dozen states
Hints of spice cut with some sweetness make this a New England favorite
*Dogfish Head Punkin
Brown ale, 7%
Milton, Delaware
Distribution: Available nationally
Described as the pumpkin beer for those who don't like pumpkin beer. It's considered smoother and more palatable than most.
*Two Roads Roadsmary's Baby Ale
Rum barrel-aged ale, 6.8%
Stratford, Connecticut
Distribution: Available in 12 Eastern states and Colorado
Thrillist calls this one "a devilishly delicious take on a barrel-aged pumpkin beer."For those who don't know the name reference, it's a play on a a 1968 psychological horror film, "Rosemary's Baby."
*Cigar City Good Gourd
Imperial ale, 8.8%
Tampa, Florida
Distribution: Available in more than a dozen states
According to Thrillist, "Good Gourd is often cited as the pumpkin beer against which all others are measured, as it tastes like liquid pumpkin pie." (This could be the one for me!)
