It’s that time year again, halloween season and if everyone can go crazy over spiced pumpkin lattes and pumpkin cinnamon bars at Starbucks why can’t we do the same with beer? That’s right fall season calls for pumpkin beers and we have you covered for the 10 most go to pumpkin beers available in most retail stores across the U.S.A.
So what are pumpkin beers? If you ask anyone a pumpkin beer is typical a brown ale with spices that represent fall or have a profile like pumpkin pie thus the name pumpkin beer. But the style is always up in the air because brewers are going the extra step to make stouts with pumpkin all the way to barrel aged strong ales with pumpkin and the list goes on.
Due to state laws not everyone is able to get these beers but hey that’s not stopping anyone from hunting them down and beer trading. We get it, why trade for pumpkin beers? while if you ever had Pumking from Southern Tier Brewing or Barrel Aged Pumpkinator from Saint Arnolds you might want to reconsider it.
While lets skip all this typing and get into it. Here are the top 10 Pumpkin Beers to get in most retail stores across the U.S. Numbers 10-6 will be just quick name drops but 5 -1 will have descriptions for you.
10. New Belgium Atomic Pumpkin
9. Brooklyn Brewing Post Road Pumpkin Ale
8. Rogue Ales Pumpkin Patch Ale
7. New Holland Ichabod Pumpkin Ale
6. Samual Adams Jack-o
5. Unita Brewing Co. – Pumpkin Ale 5% abv. This sessionable pumpkin ale is brewed with real pumpkin and a spice medley of nutmeg, cinnamon, and all-spice.
4. Dogfish Head – Punkin Ale 7% abv. The pumpkin beer you’ve known and loved since 1994! Named after the seriously off-centered southern Delaware extravaganza Punkin Chunkin, Punkin Ale is a full-bodied brown ale with smooth hints of pumpkin and brown sugar thanks to our brewers using real pumpkin meat, brown sugar and spices.
3.Shipyard Brewing Co. – Smashed Pumpkin 9% abv. A big-bodied beer with a pleasing aroma of pumpkin and nutmeg. Pale Ale, Wheat, and Light Munich malts combine with the natural tannin in pumpkin and the delicate spiciness of Saphir and Hallertau Hops to balance the sweetness of the fruit. This beer is best enjoyed at 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Saint Arnold Brewing Co. – Pumpkinator 11.2% abv. Pumpkinator is a big, black, full of spice, full of flavor beer. Originally released in 2009 as Divine Reserve No. 9, it is an imperial pumpkin stout and our answer to how a pumpkin beer ought to taste. It is brewed with a combination of pale two row, caramel and black malts, Cascade and Liberty hops for a background hop flavor, pumpkin for a rich mouthfeel, molasses, brown sugar, spices and dry-spiced to make it feel like you just walked into your mom’s kitchen while she was cooking 37 pumpkin pies.
- Southern Tier Brewing Co. – Pumking Imperial Ale 8.6% abv. All Hallow’s Eve is a time of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent. Some think we harness magic to brew our powerful pumpkin ale. Not so, but it is with great respect to the magic of the trade that our brewers craft this fine beer. Savor the bewitching taste, share the magic, and declare your loyalty to the Pumking!
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