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DaddyM89 : 9/13/2014 5:37 pm
Looking to expand on pumpkin beers. Usually drink shipyard which I do really like but looking for advice on some other stuff. Just picked up a 6 of smuttynose pumpkin and harpoon ufo pumpkin.
Southern Tier - Pumking is my personal favorite, but it's very  
Mellowmood92 : 9/13/2014 5:42 pm : link
sweet - tastes like pumpkin pie. They just came out with an imperial pumpkin stout which I'm trying out tomorrow at the game.

I also like Brooklyn's Post Road - much more subtle, but good.
Two great ones mentioned already  
robbieballs2003 : 9/13/2014 5:45 pm : link
I also like Southampton Pumpkin Ale. There was a new one that came out recently called Roadsmary' s Baby which was delicious too. I'm not a blue moon fan but their pumpkin ale is good too.
RE: Southern Tier - Pumking is my personal favorite, but it's very  
Bold Ruler : Mod : 9/13/2014 5:49 pm : link
In comment 11859548 Mellowmood92 said:
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sweet - tastes like pumpkin pie. They just came out with an imperial pumpkin stout which I'm trying out tomorrow at the game.


I'd like to try the stout as I feel the Pumking is a bit too forward on the Cinnamon. I didn't feel it was too sweet, kind of expected it. But the qualities of a stout lend itself to a pumpkin beer.
Dog Fish Head  
m4hleon : 9/13/2014 5:53 pm : link
and Riverhorse make two of my favorites.
Southampton is delicious  
redbeard : 9/13/2014 6:11 pm : link
Dogfish head is my fav




And now I'm wildly thirsty
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10to80for6 : 9/13/2014 7:00 pm : link
Great south bay pumpkin is pretty good.
Warlock  
uncletiki : 9/13/2014 7:02 pm : link
Check out Warlock by Southern Tier. Hands down my favorite pumpkin beer. Tastes like pumpkin at 8.6 percent alcohol. FYI, I have had most of the beers mentioned in this thread and think they are all decent.
Roads Mary's Baby  
Giants2012 : 9/13/2014 7:07 pm : link
Very good
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Post Road (Brooklyn Brewery) is a regular for me  
Mister O : 9/13/2014 7:09 pm : link
and I'm finishing a six of Saranac Pumpkin Ale, which I don't like as much as the Post Road.
Shipyard  
bigbluewreckingcrew25 : 9/13/2014 7:11 pm : link
and Bluepoint are my favorites. Saranac as well
Jack-O by the Traveler Beer Company  
Mike in Jersey : 9/13/2014 7:41 pm : link
Is by far the best pumpkin beer I've had. Fat Jack by Sam Adams is very good also.
I like shipyard  
pjcas18 : 9/13/2014 8:02 pm : link
in a can.

not a huge fan of the draft, and absolutely no cinnamon around the rim. it tastes ok for the first sip, but then makes me feel like I'm drinking out of a dirty, gritty glass.
some of my faves from last year were  
ShocknAwe80 : 9/13/2014 8:37 pm : link
elysian fields
southern tier
post road
weyerbacher imperial pumin
Best thread ever  
Mike from SI : 9/13/2014 9:01 pm : link
The fall in NY is so dope. I agree with whoever said Pumking is a little too cinnamon-y. I intend on trying a bunch of new ones soon and will revert.

On a slightly off-topic question, if anyone has good oatmeal/milk stout recommendations, I'd be greatly appreciative. The best milk stout I ever had was made by a brewery in NC that doesn't seem to ship outside of that state :(
Best pumpkin beer I've ever had  
Audible : 9/13/2014 9:22 pm : link
is probably the Fisherman's Imperial Pumpkin Stout from Cape Ann Brewing Company. Beware - it's 11% ABV but doesn't taste anywhere close to an 11, so if you're not aware of the ABV going in, the alcohol content will sneak up on you very quickly. Cape Ann also makes a non-Imperial variant that clocks in at 7% ABV, but I've only had the Imperial.

Pumking is good but I've only ever had it on tap. Greenport Harbor Leaf Pile is really, really good too, and is more 'drinkable' - if I had to session a single pumpkin beer I would go with the Greenport.
Defiant Brewery makes an excellent...  
Crispino : 9/13/2014 10:09 pm : link
pumpkin ale.
I had a  
natefit : 9/13/2014 11:18 pm : link
Pumpkin Spice coffee at 7-11 yesterday. Does that count?
Pumpkin beer?  
Carl in CT : 9/13/2014 11:27 pm : link
= pussies
Best pumpkin ale  
BigBlue22 : 9/14/2014 12:49 am : link
Greenport Brewery - Leaf Pile

Crooked ladder also has a good pumpkin ale as well.
got smuttynose pumpkin ale really disappointed  
DaddyM89 : 9/14/2014 12:54 am : link
has a real bland bitter taste. Also, not crazy about harpoon ufo pumpkin beer
Budweiser  
Jints in Carolina : 9/14/2014 1:43 am : link
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Due South Isle of Maguordo  
Brian T : 9/14/2014 8:22 am : link
And Timmermans Pumpkin Lambic
They're just putting pumpkin spice in it,  
Giantology : 9/14/2014 9:39 am : link
right?
Not a fan  
Berrylish : 9/14/2014 10:02 am : link
Of pumpkin beer. Oktoberfests are where it's at. However I tried Heavy Seas pumpkin stout. It was the first one I found tolerable. Certainly couldn't drink a pint though. Unless it's a true lambic, don't fruit the beer! :)
I don't know what they did to Warlock this year  
BigBlue TT : 9/14/2014 10:35 am : link
but last year was 10x better IMO. Pumking was much better this year than last however. I'm not high on DFH in general but their Punkin is always consistently delicious. If you guys are in NJ, Bolero Snort's Fall Pasture was actually one of my favorites this season.
Elysian Night Owl  
Jerz44 : 9/14/2014 10:53 am : link
Is my favorite.
Pumkin Ale  
Percy : 9/14/2014 11:25 am : link
New to the pumpkin beer/ale story, but anxious to learn. Prefer ales myself -- still stuck on Bass -- and think that excessive sweetness would spoil it for me. Which of these is on the "dry" side (if that's the right way to ask the question)?
Shipyard actually makes two pumpkin beers  
BuffaloFanInGMenTerritory : 9/15/2014 8:14 am : link
which I found out recently after a trip to the local beverage center. I had only had the Pumpkinhead and thought it was fantastic, so when I saw the Smashed Pumpkin I decided to try that....it didn't disappoint! They also have an apple beer, not a cider, called Applehead that I had at a beerfest once, but I can never find it in the stores, if you see it give it a try...really good.
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