Pumpkin beers pouring on the shelf.

Best I've had is Southern Tier Pumking, although I a hoping to try CCB Good Gourd sometime soon.

 

Good gourd, and not close.

 

Plus one on the Good Gourd. Best I've had

 

I've tried Pumking, Pumpkinator and Good Gourd...

I'm gonna say Good Gourd is the best I've had followed by Pumpkinator...

Specifically, the 2012 Good Gourd they tapped at the brewery a few weeks ago was awesome...

 

Any of them is the correct answer.

I've decided that I enjoy Pumpkin beers more with a year on them, the spices really take over the flavor.


One day I'll try Good Gourd, ISO!

 

I've put a few pumpkin beers aside for around 6 months and I thought they started to lose the spice flavor. Same with Christmas ales. I like to drink spiced beers fresh. But to each his own.

Shlafly's pumpkin is probably my favorite but Good Gourd, Alewerks pumpkin, ST Pumking and Weyerbach imperial pumpkin round out my top five.

I wish all the breweries would get together and agree not to send any pumpkin beers to distributors until September 1st. I bought two sixes of Shlafly last week with the intention of putting them away until fall. I'm already down to one six pack.

 

Good Gourd was early b/c they are rum barrel aging some of it for fall release.

 

I was saving a few singles of various pumpkin brews in the fridge, but it dropped down into the 60s last night, so game on!

 

Here is a tasting I set up for my brothers and I at Thanksgiving last year.

 

Planning on trying good gourd soon, cannot wait. Avery Rumpkin is the best I've had and I've had some great bottles of Heavy Seas Great'er Pumpkin. Someone seriously needs to do a sour pumpkin ale.

 

We had a launch party for Smashed Pumpkin and Pumpkinhead from Shipyard on the 17'th when they released. Patrons enjoyed them and we blew both barrels. Have some more coming in from different brewers but Shipyard's two pumpkins went over real well with our crowd at Fishale here in PCB, FL.

 

That is a awesome line up! How was the Autumn Maple? I picked some up but want to wait until the weather got right to try it. Yams in a beer?! Nice!! BTW....that is a festive table cloth man. I dig it!

 

New Belgium did with Kick, and their Pumpkick is supposed to be slightly tart (though I haven't had it yet). There's also a Pumpkin Lambic out there somewhere but I must say that I wasn't a fan at all last year.

 

Tried it recently. Not very much tart at all IMO. Still good though.

 

After Pumking Harpoon's UFO version

 

The Autumn Maple is good. A lot different from the others in the line up since they use belgian yeast. Can't take credit for the table cloth was at my parents house. My mom has a table cloth for every occasion. She goes a little over board with seasonal/holiday decorations.

 

Pumpkick is like an Ocean Spray pumpkin juice mix. Not terrible but...glad I only got a single.

 

What's yall's opinion of Terrapin's Pumpkinfest? Only 9 bucks a 4 pack. I really like Pumking, but don't like Pumpkinhead.