Pumpkin beers: unmanly because women love them?

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  1. deleted_user_971432

    deleted_user_971432 Initiate (0) Apr 8, 2015

    I am a true spice head when it comes to food, so because I love beer also, I want spice in my beer. Sometimes it comes out weak, sometimes it gets nailed right on. There are so many dudes on here who say they don't like pumpkin beers, but is that because too many women like them? Do you secretly like pumpkin beers and hide it?
     
  2. hopsputin

    hopsputin Grand Pooh-Bah (4,403) Apr 1, 2012 New Jersey
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    I love them and make no attempt to hide. I also like how they can kind of walk different ends of the spectrum (in my opinion). Something thats pretty straight pumpkin like Punkin, or something thats almost pie-like, like Pumking.

    For me there are tons of other great ones out there as well.
     
  3. Urk1127

    Urk1127 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,790) Jul 2, 2014 New Jersey
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    Ive never heard anybody say pumpkin beers are for woman. I know and have seen just as many men buy pumpkin when i worked at a liqour store. I think majority of people dont like pumpkin beers because they are either too sweet or too vegetal and squash-like.

    I like a few pumpkin beers. I dislike the many i do because i hate cinnamon and nutmeg in anything
     
  4. Lone_Freighter

    Lone_Freighter Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2017 Vermont

    I'll admit it. I like them, I just tend to try ones that are well made (which can be a matter of opinion). Just like any other style, there's always going to be the good ones and the bad ones.
     
  5. Riff

    Riff Pooh-Bah (1,673) May 12, 2016 Virginia
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    If you're that worried about yer man card then you may as well just turn it in...

    Seriously though, to each their own. Life is too short to worry about those sort of appearance problems (unless you're like, a Kardashian). Drink what you like, advocate for good beer, and don't rip on someone else's beer just because you don't like it.

    FYI, I like pumpkin beers and I in no way will hide it.
     
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  6. DrumKid003

    DrumKid003 Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2013 Oklahoma

    If the question posed by the OP were true, then no man worth his salt would ever be caught drinking sours, or wild ales, either. I've still got a bottles of Crown Valley Imperial Pumpkin from 2016 (qty. 3 & will be saving 1 for next year) & 2015 (qty. 1) that I plan on opening in the next couple of months.
     
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  7. Bryan12345

    Bryan12345 Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2016 Texas

    Women love Justin Bieber… Does that mean HE is unmanly?

    On second thought...that's a bad example...
     
  8. Psilo

    Psilo Initiate (0) Jul 11, 2017 California

    I've never had one. Squash and spices in beer? I think I'll pass. My female friends like IPA and bourbon. Afraid the ladies will think less of you for drinking those? :stuck_out_tongue:
     
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  9. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    I think this premise would be demeaning to the few women that aren't laughing their asses off over it...
     
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  10. MostlyNorwegian

    MostlyNorwegian Pooh-Bah (2,236) Feb 5, 2013 Illinois
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    Feels like high school.
    WHY?
     
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  11. Bryan12345

    Bryan12345 Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2016 Texas

    The girls at my high school liked Boy George. Does that mean HE is unmanly???

    ...Dang it!
     
  12. deleted_user_971432

    deleted_user_971432 Initiate (0) Apr 8, 2015

    I am actually just posing the question because of the multiple comments by dudes on this site. It doesn't really change my love of pumpkin beers, or my opinions. It was just meant for discussion.
     
  13. johnInLA

    johnInLA Pooh-Bah (2,350) Jun 12, 2005 California
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    IMO

    Its unmanly to secretly like a beer

    I remember drinking an Old Foghorn back in the 1990s. I was telling an English CAMRA friend mine how much I liked the style, fairly new to me back then. He told me, rather seriously, you know that's an old lady's style, something sweet that they can sip slowly.

    A few seconds of silence.

    Then we both burst out laughing.

    Lost count of how many barley wines we have sampled since then.
     
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  14. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    I've never read any comments calling anyone's manhood into question because he happens to enjoy pumpkin beers. Who the hell cares, anyway? I love them. I've had bad ones (looking at you, Leinenkugel), but well-made pumpkin beers are things of beauty. The pumpkin adds some nice body, the spices are not overpowering, they are not overly sweet, and they are as satisfying as a good dessert. What's not to like?

    Besides, I've already had my man card revoked for buying coconut-flavored coffee at Bed, Bath, & Beyond.
     
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  15. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Personally, this is the one style where I tend to throw subtlety and finesse out the window; truth be told, it's more of a dessert concoction than beer to me. But, yeah, they just seem better when they are huge, and rich, and in your face, and blended with an imperial stout and whipped cream, and just totally over the top. No sarcasm, either.

    Is it ridiculous on some level? Maybe. But so freakin' what, sometimes ya just gotta indulge :sunglasses::astonished::stuck_out_tongue:
     
  16. Antg8989

    Antg8989 Pooh-Bah (1,582) Jul 18, 2014 New Jersey
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    I still don't know where I stand on pumpkin beers. I don't love em'. Nor do I hate them. My favorite, by FAR is the Oak Jacked Imperial Pumpkin Ale by Uinta Brewing Company - now THAT is a great pumpkin beer with a little something extra. I feel that most of them are overly spiced...almost to the point where I'm not tasting the pumpkin..just the cinnamon and nutmeg. I also think Weyerbacher's Imperial Pumpkin Ale is good, as well as Shipyard's Pumpkinhead Ale (which if I'm being honest, you all need to re-try; it's improved drastically the past few years). I only really purchase several pumpkin beers in the month of October - their appeal is short lived for me. I also feel that Pumpkin Beers should be rated in their own category. What about you guys?
     
  17. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    They already have their own style, "Pumpkin Ale", and I think that's yet another case of an unnecessary style. First of all, pumpkin beers can be based on any of a number of other styles. So, a pumpkin stout gets lumped in with a pumpkin IPA? Why? And if we're being picky, why aren't pumpkin beers just dumped in Fruit/Vegetable Beer style, or even Herbed/Spiced Beer? I think all three of those styles could go away, and the beers should be listed under the base beer style. We don't have a separate style for vanilla or chocolate beers, yet.
     
  18. Antg8989

    Antg8989 Pooh-Bah (1,582) Jul 18, 2014 New Jersey
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    True. I mean, not for the scientific sake, but for Pumpkin in general. At this time of the year, I always see posts about Pumpkin Beers...so I think being able to search for sorted Pumpkin Beers would be great, at least for September-November..they seem to have their own place in the beer world during these 3 months. But if there already is a "Pumpkin Ale" category, I'll rest my case. Pumpkin is just such an extreme - at least according to my experience..some people I know love pumpkin beers, others hate them. But still, why not be able to have more categories? We don't necessarily have to take any away. A pumpkin IPA would most likely be far and away from what the average person expects from an IPA..similar to how people feel about Habanero IPA's. I understand your point about the base beer style; it becomes a slippery slope. But I definitely would not mind being able to rank/order beers whose flavor goes off the beaten path a little...pumpkin, pepper, even chocolate or vanilla - especially if that's how they're being advertised or promoted.
     
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  19. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    I love hot spicy food, I despise the artificial spice they put into beer. The Allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg is so over done. Something for everyone though, but some chili beers are off putting as well.
     
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  20. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    The problem with the current array of recognized styles (104 on BA) is that the criteria for separate styles is a total mess; brewing method, color, flavor, country of origin, target country, ingredients, alcohol content, etc, etc. So - if someone comes out with a red pumpkin IPA with high ABV is that an IPA? Imperial IPA? Pumpkin Ale? Vegetable Ale? Red Ale? Oh wait - it's unique, so let's create yet another style! Sure, why not?

    Maybe every beer should be it's own style? It's such a vague mess now, that folks think that subtle variations in any of the style criteria warrants yet another style. Witness NEIPA. Why does that need to be a new style? It's an IPA.

    I advocate for no more than twenty or so beer styles, based entirely on brewing method. Then sub-styles could differentiate them if necessary. For instance, stouts are stout porters. Milk stouts, Imperial stouts, etc, are all possible sub-styles - but they are all porters. At least we'd have a good understanding of style families, which would give a better idea of what the beer is.
     
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