Favorite Fall Beers

Had this last night for the first time and thought the exact same thing

 

Schlafly's is my #1 -- stuff is amazing. I'm not sure how Post Road got in their top 10

 

Just visited selins and horseheads for the first time a few weeks ago. Selins doesnt bottle. Horseheads does bottle but I don't think the distribute to many places. Williamsburg should be easy to find in VA but not sure how far they distribute.

 

You go to the brewery, you get a pint (or three) on nitro, you order a great, simple meal, and have a good evening. Really no other way to get it.

 

Just saw their FB post about it yesterday, still probably a month or so out, but already salivating!

 

Surprised to see Shipyard getting some respect in both the Top Ten list and the thread.

Also surprised that Pumking is the most reviewed Southern Tier beer.

Anyway, it's been a few years since I've ventured into pumpkin beers and I've decided to pick up a couple this year: Southern Tier Pumking, Sam Adams Fat Jack, and Terrapin Pumpkinfest (if I come across a single).

 

ST Pumking
Bruery Autumn Maple
Heavy Seas Greater Pumpkin
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin
DFH Punkin'
Cape Ann's Fisherman's Pumpkin Stout
Frog's Hollow Double Pumpkin
Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale
Southampton Pumpkin Ale
Heavy Seas Great Pumpkin

 

1)Howe Sound - Pumpkineater 2)Tree Brewing - Jumpin Jack
3)Elysian Brewing - Night Owl 4)Swans - Pumpkin Ale
5)Phillips - Crooked Tooth 6)Granville Is.- Pumpkin Ale
7)St.Ambroise - Great Pumpkin Ale 8)Brooklyn - Post Road

 

Southern Tier Pumking
Bruery Autumn Maple
Good Gourd Cigar City
DFH Punkin'
Midnight Sun TREAT Imperial Pumpkin Porter
Hoppin Frog All Hollows Eve Imperial Pumpkin
Harpoon UFO Pumpkin
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin
Uinta Punk'n
Captain Lawrence Pumpkin

My two surprises this year are Uinta clocking in at 4.8% abv and very tasty at that, and UFO pumpkin from Harpoon. Seriously, Harpoon is making a very solid pumpkin ale this year. No lie

 

So where was the eye opening "holy crap this Williamsburg Pumpkin is tha besttt!"?

 

I love Cambridge Brewing Company's Great Pumpkin Ale, followed closely by Jolly Pumpkin's La Parcela and DFH Punkin' Ale.

 

Shipyard Pumpkinhead was in the Top 10???? LOL Wow .... That's rich.

 

Are we gonna see any chunkin punkin?

 

The Pumpkineater is my person favourite Pumpkin ale. Great stuff on tap or out of the 1L swing top bottles.

 

Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest
Great Lakes Oktoberfest/Noseferatu
Ayinger Oktoberfest
Founders Breakfast Stout/Backwoods Bastard
Terrapin Wake n Bake
ST Pumking

 

1. Schlafly Pumpkin
2. Elysian The Great Pumpkin
3. Pumking
4. Frog's Hollow Double Pumpkin
5. Elysian Coche De Medianoche
6. Good Gourd
7. Kick
8. DFH Punkin
9. Rumpkin
10. Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin

Ten is a lot to name in a style that many don't ever brew and many more brew poorly. The Schlafly and Elysian two are just utterly phenomenal though and we buy the equivalent of a case between bottles and draft each year in Pumking.

 

I've only had ST Pumking the past two years and both times they were awful (I've seen some people say these were two bad years) so I just may give them one more shot this year. I've always thought DFH Punkin was pretty good but subtle and muted pumpkin flavors. I really like Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale - it is the least subtle of the bunch. It is very spicy and there is no mistaking all of the pumpkin pie flavors.

 

We should the rep said later this month..

 

It was very good, but still not as good as Schlafly.

 

Pumking is definitely number one for me and might be my favorite fall beer. Weyerbacher and Smashed Pumpkin were 2 and 3. Havent had Punkin, Schafly or Good Gourd though.