from bartowel.. Item # / Product Name / Size (mL) / Retail 296111 / Witches Brew Tripel / 750 / $7.95 201665 / Mt. Begbie Nasty Habit IPA / 650 / $6.10 311225 / Black Creek Pumpkin Ale / 500 / $3.50 132753 / Grand River Highballer Pumpkin / 500 / $3.85 303610 / Howe Sound Pumpkineater / 1000 / $11.35 264184 / DDC Corne du Diable IPA / 341 / $2.90 90738 / St. Ambroise Pumpkin Ale / 4 x 341 / $9.95 90373 / Post Road Pumpkin Ale / 355 / $2.65 296186 / Chatoe Rogue Pumpkin Patch Ale / 650 / $6.75 182287 / Southern Tier Pumpking / 650 / $8.75
Looks pretty decent! Pumpkineater looks a little pricey compared to here in BC, but it's definitely worth it...As are the Chatoe Rogue and Southern Tier.
Holy Pumpkin Ales, Batman! (I see them, Robin.) I'm at that stage where I need pumpkins and pumpkin flavored foods to occupy a good 80% of my diet, so this will work for me.
I will buy all of these except for the Corne and St. Ambroise. Hands down the best Halloween release so far.
That's really not hard to believe, especially if you shop at Sherbrooke (I assume since you're in Edmonton, you have at least entertained the idea). That place is disgustingly over priced. Don't get me wrong, their selection is second to none, but as a consumer, you pay for it through the nose. Not sure how things work with Liquorconnect, but holy smokes, things are pricey in AB! Has the St. Ambroise Pumpkin gone downhill in the past couple years? I had it in 2010 and found it to be quite a nice pumpkin ale.
It's a decently flavourful pumpkin ale, and there's nothing "wrong" with it per se, I just find the mouthfeel to be thin, highly carbonated, and almost cola-like in texture. It's also sweeter than I prefer. But it sells like hotcakes at many stores, so I'm clearly in the minority. If you enjoy it and don't want to miss out, buy lots and buy early!
Howe Sound, Rogue and maybe the Witches Brew. I find if I buy too many of what I already have had they spill over into the Christmas releases. So its January and you still have Octoberfest, Pumpkin Ales and Christmas laying around. Already have some Magic Hat Hex Octoberfest, SA Octoberfest and SA Harvest Pumpkin.
Sadly, not many of these will make it to Stratford. But I will be ordering a case of Pumking. At least this makes up for 1% of that bird seed offering of a fall release.
