Midwest pumpkin beers

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  1. opwog

    opwog Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2008 Minnesota

    Mainly I am interested in ones available (but not necessarily brewed) in Minnesota. This is my first Fall here and I am familiar with East and West Coast pumpkin beers, I am not sure which breweries out here actually make one. The thread about the rumour that Surly may do one next year got me thinking that outside of Southern Tier and Shipyard, I don't know what other breweries based or distributed in MN actually will offer pumpkin beers. Or even related beers like yam, sweet potato, squash beers, etc.

    If people could contribute the ones that they know of and maybe rank them, that would be great.

    And yes, we all know that Pumpkin beers are a love/hate thing.
     
    #1 opwog, Sep 4, 2013
  2. BryantlakeBowl

    BryantlakeBowl Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2009 Minnesota

    I really love the Ichabod from New Holland and Sweet Yamma Jamma from Indeed is spectacular.
     
    #2 BryantlakeBowl, Sep 4, 2013
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  3. Verbl

    Verbl Crusader (469) Feb 7, 2009 Minnesota

    As far as local or semi-local avalable in Minnesota:

    Town Hall's Pumpkin Ale is good. I am a big fan of Lakefront Brewery's pumpkin lager. Sweet Yamma Jamma is now being canned. Tyranena Painted Ladies gets a thumbs up. Summit had brewed a one time pumpkin porter that was very good. Maybe we can persuade them to brew it again?
     
    #3 Verbl, Sep 4, 2013
  4. Mplsmetro57

    Mplsmetro57 Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2013 Minnesota

    Sweet Yamma Jamma is already available. Had it on tap yesterday and the first cans at retail were 9/3/13.
     
    #4 Mplsmetro57, Sep 4, 2013
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  5. opwog

    opwog Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2008 Minnesota

    Forgot that I have seen Ichabod and bout a bottle last week. Each year I try to pick up a bottle of each that I can find and do a pumpkin beer tasting all in one night. And because so many beer geeks are anti-pumpkin beers, then it tends to be with non-beer geek friends while carving pumpkins and baking seeds. But this year for me should be a whole new experience, as I have never had much from out here in regards to pumpkin beers.
     
    #5 opwog, Sep 4, 2013
  6. XmnwildX12

    XmnwildX12 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,140) Nov 12, 2010 Minnesota
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  7. grantcty

    grantcty Savant (1,016) Feb 17, 2008 Minnesota
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    Not sure if or how much it's distributed in Minnesota, but I'd recommend Stevens Point Whole Hog Pumpkin beer. If not distributed in the Cities, I'd bet you could find it in Hudson.
     
    #7 grantcty, Sep 5, 2013
  8. JediMatt

    JediMatt Zealot (549) Jun 18, 2010 Iowa

    Do you guys have Shipyard? Their Smashed Pumpkin (NOT Pumpkinhead) is good.
     
    #8 JediMatt, Sep 5, 2013
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  9. elliott1184

    elliott1184 Maven (1,320) Mar 31, 2011 Minnesota
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    Schlafly Pumpkin Ale is my favorite Midwest pumpkin beer, though the closest you will find it is Northern Iowa.
     
    #9 elliott1184, Sep 5, 2013
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