Pumpkin Ales and Cinnamon sugar on the Rim!?

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  1. Dray

    Dray Initiate (0) Apr 6, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Is it me or what?
    Why do bars ruin really good Pumpkin ale by putting Cinnamon sugar on the rim of the glass?
    Whos with me on this?
     
  2. Hanzo

    Hanzo Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Virginia

    I've never seen this practice, but if I did I would ask them not to do it.
     
  3. geocool

    geocool Savant (1,209) Jun 21, 2006 Massachusetts

    I am with you on this.
     
  4. Dray

    Dray Initiate (0) Apr 6, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Its not friggin toast!
    I hesitate ordering one out because they still seem to do it even after you ask them not to.
    $9 Pumking and they put Cinnamon sugar on the Rim.
    Does Al Cerivk have to smack a bitch?
     
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  5. Snellgg5

    Snellgg5 Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2011 New Hampshire

    It improves Pumpkinhead, especially when you also add a shot of vanilla vodka.
     
  6. grumpy

    grumpy Pundit (896) May 24, 2005 Missouri

    "$9 Pumking and they put Cinnamon sugar on the Rim."

    Sounds considerably better than Corona with a lime wedge....
     
  7. beernut

    beernut Initiate (0) Jun 6, 2008 New Jersey

    If you ask them not to do it and they still do it, don't accept it, send it back ask for the manager.
     
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  8. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Yuck, some are already a sugary pumpkin pie mess. I had an Epic Fermentation Without Representation last week and thought it was the best Pumpkin offering I've ever had. It's a Imperial Pumpkin Porter, lightly spiced at the end. All spice maybe?
     
  9. JohnB87

    JohnB87 Zealot (649) Mar 14, 2011 Michigan

    I think I would politely tell them that I thought I ordered a beer and not a margarita.

    Though, if it's just that the waitress is eager to give a rimjob, then maybe we can work something out.
     
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  10. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,848) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    If they still do it even when asked not to, then that's definitely not cool and I'd send it back.

    Otherwise, honestly, I don't have a problem with it. It's a Pumpkin Ale fer cryin' out loud- by definition it's gimmicky and festive, why not go all the way as long as it tastes good? Heck- they could blend it with a chocolate stout, pour it over ice cream, sugar the rim and add a cinnamon stick stirrer and I'd totally be into it.

    (memo to myself- get ice cream and Young's Double Chocolate Stout on the way home)
     
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  11. kmello69

    kmello69 Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2011 Texas

    What kind of bars are you going to? Where I go, the grizzled, bearded guys running the place wouldnt even consider something so ridiculous.
     
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  12. 5thOhio

    5thOhio Initiate (0) May 13, 2007 South Carolina

    That's what ya get for ordering a pumpkin ale. Just sayin'...
     
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  13. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    The Pub I go must have 4 Pumpkins on tap right now.
     
  14. bryanole27

    bryanole27 Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2011 North Carolina

    OK I'll be that guy...I've done it. Didn't really add a whole lot to the beer, just ended up with cinnamon and sugar in my beard and a sticky face. Consider it a one-and-done.
     
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  15. Aaron58

    Aaron58 Zealot (607) Dec 16, 2007 Massachusetts

    I gotta say. I like it. Cant see why someone wouldnt to be honest. But to each his own
     
  16. Namaste108

    Namaste108 Initiate (0) Sep 14, 2010 Michigan

    My question is where do you pay $9 for pumking at a bar? Yikes! I just got for 6.
     
  17. capsfan13

    capsfan13 Initiate (0) Jun 27, 2011 Maryland

    They did this recently when my hubby ordered one. He wiped it away. Stupid gimmick.
     
  18. jaIsPoAn

    jaIsPoAn Initiate (0) Aug 1, 2012 New York

    If you need to put sugar on the glass the beer must not be good
     
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  19. Homebrew42

    Homebrew42 Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2006 New York

    They do it because people like it, if you don't like it ask them not to do it and get over it.
     
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  20. MaxSpang

    MaxSpang Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2011 Ohio
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    I've only had it happen to me once, but it was at a beer festival and the brewery was trying to get some attention.

    If I were at a bar and they served it to me like that, I'd be bummed.
     
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