Pumpkin beer recommendations?

Samesies.

 

Pumpkin beers are one of the only things I hate about Autumn.

 

should be a pumpkin dopplebock w/ that name, hmmmm

 

Schlafly all the way

 

Why have I not thought of this before?! Schlafly Pumpkin Ale is the best of this style, followed by Pumking.

 

The ones I've had recently and enjoyed:
ST Pumking
Epic Fermentation Without Representation
Dry Dock Imperial Pumpkin

I also have had New Belgium Pumpkick, which wasn't bad, but wasn't real notable either.

If memory serves , Elysian Night Owl, Dark O' The Moon and Great Pumpkin, will all soon be on the list
Last year's CC Good Gourd and Schlafly were pretty good as well. I haven't had Weyerbacher Imp Pumpkin for a few years, but memory tells me it was pretty great. Same with Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin.

 

It is, and now that the rum has had several months to relax, it's even better

 

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Night Owl is as remembered, pretty great.

 

I made a point to try as many as possible last year, and establish a true favorite. this year, I think I'll only buy Pumking and Schlafly.

 

I love pumkin beers and I'll try any new ones that I find and haven't had previously. Really love Pumking and hope to try Schafly soon. But my favorite beer brewed with pumkin so far was Summit's Imperial Pumkin Porter. The pumkin flavor was a perfect compliment in the beer. Summit, are you listening?

 

If you like pumpkin porters, try to get Epic Fermentation Without Representation. Good stuff

 

Just went and took a tour of Cigar City Brewery...had the Good Gourd Pumpkin ale and it was amazing!

 

Just tried Redhooks Pumpkin Porter. Its really f-ing awesome and I kinda think Redhook isnt that good.

 

Schlafly Pumpkin is really really drinkable. I like really fresh pumpking about the same, but man you can kill some schlafly pumpkins.

 

Last year, we had a pumpkin beer tasting. I ended up with the following;

ST Pumking
DFH Punkin
Schlafly Pumpkin Ale
CBC Great Pumpkin Ale
Elysian The Great Pumpkin
Evolution Jacques Au Lantern
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Hoppin Frog Frog's Hollow Double Pumpkin Ale
CCB Good Gourd

Clear winner? Good Gourd. If we had to choose a second, it would be CBC Great Pumpkin.

The only one I would buy again would be Good Gourd. And I have. Only one in the group of 8 actually liked pumpkin ales, so theres that. However, we all agreed the Good Gourd was really really good.

 

I'll keep an eye out for it. Feel the same way about Redhook, but pulled the trigger on the Eisbock they released a few years ago and it was excellent.

 

Had smuttynose pumpkin for the first time tonight
Excellent pumpkin ale especially for how smooth it went down at 6.3% abv I felt like I was drinking something at around 5% max

 

Heavy Seas Greater Pumpkin
It was a little hot, but when we tried a year old bottle it was unbelievably smooth.

 

You must hate Wit too--I suppose, the idea of cloudy wheat beer should not bother you, but the spices... damn that shit to hell.

Try CBC. It won't set you back by much and just might change your opinion.