Pumpkin beer recommendations?

Punkucinno from Elysian is really good, same with Heirloom Pumpkin from Almanac! Got my hands on a Rumpkin last night... We'll see how that goes!

 

Well it was Schlafly by a long shot but then I had Almanac Heiroom Pumpkin Barleywine. Leaves all others in the dust.

 

ST Pumking
Highballer Pumpkin Ale
Pumpkineater

 

Schlafly and a close second to Weyerbacher. Had an Octoberfest/Pumpkin/Brown tasting yesterday.



Everyone was on Untappd constantly...

 

My favorites are:

DFH Punkin
Whole Hog Pumpkin
Schafly Pumpkin Ale
Lakefront Imperial Brandy Barrel Aged Pumpkin

I haven't tried it yet but I fully expect Central Waters new Imperial Barrel Aged Pumpkin to be amazing.

 

Uinta Oaked Jacked is by far the best I've had. Not too much spice and the perfect amount of vanilla and pumpkin flavor.

 

I've always gone with the Dogfish pumpkin beer. Which i've yet to try this year. The only one I have consumed is The Greater Pumpkin by Heavy Seas which is most likely the best pumpkin beer ive had.

 

I'm a "pie-style" pumpkin beer guy. My favorites, in order:

ST Pumking
Almanac Heirloom Pumpkin
Elysian Dark O' The Moon

Drink these beers and win.

 

I am not a huge fan of the style, so my tasting experience here is limited... But I recently had a pumpkin ale from The Lost Abbey (Port Brewing) called Avant Gourde and it was rather tastey. It was different from any other pumpkin I have tried and it certainly hit the spot. For any SoCal BAs looking to try it, it was on draft at Draught's in Thousand Oaks.

 

are you holding out for pumpk-o-rita?

 

Crown Valley Imperial Pumpkin Smash! It's a Pumpkin Imperial Stout...very nicely done. Like a cup of coffee and a slice of pumpkin pie.

 

Pumpkin Ale - Rivertown Brewing Co.

 

Here's a couple of my fav's:

- Crown Valley tastes like a dark chocolate pumpkin. Very nice
- Schlafly is hands down the best. It's also their best offering.
- DFH is nice as well.

Pumking was on my favorite list...but not now. It was very different and a nice change from normal pumpkin beers, but it's drastically different from previous years and tastes like a nutmeg/cinnamon mess this year. It shouldn't even have the same name. Very different beer.

 

I've tried 36 pumpkin beers this fall already. Found my new favorite last night :Elysian Punkuccino coffee pumpkin ale. Loved the coffee in it. Their Dark o the moon was my favorite until trying this one.

 

This beer just vaulted into my top pumpkins, maybe even atop all the rest...

Rye and brandy barrel-aged, savory-sweet, rustic and classy at the same time...

Almanac's Heirloom Pumpkin Barleywine - it's like a $12 bottle around here, and absolutely worth it...

 

A little biased, but my homebrewed Headless Horseman's Pumpkin Ale is my favorite pumpkin beer this year I actually had about a dozen different pumpkin beers this year that helped me decide on my recipe for my batch...I went with more pumpkin, less spice, honey, brown sugar and vanilla beans and its been splitting heads of all that try it!

 

I had a Hoppin Frog Frog Hollow Double Pumpkin yesterday, pretty damn good beer.

 

ST Warlock for me. Have a Schlafly in the fridge, heard it`s good. Would love to try the Elysian or Avery ones but doesn`t get distributed near the Canadian border in NY & VT

 

In no particular order, the best of this year's crop

Schlafly Pumpkin
Stevens Point Whole Hog
Long Trail Imperial Pumpkin
Wolavers Organic Pumpkim (GABF '14 medal winner)

I have Elysian Punkuccino and Horseheads Pumpkin Ale chillin' so this might haveto be updated.