Pumpkin in Texas

Krunkin Pumpkin from Karbach

 

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I am going to assume you are in Houston because of the way you wrote local and the Saint Arnold. Buffalo Bayou has what they call Gingerbread Stout which is tasty, Karbach has the Krunkin' Pumpkin. That's about all I can think of in the Houston area off the top of my head.

 

Lakewood does Punkel, pumpkin spiced dubbel, that's the only other Pumpkin local I can think of. I wouldn't be surprised to see one come out of Community or someone else this year.

 

Well the Gingerbread Stout from Buffalo Bayou, although technically it does not have pumpkin, it uses a lot of the spices used for pumpkin pie, so it has a very similar profile to a pumpkin beer. I call those beers pumpkin pie spiced beers. That's the case also with Punkel from Lakewood, they do not use pumpkins at all, just the spices for pumpkin pie. Locally in Dallas, Peticolas has Wintervention and Community has Regalement which again, lean very heavily towards the pumpkin beer profile even if they don't actually use pumpkins.

However, none of the local Dallas beers mentioned (Punkel, Wintervention, Regalement) are bottled so someone would have to send you a growler. Or you could drive to Dallas and get one. Punkel just came out, and Wintervention and Regalement will be October or November at the earliest. Right off the top of my head, I can't think of Austin or San Antonio beers that are pumpkin or pumpkin pie spiced.

 

Hey I just remembered something. Punkel is being bottled this year, and probably soon, within the next couple of weeks. But you still have to come here to buy it or have someone send it to you. But as far as 'local' beers in Tyler, I think there is a BJ's restaurant nearby. They have a very legit pumpkin beer which was contract brewed by Saint Arnold (I don't know if they still do). It is very good, a very solid, tasty pumpkin beer. It should be out soon, by late September or early October.