That bit of tartness made a big difference I really enjoyed it and found it uniquely refreshing as a welcome contrast to the rest of the selection. The Timmermans is both very light on the alcohol and a sour beer. Our "best overall ale" could easily fit into this category, as you'll see. The Harpoon UFO Pumpkin is tasty and easy to drink, but I find it to feel pretty filling after I've had a few. Runners-up: Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale, Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale. It would be easy for a beer this light to either be over-sweetened or to lack flavor, but the Wasatch strikes a good balance by emphasizing more of the lighter, fruitier notes on the nose, as opposed to many of the other ales, which often had the spicier flavors overwhelming the actual pumpkin taste. Wasatch Pumpkin Seasonal Ale, 4 percent ABVīest beer when you want a lot of beer: Wasatch Pumpkin SeasonalĪt only 4 percent ABV, the Wasatch is the lightest beer on this list, and perhaps the most refreshing as well. Uinta Punk'n Harvest Pumpkin Ale, 5 percent ABV Timmermans Pumpkin Lambicus, 4 percent ABV Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale, 4.7 percent ABV
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Rogue Farms Pumpkin Patch Ale, 5.6 percent ABV Nebraska Wick for Brains Pumpkin Ale, 5.4 percent ABV Magic Hat Wilhelm Scream Pumpkin Ale, 5.4 percent ABV Harpoon UFO Pumpkin Unfiltered Pumpkin Ale, 5.9 percent ABV Without further ado, here are some highlights from the former.Īnderson Valley Fall Hornin' Pumpkin Ale, 6 percent ABVīrooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale, 5 percent ABVīuffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale, 6 percent ABV Some of the "light" beers are still relatively heavy in alcohol, but are here based on body and style (or even just because the brewery released an even darker, stronger pumpkin beer, as in the case of Southern Tier Pumking). So I've split this comparison into "light" and "heavy" beers. (* - We tried 28 in total for the taste test, but we were not able to acquire the Buffalo Bayou Whiskey'd Pumpkin Spice Latte at the same time as the others.)Ĭomparing them all across the same scale seemed silly, as a 5 percent easy-drinking ale is a much different animal than a 10 percent stout or oak-aged heavy ale. Multiple breweries released more than one variety of pumpkin beer this was most often done with one as an ale and the other as a stout, such as with Wasatch and Southern Tier. With 27 beers in total*, we did our best to grab one of every type of pumpkin beer we could find, with a variety of ales, stouts, and other beers from all across America (and one from Belgium). We had so many that I had to split this article in two one to discuss ales and the other for stouts and other heavier, stronger beers. This year, we decided to go all-out, get as many as we could find, and have a party. I decided the Saint Arnold Pumpkinator was the best overall, but the Wasatch Pumpkin Ale was the best for easy and regular drinking (as great as the Pumpkinator is, it's still a heavy, specialty beer, not one you'll want to have three or four of out on a patio on a crisp fall day).
Another friend accompanied us, and I took detailed tasting notes. I split half a dozen or so pumpkin beers with my girlfriend and my buddy Joey. In 2012, I had the bright idea to gather as many pumpkin beers as I could find and hold a taste test.
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