[keanex]

This years pumpkins all sucked to me. Southern Tier has the Pumpking which is pretty much liquid pumpkin pie, which is a good desert beer.

 

[sharkz]

I agree there aren't many good "pumpkin" beers. Most that claim to use a lot of pumpkin wind up just tasting like a standard October style beer. Pumpking is the best with actual pumpkin flavoring (or close to it), although I do enjoy Pumpkinhead, if not for its pumpkin taste, then for its fall spice flavor.
 
The biggest disappointment for me was the Dogfish Head Punkin. Their beers are all pretty good, even if a little strange. The Punkin was expensive and just fell into the category of another meh October style beer.

 

[Eee Pee]

Since I was 21, and I'm now 36, I can't say I've had a really good pumpkin beer that I buy yearly.  In fact, I don't buy them anymore, and haven't for probably 5 years.  Never found a good one, and I tried to.
 
 

 

[keanex]

DFH Punkin was good the past 2-3 years, a good blend of pumpkin and spices, but this year it just was boring. I think the pumpkins were just harvested entirely too early.
 
Tonight I'm drinking an Orval, a nice beer, quite refreshing. I like it.

 

[DnB Sublimity]

Based on what everyone's saying, at least I don't feel bad for missing out on a good pumpkin brew this year hahaha.
 
After you posted that comment about Orval I was thinking about getting it for the next time I indulge in a couple.  Went online and checked the beer menu at my local Total Wine, and I saw $5.49 which isn't bad at all and cheaper than the next beer I was considering...Dogfish Head Namaste @ $8.99.  Anyone tried it?  I liked the story about them sending some of the proceeds to a craft brewery that burned down in Europe somewhere plus it looked tasty.

 

[apatN]

Yesterday I tried some Boks I never had before (Anker Bok and Jopen Johannieter). Wow, were they awesome...
 

 
and...
 

 

[keanex]

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Based on what everyone's saying, at least I don't feel bad for missing out on a good pumpkin brew this year hahaha.
 
After you posted that comment about Orval I was thinking about getting it for the next time I indulge in a couple.  Went online and checked the beer menu at my local Total Wine, and I saw $5.49 which isn't bad at all and cheaper than the next beer I was considering...Dogfish Head Namaste @ $8.99.  Anyone tried it?  I liked the story about them sending some of the proceeds to a craft brewery that burned down in Europe somewhere plus it looked tasty.

Orval is definitely a nice beer to try, whether it was worth $6 for a 11.2 ounce is left to the discretion of the drinker though. Namaste is a really good beer though, I enjoy it a lot. Very crisp with a nice citrus taste to it. I would definitely buy it to try at $8.99.

 

[Eee Pee]

Even though all the friends are drinking every Christmas beer they can find, I had enough, and I've already gone back to the IPAs.  I found a new one, brewed in my home state of Ohio, about two hours away, at a place called The Brew Kettle, it's a BBQ place.  Usually their beers are moderately priced and a little above average, but nothing awesome, I guess.  The label on this one rang my bell, loudly.
 
 
 
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A West Coast style IPA full of citrus-like and tropical fruit like hop flavor and aroma with an assertive yet smooth bitter finish....malt, take a back seat please.
6.8% Alc/ Vol. 70 IBUs

 
 
I thought it was close to perfect! 
 

 

 
I guess I'm not the only one who likes it.

 

[Merck]

So are most of the beers mentioned in this thread of the micro brew variety?  There is a favorite in my area called Abita and they have some pretty decent seasonals.  They also have a strawberry harvest ale that is interesting.  Not something I would drink often but it pretty light and refreshing, if not a bit sweet.

 

[Eee Pee]

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So are most of the beers mentioned in this thread of the micro brew variety? 

In the sense they don't come from Anhueser-Busch or MillerCoors here in the States?  I'd say yes.

 

[keanex]

I'm going to crack a Belgian Style Yeti tonight by Great Divide. I'm very intrigued by the combination so I hope it'll be good.

 

[Louis8ball]

Not sure if this one even qualifies, as far as the types of beers you are all discussing here, but. . .thought I'd give my 2 cents' anyway. . .sure do love Yuengling

 
Anyone else concur? If you haven't tried it, give it a whirl. . .it certainly is a nice refreshing change from your typical Miller/Coors/Bud varieties. . .
 
 

 
Cheers

Enjoy!!

 

[sharkz]

Yuengling is by far the best "cheap" beer around. I can get a 24 pack of bottles for around $14 and it is the only beer I could drink every day. Its just too bad its distributorship is squashed by the likes of Sam Adams in the northeast.
 
Has anyone tried the new Innis and Gunn Scotch Barrel? Really great beer, definitely get some of the scotch taste in the beer. One of my favorites in a while I think, then again I am partial to oak barrel aged beers.
 
I am also looking forward to sampling a bottle of Victory Otto this weekend. A Belgian/German Smokebeer hybrid, it should be an interesting brew.
 
Winter brings such good beers......

 

[sridhar3]

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sure do love Yuengling

Sam Adams and Yuengling are pretty much the only domestics I drink regularly.

 

[sharkz]

I just never could get behind Sam Adams. I enjoy a Sam Summer or Octoberfest every once and a while but their pricing suggests they are a microbrew, but their profits suggest otherwise. I just refuse to pay microbrew prices for a super commercial beer like theirs. Plus I can get better or equivalent microbrews for the same price or cheaper. They do make a few interesting beers every once in a while though.