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So, I don't know what the deal is with beer this fall, but there are TONS of pumpkins. I've tried a handful but I'll list my top and bottom picks, for anyone who cares:

Best
Southern Tier - Pumking
This is one of the smoothest pumpkins I've had and also my favorite. It's literally pumpkin pie in your mouth. BOOM!

Terrapin - Pumpkinfest
This is a spicy take on the pumpkin while still fulfilling the expectation of a pumpkin brew. Terrapin's also local, so I'm kind of biased.

Get Your Feet Wet
UFO - Pumpkin
This beer lacks creativity in its name and it comes in a can, but it's a nice combo of the spice and pumpkin. It's the cheapest of the pumpkins in my area.

Samuel Adams - Octoberfest
This beer probably hits the sweet spot between pumpkin and spice out of all the others. I had it at the beginning of the season, but haven't had any since. It doesn't really leave an impression.

Meh
Dogfish Head - Punkinfest
This is easily the weakest beer I've tasted this season. It's the Bud Light of the pumpkins imo. Why make a pumpkin brew if you're not going to go for it?
 
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Tmac47_sl said:
So, I don't know what the deal is with beer this fall, but there are TONS of pumpkins. I've tried a handful but I'll list my top and bottom picks, for anyone who cares:

Best
Southern Tier - Pumking
This is one of the smoothest pumpkins I've had and also my favorite. It's literally pumpkin pie in your mouth. BOOM!

Terrapin - Pumpkinfest
This is a spicy take on the pumpkin while still fulfilling the expectation of a pumpkin brew. Terrapin's also local, so I'm kind of biased.

Get Your Feet Wet
UFO - Pumpkin
This beer lacks creativity in its name and it comes in a can, but it's a nice combo of the spice and pumpkin. It's the cheapest of the pumpkins in my area.

Samuel Adams - Octoberfest
This beer probably hits the sweet spot between pumpkin and spice out of all the others. I had it at the beginning of the season, but haven't had any since. It doesn't really leave an impression.

Meh
Dogfish Head - Punkinfest
This is easily the weakest beer I've tasted this season. It's the Bud Light of the pumpkins imo. Why make a pumpkin brew if you're not going to go for it?
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Sam Adams Octoberfest is nothing like a pumpkin beer.
 
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I was also amused by the reviews of pumpkin ales with a lager that has no pumpkin flavor mixed in.
 
opiate82

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Ao-_sl said:
It's like using a Keurig instead of grinding and brewing your own coffee. It's going to be "ok" and satiable for the most part, but I think a hand-crafted version is going to be superior every time.
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As they keep pointing out in all the articles/interviews about this device, the applicable use is more geared towards professional brewers who want to test either a new recipe or the quality of their ingredients on a small scale without taking up to much of their time. Without an automated device like this, a brewer could spend close to the same amount of labor hours producing a 5 gallon test batch as they would a 5 barrel (157 gallon) commercial batch.
 
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We were all pissed in Chicago when Goose Island got bought by Budweiser but you know what? It really doesn't matter. So many other, and arguably better, microbreweries have popped up in their wake that most of us have said good riddance.
 
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Eyashusa_sl said:
We were all pissed in Chicago when Goose Island got bought by Budweiser but you know what? It really doesn't matter. So many other, and arguably better, microbreweries have popped up in their wake that most of us have said good riddance.
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Did it actually change the beer? When Red Hook partnered with InBev their beer didn't change at all (not that is was that great to begin with), just their distribution and advertising.
 
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Ao-_sl said:
It's like using a Keurig instead of grinding and brewing your own coffee. It's going to be "ok" and satiable for the most part, but I think a hand-crafted version is going to be superior every time.
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Washington Beer Blog is a pretty serious beer site and they did a taste test, no noticeable difference from craft beers. The thing is essentially a microbrewery in and of itself, no reason it can't turn out top-notch beer. Think of it more like the first home espresso machine.
 
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opiate82_sl said:
Did it actually change the beer? When Red Hook partnered with InBev their beer didn't change at all (not that is was that great to begin with), just their distribution and advertising.
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no it didnt change at all. It was just a bunch of beer snobs crying about Big Beer for no reason.
 
Khane

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Goose Island still makes fantastic beer and I can now get it in CT which I could not before Budweiser/InBev. So I welcome it.
 
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Tried Pumking last night for the first time. I must say, IT IS LIKE PUMPKIN PIE IN YOUR MOUTH.

The cost however, $8 for a 22oz? Is that normal? Spec's liquor had a space set up for all Southern Tier types, so I walked up and saw the sign for $8. I said I'll take a six pack, and she laughed at me.
 
Khane

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Yes, it's an imperial and that's a normal price. It actually costs me $9.99 in my neck of the woods.
 
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joeboo_sl said:
Well son of a fuck...

Kansas City's Boulevard Brewing(10th largest microbrewer in the US) to be sold to Dutch company Duvel

A Buyout on the Boulevard: Duvel Moortgat to Acquire Kansas City Craft Brewer : Brewbound.com


GOD DAMNIT
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I tried their unfiltered wheat beer out there a few times when I was traveling around Iowa and maybe I am just spoiled by Widmere but I didn't really care for it. It seemed so bland in comparison.

As for being bought out that is likely not a big deal. You don't buy a microbrew to change its taste, you are buying it for that. Budweiser for example was partnered with so many microbrews its not even funny.
 
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