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Tröegs First Pumpkin Beer Taps Today
As Troegs (Hershey, PA) drys out from Hurricane Sandy, they will release a new Scratch Beer today for Halloween. It is the first pumpkin beer Troegs has ever brewed. The video below is laden with Charlie Brown references. Scratch Beer #79 is on draft in the tap room today. Happy Halloween!
NoDa NoDable Release: Dark-O’-Lantern
Start Looking for Heavy Seas Pumpkin Offerings
Heavy Seas Brewing (Baltimore, MD) is ready to ship (or already shipping) The Great Pumpkin & Great’ER Pumpkin. The difference? Great’ER spends time in bourbon.
The Great Pumpkin – 8.5%
Our fall seasonal, The Great Pumpkin is the pumpkin beer you spend the summer looking forward to: a robust amber ale to which we add a blend of pumpkin spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, and allspice) while it’s in the kettle. Dark brown sugar adds color and a little bit of dryness to the spicy ale. Look for it in bottles and on draft.
The Great’ER Pumpkin, the bourbon barrel-aged version of The Great Pumpkin. Our brewers wrangled fresh, just-emptied bourbon barrels from A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Virginia, then fill them with The Great Pumpkin, and let the beer age inside the barrel for three weeks–bringing out vanilla and oak notes. The Great’ER Pumpkin will come out in very limited supply, in bottles and on draft.
Style: Pumpkin Ale (w/ Cinnamon, Clove, Allspice, Nutmeg) Some, Barrel Aged
Availability: 22 oz bombers, Draft
8.5% ABV
Drink Like Bing Crosby. Samuel Adams White Christmas debuts this winter
Maybe you won’t have a white Christmas. Starting this year, you can drink like you’ll have one. Sam Adams White Christmas debuts this winter.
As crisp as the first snowfall of the year, this unfiltered white ale is blended with holiday spices including cinnamon, nutmeg, & orange peel. The familiar citrus and wheat characters of the ale are complemented by the warmth of the spices for a festive brew that’s perfect for the season.
Sam Adams White Christmas is available in 12-ounce bottles, and draft seasonally.
Style: Witbier (w/ Cinnamon. Nutmeg. Orange Peel.)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.
Arrival: Winter 2012
5.8% ABV
PIC: Beer Street Journal
New Release: Samuel Adams Fat Jack
Samuel Adams Fat Jack has hit shelves. A new pumpkin offering by the Boston brewery.
This rich and luscious brew indulges in flavor with over 28Ibs of pumpkin per barrel, for a full bodied sweetness and deep russet color. Classic pumpkin pie spices of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice ignite a warmth and spark that’s deepened by an undercurrent of roasty smoked malts. The result is a delectable brew full of enveloping layers of flavor and spice.
At Samuel Adams we love experimenting. 
This series of limited edition brews represents some of our favorite small batch creations.
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggle
Malts: Samuel Adams Two-Row Pale Malt Blend, Caramel 60, Special B, Smoked Malt
Extras: Real Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Allspice
Availability: 22oz bottles
8.5% ABV
READ MORE: Small Batch Series
Winter Drinking? Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout
Coming to the large bottle format is Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout. Who’s ready for cold weather?
This rich dark brew entices with the aromas of the holidays, hinting at the merriment and spices within. The flavor of gingerbread comes alive beginning with the smooth sweetness and heartiness of dark roasted malts and a touch a wheat. But it’s intensity and spices of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, & ginger that add a wicked kick for a jolly playful brew full of merry mischief.
Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves, Ginger) Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggle
Malts: Samuel Adams Two Row Pale Blend, Wheat, Special B, Paul’s Roasted Barley, Flaked Oats
Availability: 22 oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: November, 2012
9% ABV
Cigar City Releases Good Gourd ’12
Cigar City has released Good Gourd 2012. This year’s recipe was purported tweaked by the brewery. Good news, the 2012 batch is larger than previous releases.
This high gravity gob of gourd-y goodness incorporates pumpkin in the mashing process and then gets wicked with the spices including Ceylon cinnamon, Jamaican all spice, Zanzibar cloves and nutmeg.
Style: Pumpkin Beer
Availability: 750 ml bottles.
8.5% ABV
