It’s that time of year again: when beer nerds start complaining about pumpkin ales. I personally think many of the mass-produced varietals are nothing more than novelty ales, but I do enjoy a couple every year. Schlafly Pumpkin Ale is a tasty (8%) dessert beer, and Bier Brewery’s Pumpkin Porter (which isn’t distributed) is my favorite pumpkin ale of all. What is/are your favorite(s)? Pumpkin ale haters, please ignore this thread; it isn’t for you, and your negativity isn’t wanted.
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Why did you delete your post? No positive experiences to contribute to the conversation? That’s strange, because you gave Avery Rumpkin a 4.2.
I was posting a negative pumpkin beer meme and read your post again and saw you’re a regular poster so I deleted it.
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I like to try a couple new ones a year. Recent locals I like were Might Squirrel Gourdgeous Pumpkin and Greater Good Imperial Pumpkin. Maybe I’ll grab a new one for posting tomorrow.
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I generally buy one 4 pack of DFH Punkin Ale. Also a MD. fave, The Greater Pumpkin from Heavy Seas. It’s a BBA brew. Haven’t had any in several years but Elysian makes a few interesting ones as well.
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I’m not a big fan of spiced ales whether they are pumpkin spice or holiday spice, but I am a ratings slut so I will always try anything new. The only ones I tend to buy for any reason other than rating are a couple of local products. Block House Pumpkin Ale from Pittsburgh Brewing is pretty tasty even if it is overwhelmingly sweet and I have always enjoyed Headless Wylie from Rivertowne Brewing. But a six pack of either lasts me most of a year these days.
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Pumpkin stouts are still a curiosity to me. Otherwise, I’ll grab a DF or Elysian too.
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Porter and Stout work well with the pumpkin spices imho. Had a few that were pretty damn good. I also see some pumpkin IPAs listed. That just seems Nuckin futs to me! They score well though!
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Save up your Pumpkin Ales for October BotM 
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Great idea
I generally avoid them but my wife bought the Schafly last week. That one was still ok for me. But likely one a season is all I can handle.
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Not too easy to get in Estonia nor in EU general. I’m sure something could be web ordered, but it is definitely not as easy as in US (I saw a couple pumpkin ales in NYC already in the beginning of September)
