What have been some of your pumpkin beer winners this season? I’d love to take suggestions. You can also vote for your favorite pumpkin beer. Want some more pumpkin beer recommendations? Head over to Taste Cook Sip to see who comes away a winner between Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale and Harpoon’s UFO Pumpkin. Seek out Shipyard’s Smashed Pumpkin, which brings the pumpkin and spices in a heavier styled ale. Sweet and spicy in flavor and orange in color, it has a lot of zest. This warm drink has pumpkin flavor, brown sugar sweetness, and spice for a nice fally taste. When paired with holiday recipes or tailgate fare, it’s a great pairing. It’s a lighter styled beer that even when a bar adds a cinnamon and sugar rim (yep, they do that!) doesn’t give me that awesome spicy pumpkin pie feeling. Are Pumpkin Beers Sweet spiced beer with real pumpkin is made to perfection for a unique and delicious flavor. It’s a mild, easy drinking beer- the several I’ve had were lacking much in the way of pumpkin or spices. I’ve also had this years Pumpkinhead on draft, in bottle and can. I’m torn, because it’s got the pumpkin pie aspects I like, but far too sweet. It’s also the lightest colored pumpkin beer I’ve ever seen. Pumpkinhead is overpowering with a cinnamon and sugar mix, which covers up a sugary pumpkin taste. Am I cliched? Pumpkinhead has a lower ABV than other pumpkin brews – 4.5 percent – which helps enhance the scientifically created flavors added to this beer. My beer nerd senses went off – “natural flavors” listed as ingredients and a screw-off cap. Lisa’s Rating: Shipyard Brewing’s Pumpkinhead A nice fall beer and something a bit different for Pumpkin beer fans. And, somehow there is that bit of pumpkin to round this beer out. Draft or bottle is the way to go, as the spices come through nicely. I’ve had the pleasure of having this tasty beer on draft, in bottle and can. I agree with Bryan – this is a nice red ale base, something that sets Fall Hornin’ aside from the pack. The pumpkin aroma smelled a little light to me, but the taste was rich in brown sugar and netmeg. I thought this had the strongest red ale/amber base of any of the beers I’ve had so far, which pairs well with Fall Hornin’s thick body. I’m hosting two beers – Shipyard’s Pumpkinhead and Anderson Valley’s Fall Hornin’ – and you can head over to Taste Cook Sip to read about two others – Harpoon’s UFO Pumpkin and Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale. Using my handy pumpkin pie slice rating scale, we’ve done some of the “hard” work on four of this year’s pumpkin beer crop so you can find what you’re looking for. Our goal? We want to share our favorites and try to steer you away from some of the skunkier pumpkin beers out there. After trading some emails, tweets and Untappd check-ins sharing our affinity for all things gourd, we wanted to offer a duel blog post highlighting a few pumpkin beers you may see hanging around your local bottle shops and grocery stores. I’ve recently been lucky to come into contact with Lisa from Taste Cook Sip, a fellow pumpkin-head and beer enthusiast. No time to worry about seasonal creep any more. Football is back, nature’s colors are (maybe) changing and pumpkin beer is in the fridge. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.What a special time of year. Spread or pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes. Add confectioner's sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until frosting reached its desired consistency.Ĩ. Prepare frosting by beating together butter, cream cheese, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin ale (optional) until smooth. Cool in muffin tin for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack for further cooling.ħ. Bake for 17-20 minutes, or until toothpick test comes out clean. Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients, 1/2 cup at a time. Slowly pour in cooled butter mixture and mix well.ĥ. In another bowl, beat together egg, pumpkin puree, and granulated sugar until smooth. Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice. Swirl until the sugar melts and set aside.ģ. Remove from heat then add pumpkin ale and brown sugar. 1/2 cup pumpkin ale (any will do - I used Harpoon UFO Pumpkin)ġ tbsp pumpkin spice (or 1 tsp each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice)ġ package (8 oz) cream cheese, room temperatureĭash of pumpkin spice (or a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice)ġ.
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