back Drops It means many different things. For some, that means yards will soon have a blanket of leaves that will require hours with a rake. For everyone, it means the most seasonally-defining beer will be back on the shelves: pumpkin beer. They come back gorgeously in September (they reappear sometimes in the midst of the August heat), and then gone like a ghostly mole at night by Thanksgiving. Act fast: the best pumpkin beers are not to be missed.
If pumpkin beer seems to be a somewhat recent phenomenon, it isn’t. When European settlers first came to North America, ingredients for wheat and barley were hard to come by. If you have any, you are more likely to make bread than alcohol. Instead of grain and barley, the original pumpkin has become an important ingredient in beer. There’s even a recipe dating back to 1771 for “Pompeians” beer. In the case of this particular recipe, the writer wrote that because of the “bowl,” you might want to wait a few years after filling it up to drink it.
Before we go ahead, you should be aware that pumpkin beer is coriander for the beverage. Either you love it in all its crystallized pumpkin glory, or you absolutely hate it. If you are in the last group, just stick to it Oktoberfest-style beerAnd the Investment Promotion Agenciesand others Seasonal favorites. You’ll be golden until winter. If you’re a pumpkin head like us, keep scrolling to find 20 of our favorite pumpkin beers to drink during fall.
Keep in mind that while there are countless pumpkin beers on the market, these 20 fully embrace pumpkin flavor. This is pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice, pumpkin flavor through and through.
Note: Some of them may not be available (yet) due to seasonality.
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