Last weekend nine of my friends and I did a blind taste of 14 different pumpkin beers. Before looking at the beers we tried and our results I would just like to add that the most expensive beer of the 14 is Southern Tier Pumking. It is very well known and quite expensive. The least expensive beer is the Stegmaier Pumpkin Ale which is a brewery none of us had ever heard of before and was only $23 for a case. That is very cheap for craft beer! Craft Beer Enthusiasts prepare to be amazed by the results:
1. Stegmaier Pumpkin Ale
2. Lancaster Baked Pumpkin Ale
3. Ithaca Country Pumpkin Ale
4. Southern Tier Pumking
5. Lavery the Devil’s Pumpkin
6. Rogue Farms Pumpkin Patch Ale
7. Spring House Braaains
8. Arcadia Jaw Jacker
9. Susquehanna Pumpkin Ale
10. Long Trail Brush and Barrel Series Imperial Pumpkin Ale
11. River Horse Hipp-O- Lantern
12. Southampton Pumpkin Ale
13. Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale
14. Uinta Oak Jacked Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Most of us were shocked by Stegmaier coming in first! Pumking was the favorite of many participants however some people ranked it very low because they did not enjoy the taste. To each his own… my results were pretty consistent with the group’s overall results, so now I’m ready for next year since pumpkin beer season is just about over. Sad :(
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