Best Pumpkin Beers of 2022

Sweet, spicy and downright ghoulish: we tried a whole patch of pumpkin beers so you don't have to. 

5%

Brooklyn Brewing Post Road  Pumpkin Ale

Brooklyn Brewing Post Road  Pumpkin Ale

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For those of us who prefer just a hint of pumpkin, that was its major selling point. Very fine pumpkin beer.

5.3%

Saranac Pumpkin Ale

Saranac Pumpkin Ale

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It’s a very standard, classic pumpkin beer with a nice, natural pumpkin flavor, no cloying spice and a nice finish and it’s proof that there’s no need to mess with a good thing.

5.9%

Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale

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As was the case with some other beers on this list, the small amount of pumpkin flavor in Smuttynose’s Pumpkin Ale prompted some of us to rate it highly.

8.6%

Southern Tier Warlock

Southern Tier Warlock

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It earned praise for daring to be different than your typical pumpkin beer. As one taster put it, “Stout makes sense for a pumpkin beer.”

7%

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

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The brown sugar that Dogfish Head’s popular Punkin Ale is brewed with sets it apart from other pumpkin beers. 

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