Sweet, spicy and downright ghoulish: we tried a whole patch of pumpkin beers so you don't have to.
5%
For those of us who prefer just a hint of pumpkin, that was its major selling point. Very fine pumpkin beer.
5.3%
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%
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%
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%
The brown sugar that Dogfish Head’s popular Punkin Ale is brewed with sets it apart from other pumpkin beers.
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