Treats

Photo by L. Coolidge

Along with the changing leaf color and falling temperatures, fall brings with it plenty of good things to eat for young and old alike.  Candy corn, apple cider and pumpkin pie fill the shelves of farmer's markets and the stomachs of satisfied eaters.  While the pumpkin is well known as a pie filler, it's less known, but equally delicious, as a brewing ingredient.  Here's three tasty beers that will make you think twice about turning your pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern.

Dogfish Head Punkin Ale 
The innovators over at DogFish Head seem to do everything just a little bit different and a little bit better than a lot of the other breweries out there.  The Punkin Ale is no exception.  Brewed with real pumpkin meat and organic brown sugar, punkin ale is full of taste, body, and alcohol - coming in at a ghastly 7.0 ABV.


Shipyard Brewery - Pumpkinhead Ale
The Pumpkinhead Ale from Portland, ME brew house Shipyard, is  light golden in color and full of spice.  Most of the pumpkin taste is masked behind the more noticeable cinnamon and nutmeg flavor.


Smuttynose Brewing Co. - Pumpkin Ale
Coming out of New Hampshire, the Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale finds the right blend between pumpkin and spice - not too much of either but just enough of both.  Flavorful enough to know you're drinking a pumpkin beer but without overpowering the overall flavor.