BadMoon's Beer Reviews

[cokebabies]

Boulder Beer's Shake Chocolate Porter is really good. I'd love to try this on a nitro.

 

[Darth Waller]

Week 2 of Pumptober.

Otter Creek Brewing - Wolaver's Organic Pumpkin Ale ****
Smuttynose Brewing Company - Pumpkin Ale *** 1/2
Chatoe Rogue - Pumpkin Patch Ale *** 1/2
Shipyard Brewing Company - Smashed Pumpkin ****
Southampton Publick House - Pumpkin Ale ****
Brooklyn Brewery - Post Road Pumpkin Ale ***
Dogfish Head - Punkin Ale ****
Williamsburg AleWerks - Pumpkin Ale ****
Cisco Brewers - Pumple Drumkin *** 1/2
California Cider Company - Ace Hard Pumpkin Cider ****
Shipyard Brewing Company - Pumpkinhead ****

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

Week 2 of Pumptober.

Otter Creek Brewing - Wolaver's Organic Pumpkin Ale ****
Smuttynose Brewing Company - Pumpkin Ale *** 1/2
Chatoe Rogue - Pumpkin Patch Ale *** 1/2
Shipyard Brewing Company - Smashed Pumpkin ****
Southampton Publick House - Pumpkin Ale ****
Brooklyn Brewery - Post Road Pumpkin Ale ***
Dogfish Head - Punkin Ale ****
Williamsburg AleWerks - Pumpkin Ale ****
Cisco Brewers - Pumple Drumkin *** 1/2
California Cider Company - Ace Hard Pumpkin Cider ****
Shipyard Brewing Company - Pumpkinhead ****

Nice haul! I totally agree with you - this is the best time of the year for beer! I got to have Southern Tier Pumking on tap for the first time a few weeks ago. I couldn't believe that a little dive bar by work had it. Have you tried Southern Tier's Warlock?

Here's my take on the ones that I've tried on your lists:

Buffalo Bill's Brewery - Pumpkin Ale ** One of the first Pumpkin Ales that I tried years ago and was never a big fan
New Belgium - Pumpkick ****1/2 This has actually become one of my favorites. The slight cranberry taste really works with the pumpkin
Wild Onion Brewing Company - Pumpkin Ale *** Gotta love a Pumpkin Ale out of a can
Samuel Adams - Fat Jack Double Pumpkin ****
O'Fallon Brewery - Pumpkin Beer ***
Smuttynose Brewing Company - Pumpkin Ale *** 1/2
Shipyard Brewing Company - Smashed Pumpkin ***
Brooklyn Brewery - Post Road Pumpkin Ale ***
Dogfish Head - Punkin Ale ***1/2 Kind of a let down after hearing all the hype
Shipyard Brewing Company - Pumpkinhead ** My first thoughts were Miller Lite with pumpkin flavor added

Here's a few that I can add:

New Holland - Ichabod Pumpkin Ale ***** This is my go to every year!
Sam Adams - Harvest Pumpkin Ale **** Very solid
Southern Tier - Pumking ***1/2 Gets to be too much after a while
Southern Tier - Warlock **** The Pumpkin is more mellow that Pumking
Blue Moon - Harvest Moon Pumpkin *** This was the very first pumpkin ale that I ever tried like 8 or 9 years ago

 

[Vitus]

I only drink 2 beers

Coors light
and Coors light in a bottle

 

[FLOSI]

Waller, I'll go grab that 4 pack of 21A Pumpkin brews today... Looking for Racer X.

 

[FLOSI]

My buddy is up in Chico and he tried Celebration right out of the vat!! I was so jealous.

The wait is killing me.... I have a 12 pack of 2012 I saved, so I'm looking forward to tasting both.

 

[cokebabies]

Shipyard Brewing Company - Pumpkinhead ** My first thoughts were Miller Lite with pumpkin flavor added

Yeah, I mentioned Pumpkinhead a few posts up. I just think it's bad.

 

[cokebabies]

Left Hand is now bottling Nitro versions of Sawtooth and Wake Up Dead.

One of my local shops should be getting them in tomorrow, so I'll be going by after my hockey game. A perfect night.

 

[Darth Waller]

Week 3.

RJ Rockers Brewing Company - Gruntled Pumpkin Ale ** 1/2
Samuel Adams - Harvest Pumpkin Ale - **** 1/2
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Count Orlok Black Pumpkin Ale ****
Blue Point Brewing Company - Pumpkin Ale *** 1/2
Core Brewing and Distilling Company - Pumpkin Pie Lager *** 1/2
Harpoon Brewery - Pumpkin Cider *** 1/2
Brasserie McAuslan - St-Ambroise The Great Pumpkin Ale *****
Saint Arnold Brewing Company - Pumpkinator ****
Charleville Brewing Company - Witch's Brew'mmm *** 1/2
Mother's Brewing Company - Mr. Pumpkin ****

Nice haul! I totally agree with you - this is the best time of the year for beer! I got to have Southern Tier Pumking on tap for the first time a few weeks ago. I couldn't believe that a little dive bar by work had it. Have you tried Southern Tier's Warlock?

I have a friend picking up the Warlock for me. I need to get a box sent to him.

 

[TurdFerguson]

Things keep screwing up for me when I try to post picture or whatever. Anyway, I'm drinking Tröegs Double Bock. Me likey.

 

[Darth Waller]

Week 4 spilled into November.

New Holland Brewing Company - Ichabod Pumpkin Ale *** 1/2
Lakefront Brewery - Pumpkin Lager ****
21st Amendment Brewery - He Said (Belgian Tripel) *** 1/2
21st Amendment Brewery - He Said (Baltic Porter) ***
Crown Valley Brewing - Imperial Pumpkin Smash ****
Mendocino Brewing Company - Pumpkin Ale ***
Woodchuck Cidery - Woodchuck Private Reserve Pumpkin * * * *
Battered Boar Brewing Company - Chuck's Pumpkin Ale *** 1/2
Das Fooksbier – Das Fooks Pumpkin IPA ***
Lucky Murphy Brewing – The Gourd and Savior Imperial Pumpkin Ale ****
Hoppin' Frog Brewery - Frog's Hollow Double Pumpkin Ale ****
Schlafly Beer - Pumpkin Ale *****

 

[cokebabies]

Lakefront Brewery - Pumpkin Lager ****

This is definitely not the best pumpkin beer, when it comes to master craftsmanship, uniqueness, or anything like that.

But it's probably my favorite overall pumpkin beer, when it comes to drinking a bottle or two. You get pumpkin, pumpkin spices, but you also get the lager flavors. To many beers just piledriver you with pumpkin spices where you forget it's actually a beer your drinking.

 

[cokebabies]

I must admit... I don't really like Rumpkin.

For me, when beer passes a certain ABV, it gets too boozy for me to enjoy, and becomes a strange liquor-like drinking experience.

 

[Darth Waller]

I must admit... I don't really like Rumpkin.

For me, when beer passes a certain ABV, it gets too boozy for me to enjoy, and becomes a strange liquor-like drinking experience.

I couldn't find that one, but I have had strong beers like that. I don't enjoy the really strong beers either since they tend to lose the beer-like flavor.

 

[Darth Waller]

Still going in December.

Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - La Parcela *** 1/2
Southern Tier Brewing Company - Pumking **** 1/2
Weyerbacher Brewing Company - Imperial Pumpkin Ale *** 1/2
Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery - Doc's Draft Hard Pumpkin Cider *****
Terrapin Beer Company - Pumpkinfest **** 1/2
Two Beers Brewing Company - Pumpkin Spice Ale ***
Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company - Punkel Dunkel *****
The Pike Brewing Company - Harlot's Harvest Pumpkin Ale **** 1/2
River Horse Brewing Co. - Hip-O-Lantern Imperial Pumpkin Ale ****
Alaskan Brewing Co. - Pumpkin Porter *** 1/2

 

[ProgMatinee]

Drinking Sam Adams winter mixed boxed. Like pretty much each one. The Cherry Chocolate Bock is amazing. I made a crock of stew with it the other day. Drinking the White Christmas as I type.

 

[Darth Waller]

I like making chili and stew with beer. It really adds some great favors.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Yes it does. Specially the darker beers.

 

[cokebabies]

Yeah, I have a standard chili recipe I make, but I vary the beers I use. It's interesting to see what flavor variations there are.

 

[Darth Waller]

From startrek.com:

The wait is nearly over, Klingons and Klingon lovers. Klingon Warnog -- the first Star Trek themed beer to hit the U.S. -- can soon be yours. Brewed by Tin Man Brewing of Evansville, Indiana, Klingon Warnog will incorporate rye malt into a modern Dunkelweizen grain bill, creating a flavor profile that is both familiar and unique.

As the Federation of Beer folks put in brewing-ese, Warnog's aroma is predominantly mild banana and clove produced by the German wheat yeast, supported by subtle sweet malt character from the use of Munich malt. The flavor draws heavily from the blending of the rye malt and traditional clove character, creating a very rich and unique flavor. The inclusion of wheat and caramel malts help to round out the mouthfeel of this beer, making this Dunkelweizen hearty enough to be called... a Klingon Warnog.