A lot of people avoid moving to places like California and Florida because they’ll “miss the seasons”. I’ve always thought that it ridiculous. I’ve lived with seasons for 32 years of my life, they suck. A nice fall day when it’s about 68 degrees out is good. Same goes for Spring. But -10 degrees and waiting for the bus sucks big time and so does waiting in a hot disgusting subway station when it’s 90 out. Seasons are stupid but you know what isn’t? Seasonal beers! And Fall just happens to be the best time for these brews. Case in point is one beer that I look forward to more then any other to be released, Southern Tier Brewing Companies Pumking.
This beer is like pumpkin pie in a bottle. Where most pumpkin beers have a large amount of spice flavor to them Pumpking does a great job of balancing that out with a rich creamy mouthfeel that makes you want to nestle up next to a warm fire.
The aroma is big on nutmeg with some hints of butter and clove. I don’t know how they get butter in a beer but trust me on this, it’s awesome. Like the pie just came out of the oven or you fell in a big vat or pie mix. The flavor I’ve already explained but I think I should do it again. Like you just shoved an entire pumpkin pie in your mouth and french kissed Charlie Brown in a pumpkin patch. Sounds really hot right? Only complaint I think I can make about this one is there’s no way you could tell it’s 9% ABV without looking at the bottle. The flavors do a great job of covering that up. Even if you’re not a fan of pumpkin beers I’d suggest giving this one a go. It’s completely different from any other beer I’ve had and by far my favorite of the style.
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