Fall beer overload!

Now that we have dried our eyes and stopped crying about summer being over, we can drink in the wonders of fall…. or, in this case, the wonders of fall seasonal beers. Our favorite local brewers put out some of their best seasonal brews during the fall and we cannot resist with flavors like pumpkin, coffee, and caramel. Dogfish Head’s Punkin Ale is at the top of our fall drinking list, along with Sly Fox’s Octoberfest Lager. Also, Saranac puts out two outstanding fall beers we cannot wait to warm up to: Octoberfest and Pumpkin Ale. Their Pumpkin Ale is brewed with a heap of fall ingredients (pumpkin, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, ginger and vanilla) and the jack-o-latern on the label makes us giggle with Halloween delight. And while we mourn our fallen friend Troegs Oatmeal Stout, we cannot complain about their replacement fall beer, Dead Reckoning, which rates highly with its featured flavors of caramel and chocolate, pilsner, and roasted malts.

And to kick off the fall beer season Joe Sixpack is hosting a Pumpkin and Fall Beer Sampling this Friday September 10, 2010, down at Bell Beverage (2809 S. Front St.). From 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, stop in and sample a few fall favorites, and then bring some home to drink while you rake leaves.