Pumpkin beer season is upon us. Although it seems to begin earlier and earlier each year, there’s still much about this beer category to be desired beyond the autumn months. I wouldn’t complain if these ten pumpkin beers were available year-round.
The Gourdian
Epic Brewing (Denver, Colorado)
This year Epic Brewing debuted a brand-new pumpkin ale, The Gourdian, in cans. You can taste the raw pumpkin in this beer, says Epic’s Communications Director Matthew Allred. “Imagine taking a Marzen beer—caramel-like, sweet, toasty, nutty—and then layering in pumpkin flesh and spicy hints of star anise, cinnamon, and bitter and sweet orange peel,” he says. “It delivers the flesh of the pumpkin, that squash-gourd earthy character, and finishes very dry. This is an agrarian beer in which you can almost taste the soil.” (5.2% ABV)