Coming Soon to A Beer Sellar Near You - Schlafly

It is safe to say, that I am a big fan of Schlafly's beer. 

I'm also a big fan of our Beer Sellar located in Castleton. 

Combining the two together is like having a pint of your favorite beer and drinking it too. 

Which is exactly what I'll be doing on 10/3 and I hope you'll join me. 

More details ? -- Let's see below - 

Schlafly Night with Tom Schlafly - 

at Beer Sellar in Castleton

Time : 7pm

Beer (Most important part):

     

Pale Ale

Kolsch

Dry-Hopped APA

Oatmeal Stout

Porter

Oktoberfest

Pumpkin Ale

Biere De Garde

Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout

Oak Aged Barleywine
Black IPA
Tasmanian IPA  on cask

Great way to kick off fall and I hope to see fellow readers out there. I'll try not to drink so much pumpkin ale that I turn into a pumpkin!

Also -- Another event with Goose Island will be coming up soon on 10/19.. Look for the those details shortly. 

Cheers!

- Kathleen

         

Finale - Great Pumpkin Ales

To those who started reading my Great Search for Pumpkin Beer, I have continued on my search, but frankly.. right now I'm a little pumpkin'd out.  My first two Schlafly Pumpkin Ale and Shipyard Pumpkinhead met face to face and since they I've had plenty others step up to the plate. 


Below is a list of the yummy pumpkin ales I've had the pleasure of tasting:

New Holland Brewing - Ichabod

Samuel Adams - Harvest Pumpkin Ale

Samuel Adams - Double Pumpkin Ale

Tyranena - Painted Ladies Pumpkin Spice Ale

Buffalo Bills -  American's Original Pumpkin Ale

Woodchuck Cider - Pumpkin

              Local Brewed:

Flat 12 - Flat Jack

Bier Brewery - Pumpkin Ale

I still have to try: 

 The Ram  - Pie'd Piper Ale

 Blue Moon - Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale

Brooklyn Brewery - Post Road Pumpkin Ale

Hoppin' Frog - Double Pumpkin Ale

Southern Tier - PumKing

My research and quest for pumpkin has had me looking for it everywhere. Any thing pumpkin was up for grabs. Unfortunately I missed out so many, but what I did learn is this: 

Pumpkin Ales -- didn't seem to go well with regular meals, it was too much to drink dessert and eat spaghetti or a steak at the same time

Pumpkin Ales -- are not all created equally, some are more spicy, some are lighter.. Generally the coloring is the same - a light copper color with except of the Double Pumpkin which was a dark brown

Pumpkin Ales -- way better in draft form than bottles. 

Pumpkin Ales -- the best to me is still Schlafly - until I get my hands on a Dogfish Head Punkin Ale (which I have heard is hands down the best) 

Now, even though the liquors stores are filling up with stouts and Christmas ales there are still some pumpkin ales out there. 

I suggest you buy it up and save it for Thanksgiving. :) 

Cheers and Happy Fall.