Beer Notes: The colonial conception of the pumpkin beer

This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org.  Quoting Draftmag.com, “There is no family of beers as broadly despised yet also as incredibly popular as the pumpkin beer.” This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring the history of pumpkin beer. Today, there are almost unlimited varieties of pumpkin […]

Pumpkin ale: A round-up of the local fall brews

The changing of the seasons from summer to fall signifies lots of great things to come, like cozy sweaters, pumpkin patches and haunted hay rides. Pumpkin ale is another one of those great things–at least, to some of us. What would seem like an innocuous enough drink to enjoy during the most festive time of […]