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The GDB Pumpkin Beer Roundup 2k11

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KARL: We’ve been threatening to do this for a while now, and it started somewhere around the time we poured our first pint of Pumking for the year a few weeks back. Now that we have found a few different styles and offerings from this years crop, rather than spread it out over 2 weeks [...]

On Hallowed Ground: We Went To Shorts (Finally)

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KARL: It should come as no surprise that we like Shorts. Combine a minimalistic sensibility with an aptitude for amazing specialty brews and experimental fruit beers (paired with a little bit of demand from market limitation) and you’ve got a recipe for Shorts, and we like it. Despite being in Northern Michigan just a [...]

Pumpkinsanity Review: Huckleberry The Great Pumpkin Halloween Ale

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Huckleberry says:

“This is an all grain Hazelnut-Vanilla Pumpkin Ale with a dash of graham cracker. It sat in the primary for four weeks, secondary for two and keg aged for one month.”

Huckleberry The Great Pumpkin Halloween Ale Pumpkin Ale, 5.2% ABV

Sayeth the Guys:

Ryan: I met the guy behind this beer, [...]

Pumpkinsanity Review: Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela

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Jolly Pumpkin says:

“Ok, so the joke was that Jolly Pumpkin doesn’t brew a pumpkin beer. Well, now we do. Just this one. Packed with real pumpkins, hints of spice, and a gentle kiss of cocoa to liven the soul. An everyday easy way to fill your squashy quotient. Guess now folks will have to [...]

Pumpkinsanity Review: Heavy Seas The Greater Pumpkin

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Heavy Seas says:

“Our Great Pumpkin enhanced by aging in bourbon barrels. We add the pumpkin during the mash at precisely the right time to create just the perfect balance of malt, hops, pumpkin and spice.”

Heavy Seas The Greater Pumpkin Pumpkin Ale, 9% ABV

Sayeth the Guys:

Karl: Whoa.  Just…whoa.  Surprising, exciting, [...]

Pumpkinsanity Review: Michigan Brewing Screamin’ Pumpkin Spiced Ale

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Michigan Brewing Screamin’ Pumpkin Spiced Ale Pumpkin Ale, 6% ABV

Sayeth the Guys:

Karl: The MBC was probably the biggest miss of the night, unfortunately.  When we opened it, it certainly smelled pumpkinny…but that’s about as close as it got.  The actual taste was closer to someone just smashing some pumpkins near a [...]

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