All posts by John Fortunato

SAUCONY CREEK MAPLE MISTRESS IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE

Beers A-Z

Though its varied flavor profile could be more pronounced and the roasted butternut squash adjunct placed higher in the mix, delicious autumnal offering lets sweet maple syruping and “pirate rum” spicing rise above explosive carbolic fizz with exciting results. Brown-sugared candied yam contrasts pumpkin meat earthiness before gingerbread, nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar cookie, vanilla and molasses illusions further sweeten the pumpkin rum cake center of well-integrated dessert treat (with well hidden 10% ABV).

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REVIVAL BUSHIDO PUMPKIN ALE (WITH SAKE YEAST)

Beers A-Z

Ambitious autumnal hybrid winningly obtains sugary rice-wined sake yeast for genuine ginger-spiced pumpkin pie sweetness (stimulated by ethyl 9% ABV lacquering). Subtle lemongrass and rose hips adjuncts add herbal nip to brown-sugared pumpkin pie heft as well as spiced sake minerality. On tap at Doherty’s (2016), sweet pumpkin pie spicing gained light butternut-squash earthiness to contrast brown-sugared gingerbread, cinnamon and nutmeg sprinkling.

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ELYSIAN PUNKUCCINO COFFEE PUMPKIN ALE

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On tap at Plank Pizza, monumental cappuccino-inspired pumpkin ale brings chocolate-roasted Stumptown coffee bean eruption to pumpkin-spiced cinnamon, nutmeg and gingerbread sweetness, picking up creamy vanilla sugaring and cookie dough thickness at burnt caramel center. Tertiary hazelnut, espresso, cocoa, Graham cracker and creme de cacao illusions also invigorate rich autumnal dessert treat. On tap at Casual Pint – VB (2024), creamy vanilla coffee essence gains dry pumpkin spicing as mossy cardamom, nutmeg and cinnamon bark crowd the frothy pumpkin latte finish. Try in lieu of pumpkin latte.

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BELL’S NEPTUNE THE MYSTIC

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Complex, bold, adjunct-heavy Imperial Stout douses creamy brown chocolate spicing with advertised oats-sugared maple molasses syruping, black peppered cayenne burn, dried fruited raisin-date conflux and dry dandelion-rooted hickory bark without getting muddled. Ashen hop char contrasts dominant chocolate-caked sweetness while tertiary star anise, cocoa, vanilla, hazelnut and cola nut illusions increase intensity. Out of this world.

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