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Pumkin Ale - trick or treat?
By Rocky | April 19, 2008
The German Purity Laws state that beer should only be made from Water, malted grain, hops and yeast- well it looks like the American have their own rule, make it with anything- how’s this one- Pumpkin Beer. Yes that’s right beer made out of pumpkins. Going back to the olden days the colonial brewers couldn’t afford barley so they thought we have plenty of pumpkins and Halloween is a few months away so lets turn them into beer. They roasted them up and made them into mash and presto pumpkin beer. It wasn’t so bad and with some spices like nutmeg and cinnamon the flavour jut got better. The beer is today brewed by several boutique and smaller breweries and is quiet popular. A few tasty varieties we have tried are Buffalo Bills and Smuttynose, we have heard there is another popular one called Dogfish Head but we haven’t been able to get our hands on that one yet. Both of the ones we tried have a sweet and pumkiny taste - as you would expect and are quiet nice. The hops and the spices give them a real fruity kick well worth a try if you see a bottle. Don’t give up after the first mouthful, the second and third gets better, once your mouth come accustomed to the different spicy taste. It’s not the beer you would drink every night after a hard day at work, but it sure is a tasty drop to have once in a while- Not bad indeed.
Categories: Americas, Beer Types
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