There's a whole lot of bad pumpkin ales out there. My vote for a great one is for Southern Tier's PumKing. It's definately worth seeking out (in the fall). It's a full body beer with some good maltiness and not just a beer that's got a can of pumpkin pie spice dropped in.
There certainly is a lot of not so good pumpkin beers out there, and we give them a chance every season.
ST's pumking is not only THE best pumpkin beer out there currently but it is easily in my top 5 beers of all time. Generally saved for special moments & celebrations since the stores around here tend to hoard, hide, & limit the amount they sell their limited supplies to the public... whatcha gonna do, its a seasonal.
ST's pumking is not only THE best pumpkin beer out there currently but it is easily in my top 5 beers of all time.
Me and a few buddies went to check out the new brewery in Carmel, Union Brewing company. It's at 622 S Rangeline Rd. (basically across the street from the City Center). It's definitely a cool spot worth checking out. It's a VERY small outfit (they brew 4 kegs per week) but they have several other microbrews on tap. the setup inside is relaxed and once the weather warms up....I'm sure it will be packed since it's located right on the Monon and they have those big garage door windows that open up the back side of the bar. It is in an odd location though, it's basically a strip center where you would expect your dentist's office to be.
Me and a few buddies went to check out the new brewery in Carmel, Union Brewing company. It's at 622 S Rangeline Rd. (basically across the street from the City Center). It's definitely a cool spot worth checking out. It's a VERY small outfit (they brew 4 kegs per week) but they have several other microbrews on tap. the setup inside is relaxed and once the weather warms up....I'm sure it will be packed since it's located right on the Monon and they have those big garage door windows that open up the back side of the bar. It is in an odd location though, it's basically a strip center where you would expect your dentist's office to be.
Did you review a beer for this beer review thread?
No I did not, I reviewed a brewery for this Beer 'Snob' Thread.....Where people can form their own opinion of the beer they offer and support a local small business in the process.
Welcome to The Official INGO Beer Snob Thread!
The rules of this thread are simple: Drink a craft beer and post a review. The idea is to locate craft beers available in Indiana and try to introduce them to your friends on INGO. Please limit your reviews to one review per post. While I'd like to encourage discussion of a particular beer, please try to stay on-topic so the thread doesn't get cluttered with a lot of extraneous posts.
Remember that you have to actually post a review of the beer. "It's great!" is not a review. Tell us why you like it in more than one or two sentences. Who makes it? Where did you buy it? Why should we buy (or not buy) it? What kind of food does it go well with? Should it be drunk cool or ice cold? Remember that this is a "review" thread, not a "this is a picture of my favorite beer" thread.
You can use one of the other reviews in this thread as a template:
Name of beer
Brewer
Alcohol content and size (if non-standard)
Appearance:
Smell:
Taste:
Mouthfeel:
Overall:
Letter grade:
You don't HAVE to follow this format, but we'd like to see more detail than "I drank this once and it was good!" C'mon, we're BEER SNOBS!
Pardon me for asking, I'm sure. But when I started this thread, I asked people to post up reviews of beers and not just point to brands they like. Here, I'll even quote you my top post in this thread that I created:
I even asked a second time:
But that's cool if you don't want to review a beer, but I don't think it's necessary to cop an attitude when asked.