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... apparently it's time for pumpkin beers. Saw Smutty Pumpkin and Southern Tier Pumking out in the wild today. Ugh.

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Neil McCormick ‏@YazooBrew Jul 15
The average temp for Nashville & Jackson MS. , in August are 89 & 91. FYI the arms race for pumpkin & oktoberfest beers starts next week.

Neil McCormick ‏@YazooBrew Jul 15
Summer officially started June 21st. Therefore Yazoo Summer will be around until Mid/Late August, with Fall Lager arriving Sept. 1st.

I like that Yazoo has resisted the urge to skew the calendars for the seasonals like so many others...

Guess it's all about marketing, Just like the stores push the holidays. I'm going to stop in at Southern Tier this coming Sat' and I will see if they have Pumpking on tap, might have one if they do but will ask whats the hurry...............

Guess I'm ahead of the curve. I still have mine on tap from last October. Still has decent flavor too.

I'm gonna guess at least one of the Nashville crew still has 2014 bottles from Blackstone...

swenocha wrote:I'm gonna guess at least one of the Nashville crew still has 2014 bottles from Blackstone...

Tis not I.

I still have not found a pumpkin beer I like.

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I've not found a pumpkin beer with real pumpkin that I like.

I've made pumpkin spiced beer that I do like. But just the spices. And subtle with them.

But mulling spices with lots of orange are better then straight up pumpkin pie spices. You can make awesome beer with those.

But I won't drink anything like that until October or November. Right now is just wrong.

That explains why I saw some Defiant pumpkin beer just yesterday. Anyway, I'm not even tempted. I've pretty much gone off pumpkin beers, fruit beers, etc. I'll take one now and then, but I'm not going to buy a whole six-pack of it. And I'm definitely not going to brew an entire batch of it.

I'm also going to wait to keg my Ottertoberfest until mid-September, so it's ready to tap in October. It's been lagering since April!

Call me a traditionalist but I'm in no rush to try a doughnut, or chocolate peanut butter, or jalapeno burrito, or pumpkin beer any time soon, or in fact ever. I'm still infatuated with brewing my Orange Sunshine Belgian Witbier and Hiphopapocalypse IPA. Right now they're the most sought after styles and have definitely earned permanent spots in my summer brewing schedule.

Fyi: I can't even get myself to think about Fall or Winter brewing yet because that'll just signal that Summer is nearly over...

Beer-lord wrote:

swenocha wrote:I'm gonna guess at least one of the Nashville crew still has 2014 bottles from Blackstone...

Tis not I.

It's Jim's wife. Remember.

We might have a bottle left, won't know for another week though, yep Jim's wife did like it. It is definately way too early to be seeing these beers on shelves. It isn't bad enough that in just about another 2 month and retailers are going to start with Xmas commercials!

Pumpkin beers are my fave. I love everything about Autumn, probably because we don't really have one in FL, and i miss it. I can't wait to brew and drink many pumpkin beers, but even i won't have one till sept.

ScrewyBrewer wrote:Call me a traditionalist but I'm in no rush to try a doughnut, or chocolate peanut butter, or jalapeno burrito, or pumpkin beer any time soon, or in fact ever.

SB, I never thought Pumpkin beer sounded good to me either. One of my daughters kept teasing me to brew a Pumpkin, so I tried a couple from a few different breweries and I liked them. So last year I made a couple batches and they were excellent, going to make even more this year.
I brewed these for my neighbor/friend last year and they were a hit with everyone that tried one, even the folks that said Pumpkin beer doesn't sound good.

But you are right Swen in your OP, it's way to early to start thinking of Fall. It's Summer beer time right now

I've had nice Pumpkin Ale at Little Dog Brewery in Neptune NJ. I'm not ready to brew 10 gallons of it myself though