{"id":12157,"date":"2010-10-05T11:54:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T15:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12157"},"modified":"2010-10-05T11:54:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T15:54:34","slug":"review-of-pumpkin-ales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/10\/review-of-pumpkin-ales\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Pumpkin Ales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The very first time I saw pumpkin beer was in the grocery store when I laid eyes upon Harvest Moon.\u00a0 I was excited, thrilled, and also a little in shock.\u00a0 Since pumpkin beer had never crossed my path before, I was blown away by the concept of it.<\/p>\n

We immediately bought a six-pack to try out.\u00a0 This was roughly six years ago.<\/p>\n

Harvest Moon was alright.\u00a0 It had a few hints of spice at the finish and we continued to purchase it more for the novelty effect because it certainly didn’t hit you over the head with pumpkin flavor.<\/p>\n

Then we found out that Harvest Moon was made by the Blue Moon Brewing Company which is just an extension of Coors.<\/p>\n

So we stopped buying it.<\/p>\n

Our beer philosophy is that we would rather purchase and support craft beer breweries and microbreweries over big corporations.\u00a0 Thus began my quest for great pumpkin ale.<\/p>\n

I will tell you right now that I LOVE pumpkin beer.\u00a0 I’m really kind of fanatical about them. \u00a0 I love pumpkin beer so much that I am extremely picky and critical of the pumpkin beers that cross my path.\u00a0 They have to be just right for me to even consider them as a “good” beer.<\/p>\n

For Pumpkin Month<\/a> I thought it would be fun to review some pumpkin ales!<\/p>\n

Here is how the reviews are going to work.<\/p>\n

I’m going to rate the beers on:<\/strong><\/p>\n