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NORTH MOUNTAIN BREWING COMPANY Beer: Barking Pumpkin Ale Description: Brewed with North Mountain’s own blend of pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla beans, fine Belgian chocolate and a local grinder’s espresso coffee blend as well as caramelized brown sugar, this beer is also aged in a bourbon barrel for a year before being bottled to add layers to the flavor. Available at the brewery for $7 in a Belgian glass. www.northmountainbrewing.com.
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or every beautiful season, there is an equally beautiful craft beer. Locally, in fact, our cup runneth over with fantastic fall brews with hints of pumpkin, spice and even oatmeal. Toast the holidays with one of our favorite finds:
WREN HOUSE BREWING COMPANY Beer: Chai Jolly Description: This is a dark, honey wheat ale with actual chai is brewed with 50 pounds of local desert honey, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon and chocolate wheat, and you can taste every single ounce of heavenly flavor within. Available at the brewery for $6 a pint. www.wrenhousebrewing.com.
MOTHER BUNCH BREWING Beer: Fall Fest Marzen Description: A little-known brew in the
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BEERSGIVING Give thanks for these local, seasonal craft beers BY ALISON BAILIN
Beer: Hoppy Pumpkin Description: The base beer is amber, so lighter than most pumpkin-styles of the season, with clear caramel, ginger and clove notes. It takes like liquid pumpkin pie with a sweet, spicy mouthfeel, finished off with bitterness from the earthy hops. The secret – they use real baked pie pumpkins in the brew process. Available at the brewery for $6 a pint. www.sunup.beer.
O.H.S.O. EATERY + NANOBREWERY Valley, Marzen is actually a Bavarian-style lager. Mother Bunch’s version is ambercolored and has been aged all summer, producing a medium-bodied beer with a malt-forward flavor perfect for fall evenings. Available at the brewery for $6 a pint, or a 32-ounce growler with fill for $14 and 64-ounce growler with fill for $20. www.motherbunchbrew.com. UPTOWN |
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Beer: Imperial Pumpkin Description: An imperial stout aged in red wine barrels, this beer has clear hints of pumpkin first then phases into dark, roasted coffee flavors and eventual hints of vanilla and maple. The complex fall option is available at the brewery for $6 a pint, $11 a pitcher, $6 for a 24-ounce growler fill and $12 for a 64-ounce growler fill. www.ohsobrewery.com.