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[quote=Mattyk;1020154]It would be nice if they could wait until it's actually fall before releasing fall beers.

Reminds me of being a kid and you'd start to see back to school commercials in July.[/quote]

yeah I had a hazy night several weeks back after having some friends over and going to a concert. I woke up in the morning and found in my fridge Sam Adams Oktoberfest. I was like its August 4th wtf?

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[quote=Mattyk;1020154]It would be nice if they could wait until it's actually fall before releasing fall beers.

Reminds me of being a kid and you'd start to see back to school commercials in July.[/quote]

Amen .

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Had 3 Fall beers over the last 2 weekends:

[url=http://www.newbelgium.com/beer/detail.aspx?id=4a0076ef-aa43-44bb-a1ff-1a20d33245b6:]New Belgium Brewing - Pumpkick[/url]: Not having been a big fan of Fat Tire, everything else I try from New Belgium I've enjoyed. This pumpkin beer is not your sweet, dessert tasting beer, but a spicier version. Quite tasty. Will probably get more of this before the stores run out.

[url=http://www.victorybeer.com/beers/festbier/]Victory Brewing - Festbier[/url]: Very good marzen. If you can't find the German Marzens, this is a very good substitute.

[url=http://schlafly.com/beers/styles/pumpkin-ale/]Schlafly Pumpkin Ale[/url]: Like drinking a bottle of pumpkin pie. This stuff is awesome. Highly recommended if you like the sweet dessert type of pumpkin beers. And at 8% ABV, several will knock you on your hindparts.

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Victory Brewing always puts out quality stuff. Love their Hop Devil.

I still can't bring myself to pick up any pumpkin beers yet.

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For all you beer drinkers. If you ever in the Va Beach/Norfolk area and want to try some good beer try this place. They claim to have the largest selection of beer in VA.

[URL="http://biergarden.com/"]Willkommen to the Bier Garden! Largest Selection of Beer in Virginia! Sami Claus, ISEBOCK, LAGER, WEIZEN, BAVIK BREWERY, CHIMAY, CORSENDONK, ROCHFORT, and many others.[/URL]

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Drinking an Alchemist Heady Topper right now. It is fantastic. Had a friend bring down a case from Vermont.

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I finally gave in and had a pumpkin ale last night, Shipyard Pumpkinhead on tap. It was very underwhelming. Not recommended.

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[quote=Mattyk;1021770]I finally gave in and had a pumpkin ale last night, Shipyard Pumpkinhead on tap. It was very underwhelming. Not recommended.[/quote]


Over all Matty , do you prefer tap or bottle ?

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[quote=Giantone;1021829]Over all Matty , do you prefer tap or bottle ?[/quote]

Tap, bottle, can, doesn't matter to me as long as its quality

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Harpoon Oktoberfest not as bad as I anticipated.

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[quote=Mattyk;1021770]I finally gave in and had a pumpkin ale last night, Shipyard Pumpkinhead on tap. It was very underwhelming. Not recommended.[/quote]
I had a 22 of Shipyard's Smashed Pumpkin. It wasn't very good.

During my fantasy football draft at Hard Times Cafe in Frederick on Sunday, I had few pints of [URL="http://evolutioncraftbrewing.com/Brewery/Beers.aspx"]EVO's Jacques Au Lantern[/URL]. It was very good. Right amount of spice and pumpkin flavor, but not a dessert tasting beer either.

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Harpoon UFO pumpkin getting cold in the fridge. Unfiltered pumpkin beer

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[quote=Mattyk;1021770]I finally gave in and had a pumpkin ale last night, Shipyard Pumpkinhead on tap. It was very underwhelming. Not recommended.[/quote]

Shipyard for the most part is garbage.

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drinking a sixer of lagunita's IPA i bought from a gas station . . .not bad, watered down for an IPA

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[quote=over the mountain;1022586]drinking a sixer of lagunita's IPA i bought from a gas station . . .not bad, watered down for an IPA[/quote]

really? Lagunitas IPA is straight banging imo.