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| It’s almost the end of October, which in the past has meant it’s time for a deluge of “pumpkin beers”. For a while, it seemed just about every brewer would pump out some brew flavored with pumpkins, or more accurately, the spices associated with pumpkin pies. However, the industry hit saturation last year, and a lot of pumpkin beers went unsold, leading to a re-evaluation this year. Here’s a Forbes article which discusses the nation-wide pumpkin beer glut last year and this year’s response by brewers. Here in Alaska, Midnight Sun Brewing still released its classic T.R.E.A.T. and Trickster beers, but Alaskan Brewing chose to re-release it Heritage Coffee Brown Ale rather than its Pumpkin Ale. Is craft brewing’s love affair with pumpkin beers over? All I can say is: DEAR GOD, I HOPE SO!!!!
Speaking of Midnight Sun Brewing, its trademark dispute with Boise-based Sockeye Grill and Brewery is still on-going. KTUU picked up on the story (five days after I broke it in this blog, but hey, who’s … |
Source: Drinking on the Last Frontier
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