10 Pumpkin Ales

Squash meets beer with mixed results.

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I have some in my fridge at this very moment. It’s from Buffalo Bill's Brewery in Hayward, CA. . . but brewed and bottled by Portland Brewing Co. in OR. Not sure who’s REALLY responsible for this ale. :-) I don’t...

Any thoughts on this? I am not sure if I like it or not because the taste was so unexpected ... there was a real orange taste to it. Yeah, yeah, I know that’s what the label says, but usually these types of fruit flavored...

So the rainy fall weather has me craving pumpkin. I live in Santa Monica, and I’ve made the rounds once already: Fritto Misto’s Pumpkin Ravioli Pumpkin Curry and Chandni Pumpkin pastry at Amandine Pumpkin Ale at the...

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Not in SF, but they make pumpkin ale: Buffalo Bill's Brew Pub in Hayward. website: http://www.buffalobillsbrewery.com/

It’s a really bad year for Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale. Each batch is different than the last. Previous years have proven wildly erratic. This year the spice notes are weak, and it ends up tasting unusually juicy and watered...

At last posting I’d consumed: Fritto Misto’s Pumpkin Ravioli Pumpkin Curry and Chandni Pumpkin pastry at Amandine Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale at the Library Ale House And, the quset continues, since then I’ve added:...

"Pumpkin Pie Spice Flavored" beers (tho' they do use pumpkin- often puree- in the brew kettle). Nothing very “traditional” about it. IIRC my craft brewing lore, Buffalo Bill's Brewpub, originated the current...

Post RD 4 years ago was the best of all time IMHO. I picked up Buffalo BIlls pumpkin ale this week. Mediocre at best

I think that Jack’s and Harvest Moon’s Pumpkin ale are the miller lites of pumpkin ales. Anheuser Busch and Coors to be exact. Buffalo Bills was my first and I prefer it over Dogfish Head, which I found to be only...

Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale - seasonal microbrew bottled by the Pyramid folks. Saw it at Berkeley Bowl W for the first time this season yesterday (it may have been around longer, but I hadn’t noticed). I’ve seen it...

as barley malt became more readily available). The discussion brought up the memory that the creator of the modern "pumpkin (pie spiced) ale", "Buffalo" Bill Owens, actually didn’t use ANY pumpkin, only the spice mix, after...

) Zucca’s Pumpkin Pizza — I had it without the ham, and it was pretty good, but pricey Noah’s Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bagels — too bad there aren’t Noah’s on every corner anymore Buffalo Bill's...