After many stressful months at work, I have a week off. Today I started to organize my closet then decided to go out for a read and a pumpkin ale. Tomorrow I will get a haircut.
These are exciting times.
When 52books first posted this a few weeks ago, I was so fascinated by the idea of pumpkin ale that I looked it up to find out what it was, and then did a mad google and ring around to find suppliers/manufacturers of pumpkin ale in Australia/Perth.
The most easily accessible is the St Ambroise Citrouille which I found at Cellarbrations in Carlisle, but I really didn’t taste much in the way of pumpkin or spices. I know I’m not much of a drinker let alone an ale connoisseur, but I don’t know, I was expecting something more pumpkiny.
The bees knees of pumpkin ales is meant to be the Punkin Ale by Dogfish Head in Delaware, but they don’t ship that ale over here. Beer Store sells Dogfish Head, but not the Punkin Ale.
Feral Brewery in the Swan Valley used to brew a pumpkin ale, but no longer. Poo. And Murray Craft Brewing Co. in New South Wales makes Murray’s Pumpkin Ale which is meant to be lovely, but they only make a small batch each year and only sell by the keg to wholesalers, or on tap at their taphouse.
This is upsetting. I really want to taste a good pumpkin ale. :(
