![]() Fortunately, brewers seem to share this view, and they release scads and scads of specialty beers around this time of year. For us, extra-pale ales are fine and good, but they can't hold a candle to the meatier, burlier beers that start appearing around Halloween. ![]() ![]() (As I now know-and probably you do, too-that's when the bulk of beer is sold.) But for beer geeks, the most interesting beers are those that go best with a cold day. Tags: Elysian Brewing Co.Long, long ago, in a land-well, in this land-it was the case that summer was the primo beer season. 5.9% ABV, 18 IBU.Īvailable in Draft and 22oz bottles. It is bittered with Magnum hops and spiced in conditioning with nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, ginger and allspice. In Beer Advocate, the Alstrom brothers gave Night Owl high marks, remarking on the melon-like quality of the pumpkin, combined with spicing which “slowly strolls hand in hand with the balancing hop bitterness.” They also rank it as “one of the most complex pumpkin ales we’ve had to date.”ĭown to the hooting details: Night Owl is an easy-drinking pumpkin ale made with Pale, Munich and Crystal malts, green and roasted pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin in the mash, boil and fermenter. It’s also spiced in conditioning, with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice. Night Owl has become a Northwest fall classic, brewed with seven and a half pounds of pumpkin per barrel added at all three phases of brewing (mash, kettle and fermenter). ![]() In fact, it won’t be long before the Night Owl Pumpkin Ale hits local shelves – release is scheduled for August 15. It may feel like summer, but to the folks at Elysian Brewing Company the warm weather that’s finally arrived in Seattle is a reminder that pumpkin season is on its way. ![]()
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