I love a good pumpkin beer... Trouble is, there are a lot of "not good" pumpkin beers out there. When I got into brewing, I knew one of the things I wanted to do was come up with my own. I'm in the process of refining my recipe, and I'm digging it along the way!
I like trying different pumpkin beers each year in the search of good ones. I used to love southern tiers Pumking, but it just hasn't been the same the past few years. Since then, I've come to love Schlafly's, and Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale. Ballast Point's Piper Down is another good one! Elysian's Punkaccino is also pretty tasty, but having tried their other "pumpkin" beers, I've come to find that I can only taste the cinnamon.