Once upon a time (last weekend) I was in Raleigh, North Carolina for a football game. A lovely day full of food, booze, and friends. On this day, I was introduced to what might possibly be my new favorite beer, the seasonal Harvest Time Pumpkin Ale, brewed by Big Boss.
I love pumpkin beers to no end. Beyond the fact that they signal the upcoming holiday, they just taste good. So I’m always game to try a new one.
I was approached with said beer, and with one quick glance at the bottle, I fell head over heels in love:
A quote on the beer:
Harvest Time Pumpkin Ale is a subtly-spiced, fall ale brewed with real pumpkin that will evoke memories of holidays and family.
If your family is full of Satan-worshipping alcoholics, then yeah most certainly.
Harvest Time, unlike a lot of pumpkin ales, didn’t have an overpowering flavor or aroma. It was surprisingly crisp and refreshing. I knew I could drink several of these, rather than have 1 or 2 and get a little tired of it. On a warm late summer afternoon, this is the exact combination I needed.
The beer paired extremely well with anything I ate. With this goes without saying, that beer goes well with pretzels, but this beer went especially perfectly with them. It even went very well with shrimp and complemented some spicy vegetables to boot. Can I say it any clearer? This is the best pumpkin beer I have ever had.
Now I must admit, the bottle art is what initially won me over. It could have contained piss, and I probably wouldn’t have said anything too bad about it. Thankfully, the beer delivered on the promise of the art: an evil, cunning, delicious bit of sin.
Here is some press of the beer:
