Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale
Posted on Thursday, April 27th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Name: Pumpkin Ale
Brand: Buffalo Bill’s Brewery
Purchased At: Cost Plus-but I’ve seen it lots of other places
Price: $5.99, give or take a dollar
This is the first pumpkin ale I have ever tasted. It’s been almost 3 years since I saw it in a Liquor Barn, grabbed it and then nearly skipped with urgent glee towards the registers. This seems to be the Pumpkin Ale that most people are familiar with if they also have a passion for pumpkins. It’s the standard, and in my book, all others are mere copycats.
There’s a pumpkin smell and an actual pumpkin TASTE in nearly every mouthful. It’s kind of astonishing because this is the darkest and strongest tasting ale out of all. If they could just take the pumpkin flavor and put it in a lighter ale this would be AMAZING.
When I started this Ale Off, I really thought that several of these other brands would win praise over the Buffalo Bill’s ale. In comparison, this is the BEST pumpkin ale out there but I still think that someone else could do better, maybe next pumpkin-eattin’ season . . . .