Favorite Fall Beers?

[Central PA Cowboy]

With Fall starting today, what are your favorite Fall beers? My usual favorites are:

Fresh Hop = Lagunitas Born Yesterday
Oktoberfest = Sierra Nevada's yearly collab
Pumpkin = Elysian Punkuccino

 

[fivetricks]

Holly, must be nice to be so happy with one product. Honestly; I'm jealous :-)


my favorite fall beer is generally the ones that I've been storing since spring in the cooler in anticipation of the lean season, known as fall!

I never know what my fall favorite is because it's generally not say an Oktoberfest or a pumpkin or a heavily spiced beer like that you can find on the regular in the fall. But every so often some Brewer drops a gem that you couldn't anticipate and it's great.

but as I stated above, fall is most definitely my lean season for preferred beer releases.

 

[noboundaries]

I'm a wheat beer guy in Summer (Blue Moon Summer Wheat is usually in the fridge). Rest of the year Deschutes Black Butte Porter. I think I hear one calling my name.

 

[clifish]

I also don't change my beer by season, My local distributor probably has a at least 1000 IPA's in stock so always trying new ones...recent ones are radiant pig "save the robots" and a some of the newer hazy and juicy offerings.

 

[SlickRockStones]

Busch tall boys made me fall before.

 

[chef jimmyj]

In general, its Yuengling LAGER for me. If I have extra funds, Warsteiner Premium Lager. If feeling nostalgic for my Teenage Years, first got served at 15 in NJ, it's Miller High Life. I have not seen it in a few years, but I would get a case of Coors Winterfest during the holidays. And every once in awhile, I get a taste for Genesee Cream Ale.
Maybe it's an Old Guy Thing...But...
I like BEER flavored Beer and COFFEE flavored Coffee. You can keep the Pumpkin, Chocolate, French Vanilla, Cinnamon, Chi Spice, Orange, Lime, Jalapeño or any other flavoring, out of my Coffee and Beer.
My Kids will bring home a, usually expensive, Six Pack of this Micro Brewer or that Micro Brew, flavored with all kinds of ingredients. I will try them, but it is just not my thing...JJ

 

[gmc2003]

PBR, or Narragansett why mess with perfection. Good for any season

Chris

 

[xray]

chef jimmyj , Genny Cream Ale!! My man!!!

I’m a big Genny guy, I mostly drink the cream ale throughout the year. I can’t do regular Genny in the red can, too many headaches. They also make a pretty good Octoberfest and a Kolsch style beer that is available during the summer.

They’ve also been experimenting with a lot of beers the past few years with their brew house pilot batches.

I’m not into heavily flavored beers either, I mean I try them and like them...but thank god for places allowing you to buy singles now, that way I’m not stuck with a lot of beer that I don’t like. I don’t drink those in quantity but one with dinner is enough.

I also heard Genesee is increasing the price of their 30 pack of Cream Ale from $13 to somewhere around $18 supposingly in an attempt to relabel it as a cheaper craft beer that appeals to the hipsters. GODDAMN HIPSTERS!!

 

[xray]

I never had the 12 horse ale, it was just before my time. My dad worked for a Genesee beer distributor in Hazleton, so he would bring it home and drink it.

He had a lot of swag and beer signs. I remember we had a few of those wooden boxes that the 12 horse ale came in. I think I still have a few of those 12 horse ale stickers left, the glue is gone and they don’t stick so I put on on my beer fridge and toolbox with packing tape.

Shiner Bock is good too!

 

[pushok2018]

No Fall beers for me - drink/enjoy these beers all year around and always in my fridge:
Drake's Denogginizer Double IPA
New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA
Lost Coast Brewing Fogcutter Double IPA
New Belgium Trippel Belgian-Style Ale
Lagunitas Brown Shugga (Seasonal)
Lagunitas The Waldos Special Ale (Seasonal)

 

[Hawging It]

Coors Light!!!!! Hahahaha!

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Ah the fall beers. I usually stick to my usual year round. Natty Light, Coors Lite, Miller Lite, Yeungling, PBR, Rolling Rock. But I have been on a sour kick the last year or so and am always trying out and stocking up new ones. fivetricks I've got some new ones recently I need to send you to try out!

 

[fivetricks]

Ooh, I'm DOWN for an exchange. You saw I'm loaded up for trades :-)

 

[BigW.]

but my heart belong to Yuengling.

Yuengling is getting closer but it is still 2 states away. And they're big states.

I love fall/winter beers. New Belgium 1554. Or a few local brews.

 

[zwiller]

Totally dig the proliferation of sours. Jolly Pumpkin got me hooked. That said, sours tend to be more summer fare to me. For fall, I am usually rocking snakebites. Half beer half cider.

 

[xray]

I thought snakebites were lime juice and SoCo.

Half cider half beer sounds intriguing. Is it a normal cider or a hard cider like woodchuck?

 

[zwiller]

Here, snakebite shot is YJ + lime juice but admit may vary. Did my fare share back in the day when I played in a band as the bouncers liked these. We also did shots of SoCo (no lime tho) with the bartenders. All that changed once Jaeger arrived.

Snake bite drink originates from England. Half lager/half hard cider. Woodchuck is also a good choice. Ideally, you want a fuller flavored lager so it stands up the the sweetness of the cider. Fosters is killer but pricey. Labatt Blue works well. Labatt Blue and Strongbow Gold is my go to.

Anyone see Pumpkin Spice Seltzer yet???

 

[fivetricks]

Anyone see Pumpkin Spice Seltzer yet???

Oh GOOD call. I haven't seen it YET. But I feel like you're on to something there. It sounds absolutely terrible, but I can see it hitting shelves no problem

 

[chef jimmyj]

I will have to have the kids search out Genny Octoberfest and Shiner Bock.

Here is a question...Some 40 years ago I have a memory of a Bock Beer Dad would buy in the fall. He joked that Bock was what came out when they Cleaned the Brewery Equipment. I remember a Blue Rams Head on top of the name. This was on a white or silver can. Ring any bells? I did an image search but no luck...JJ

 

[gmc2003]

Hope this shows and is what your looking for Chef: I don't remember it.