I was thinking the other day that it seems there are a lot more seasonal beers than I remember from years past. Not being the know-it-all about brews like some others, I went to a local friend who is a professional brewer and he confirmed that there actually are more Fall beers and this trend has doubled over the past three years. When I first started the Fall beer review five years ago, I had no idea that there were a specific season for these types of beers. All I wanted to do was drink beer, wax nostalgic verbiage and carve a pepper. Since then I have had tons of emails, beer reps asking to review other beers, some pretty awesome t-shirts and stickers given to me and gained a lot of knowledge about my favorite beverage. All in all, this has been a fun topic to cover over the years. Now that I have reviewed my first seasonal pack, Blue Moon, I have seven more beers to cover. Time to stop operate heavy machinery and check to make sure I am not pregnant because there is going to be some drinkin’ happening up in here.
Outside the local Co-Op this foreboding character is perched with a sign stating “Tard a Skarin'” and I couldn’t be happier to see it. I love homemade scarecrows and small town Halloween decor. I don’t know why but I think it is the sincerity that wins me over. Anyway, this was just half of what put a smile on my face. Behold the amazing!
Son of a bitch look at all this Fall beer! I know that there is no way to accurately review all these so it is a bit of a Sophie’s choice to determine which ones to buy. I think I will go with the ol’ standard and choose by appearance. Let’s take a look at the winners of this years review.
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the lineup of this year’s review. I am sure these are familiar to some of you but I tried to also include a couple local breweries from North Carolina. This will be fun and I think I will do one or two a night just to keep it accurate. Last time I did a full review with more than three beers my self-check system told me I was no longer a fair judge. It’s a pretty safe system too.
If you are not familiar with this game, it is on every table at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. If you are unfamiliar with Cracker Barrel, I will save that for another blog because it needs to be discussed. Anyway, the point of the game is to leap frog the pegs taking the “leaped” one out and at the end you should be left with one. If you have more than two left, the game says you are an egnoramoose. I have already tested each one of the beers set for review and my new test system told me I may not be a fair judge anymore.
Aw hell.
Expect the first two beers by the stroke of midnight.
Casserole of Disaster 
This fall beer review did not contain any beer reviews.
I feel betrayed. Crushed and betrayed.
I know. And I didn’t edit and finish the beer review by midnight either. Lies! There was just too much great TV on last night and I couldn’t get the dog off my lap after she fell asleep.
I owe you. I owe you big.
Yes, well, see that it does not happen again.
Just kidding of course, do it whenever you’re good and ready. Just know that my entire life is on hold until I read about these beers. Next weekend I do believe I will sample several seasonal beers myself, because why the hell not.
OMG, Veggiemabre.tv sounds like The Burbs!
And yes, those are some seriously rad looking beers. I’d buy those and drink them just based on the label alone.
It is The ‘Burbs! I thought you might like that.
The East Coast really rules when it comes to Halloween and especially themed beers. I had forgotten.
Owen discovered that game on our last Cracker Barrel trip and decided to say to hell with eating his lunch he’d rather play with pegs.
I have to ask, what’s your favorite there?
Owen is the cutest kid in the world.