Progressive Boink

[Alicia]

Shock Top is good! Hoegaarden is okay.

[Andy]

I'm sorry, but Shock Top literally tastes like puke to me. And not because I got smashed on it before or anything, I've only ever had one.

[Jim]

I wouldn't go that far. It didn't taste like much of anything at all.

[Andy]

I am not trying to be "over-the-top = lol" when I say that it tasted like bile to me.

[Alicia]

So weird, it's my beer of choice at one of my favorite taverns.

[Jim]

So I've either been indifferent to or flat-out hated every pumpkin ale I've ever had... until now.

Schlafly's Pumpkin Ale is goddamn remarkable. And the thing is, they've changed the recipe for sure. When I had it a couple years ago, it was all spice and booze. Not so much now. It tastes as much like a piece of pumpkin pie as you could reasonably expect from something that still tastes like beer.

[Andy]

i want to put that into my head because pumpkin anything is glory.

[Jim]

I don't know how far Schlafly's distribution runs. I think they're in less than a dozen states. Where are you at these days?

[Andy]

Flerda

[Jim]

No Schlafly in Florida. You can -- however -- get Southern Tier's Pumking, which is supposed to be really awesome too. I can't even get that one.

[Andy]

I know Pumpkin Ales exist here, I've just never really put myself in the market for some. I've never been a huge beer guy so my interest really has to be peaked for me to not only remember to look for something when I'm at a shop, but to also pay craft-beer prices.

This conversation may just accomplish that though. I think I might get some for Halloween weekend.