#59 Miami Brewing Jack O' Spades

No, this isn't Good Gourd from Cigar City Brewing. I know, I'm upset too. I searched that aisle for 30 minutes before giving up. But, I did manage to find this. The label is incredibly cool. I really wonder how no one had thought of this pun before. This baby was a bomber that was $9.49 if memory serves me correctly.

Taste: So, yeah. Another one that isn't great. I guess I should have figured that the two beers left over from Autumn in GREAT ABUNDANCE were not that great. But then again, Fat Jack is still in our stores and that's a fairly good pumpkin beer. Most of what I tasted was sour gourd with the smallest dash of spices that I can remember.
Smell: Sour pumpkin and allspice.
Color: Cognac (#A74321)
Stars: 4/10
Buy Again?: No

So now I'm only one short. Sigh.

#58 St. Ambriose Pumpkin

You've got to give it to Florida—They keep their pumpkin beers around for a while.

Surprised I'm back? Me too. It's been 4.5 months since I updated my pumpkin beer tally. I was recently down in Tampa, Florida for my World of Beer Drink It Intern Interview. While I was there, I went to the best, closest liquor store around, which happened to be Total Wine & More. This place was a full-sized grocery store devoted to alcohol. It was beyond beautiful. While shopping around in their massive beer aisle, I found two pumpkin beers: St. Ambrose Pumpkin and the next one (Don't wanna spoil the surprise). And...well. I bought these two pumpkin for two reasons:

1. Whenever I visit a new town, I am self-obligated to buy a local 6-pack (or more) of local brew that I would not find in Indiana. That tradition started about a year ago and, honestly, I love doing it. It exposes me to so many more beers that Indiana ever could. And...

2. I promised to buy every pumpkin beer I found. So, I made room in my 6-pack for two and dove in.

St. Ambroise, shockingly, is from Canada!!! Making it Pumpkin beer #2 from a foreign country. I should have figured they had pumpkin beer in Canada. Oh well. So how is it?

Taste: Well, Canada. You let me down again. After tasting this, I'm no longer positive you have pumpkins in or around your country. This is more chai tasting than the pumpkin chai beer, so I'll give it credit there. The taste is just so manufactured. I am not surprised at all that I got this for less than $2.
Smell: Pumpkin, cinnamon, and a bizarre chai smell.
Color: Dark Tan (#6C1211)
Stars: 3/10
Buy Again?: No