Beer Bitch Project! Part 4: Ick Edition!

Pumpkin Beer #5: Buffalo Bill's Original Pumpkin Ale

Absolutely no head, no matter how hard I poured.  Highly carbonated, pumpkin is minimal.  Not sure if this is really "America's Original Pumpkin Ale," all I know is I see it every year, and it always tastes like shit. BLECH.

Beer Bitch Grade: D+
Method of Intake: 6pk
ABV: 5.2% 

Pumpkin Beer #6: Blue Moon Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale

Ahhh, Blue Moon, the fake microbrew brought to us by Coors.  You know, the beer you settle for when you are stuck in the suburbs, inside a liquor store, staring at a wall of Michelob/Miller/Budweiser/Coors 24 packs.  "Where is the REAL beer, this is Michigan for fuck's sake!" you wonder, as you desperately grab the 6pk seasonal Blue Moon, praying no one you know walks in and sees your shame, then remembering--fuck it, I'm in the suburbs.

Blue Moon's Pumpkin isn't horrible.  In fact, I like it better than their Spring seasonal.  But it's significantly sugary, to the point where I probably wouldn't drink more than one or two in a sitting.

Beer Bitch Grade: C-
Method of Intake: 6pk
ABV: 5.7%

 

Pumpkin Beer #7:  Shock Top Pumpkin Wheat 

 

 

Ahhh, Shock Top, the fake microbrew brought to us by Anheuser-Busch.  The beer I only drink out of giant cups (or chafing, plastic guitars) when at an amphitheater in the summer because it's the only alternative to Bud Light and Miller High Life.  So Shock Top has a pumpkin wheat--who knew?  I like the idea of a pumpkin wheat, and wish more microbreweries would explore it. Shock Top Pumpkin Wheat isn't as abyssmal as their other beers are.  It's sweet, for sure, but it's somewhat drinkable.  Not as bad as Blue Moon or Buffalo Bill.

Beer Bitch Grade: C+
Method of Intake: 6pk
ABV: 5.2%