As the days grow shorter and the temperatures start to drop, Fall feelings start to fill the air. To me, there is something magical about the Fall season and one of my things is enjoying pumpkin-infused treats. Over the past year, I have grown to love a well crafted, juicy IPA and now that Autumn is upon us, I want to pair my love for pumpkins with my love for IPAs. This got me wondering, do pumpkin IPA’s exist?
A quick search on Instagram proved that they do exist but in very small numbers. I saved you the time of searching for this unicorn of beer and I placed the best ones that I found on Instagram in this post, to save you some time. I hope this is helpful and if you have more knowledge of Pumpkin IPA’s, hit me up on my personal Instagram.
Keep an eye out for part two of this blog, I’m going to try to get my hands on some cans and I will let you know my review.
If I missed a Pumpkin IPA, let me know!
Pumpkin Spice Latte Milkshake IPA
Brewery: Red Cypress Brewery
ABV: ?
Notes: Milkshake style IPA brewed with vanilla, coffee, spices, and lactose.
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CREEP Milkshake Double IPA
Brewery: The Veil Brewing
ABV: 9.0%
Aromas:
Flavors: Flavors of flaky pie crust and a slight hint of pumpkin.
Notes: A fuller bodied DIPA with some intentional residual sweetness without lactose. Brewed with tons of whole pumpkin pies and hopped intensely with Enigma, Motueka, and a touch of Citra hops.
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Jerimoon Pumpkin IPA
Brewery: Bier Hoff
ABV: 6.5%
Aromas: Floral hops, biscuit, bread, light pumpkin
Flavors: Floral hops and a touch of pumpkin
Notes: Pairs well with lamb with mint sauce, semi-hard cheeses, roasted chicken, and grilled steak.
Double Pumpkin Spice Latte Milkshake IPA
Brewery: Tired Hands Brewing
ABV: 9.2% ?
Notes: Brewed with malted wheat & oats as well as lactose sugar, and conditioned on a huge amount of pumpkin puree, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, clove, Madagascar vanilla beans and Awake Minds coffee roasted by Reanimator. Dry hopped intensely with Mosaic and Citra.
CREEP Pumpkin Double IPA
Notes: The Veil Brewing wanted to make a fuller bodied DIPA with some intentional residual sweetness without adding lactose. They used a ton of whole pumpkin pies to the mash resulting in a subtle flaky pie crust character with the slightest hint of pumpkin pie spice. Hopped with Enigma, Motueka, and a touch of Citra hops.
Gabriel Smashing Pumpkin IPA
Notes: Not much out there about this one. Even on the breweries site. Let us know if you have tried this so we can update the notes section!
