Pumpkin beer locater list updated 6 October, 2023.
Break out the cute sweaters, jackets and boots! It’s October. The best part of autumn, in fact, the best season going. It’s still warm and sunny but there’s a cool breeze blowing through the air that feels like an electric current bringing excitement and anticipation of what the latter part of the year has to offer. Autumn is often depicted in literature as the beginning of the end. It really is a beginning though as it is the beginning of American football season, the beginning of the school year, the beginning of a string of holidays from Halloween through New Years and the beginning of a month long celebration for all of the Libras (and yes Libras should and do take the whole month).
What goes with all of Fall’s traditions? Of course the answer is pumpkins and beer. The blend of the two is surprisingly good. Though pumpkin beer is readily available this time of year in the US usually at places like Trader Joes, Whole Foods or even Ralph’s grocery stores it’s a little more difficult to find in the UK.
Where to get pumpkin beer in the UK
Much to the dismay of many the American ex-pat, finding pumpkin beer or pumpkin ale in London is quite difficult. Here is a list of what we could find for 2023. If not in your area, take heart, there is always the hope of ordering online.
- Long Arm Brewing Company in Islington, London has one called It’s the Great Pumpkin Beer London Town
- Werewolf Beer – an American brewery in Camden has a pumpkin beer called Hell-O-Ween
- Abbeydale brewery in Sheffield has a Pumpkin Spiced Ale called Pilgrim
- Elusive Brewing in Wokingham has an online offering called Carve’n Yams Pumpkin, a coffee porter
- Sam Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale can be found online
- Beavertown Halloween – while not exactly pumpkin, it definitely invokes the feeling of the season
