NJCroMag

Hi. I'm wearing pants. This is one of my all-time favorites.

I say this with total sincerity... I hope Carp makes every game day thread going forward. God-speed, good sir!

I tried Elysian Punkuccino for the first time a few weeks back and it was one of the better pumpkin beers I've had...nice mixture of flavors with the pumpkin and the cappucino, and there was a nice cinnamon presence. It's lower ABV (5%, I think?), but it was absolutely delicious. The bartender (I was at Elysian Bar in Seattle when I tried it) said they'd only released it a few days earlier, so I'm assuming it hasn't made its way out east just yet (?).

Good lookin' out, fellas. Much appreciated.

Hi, I'm still alive. I'll be in NJ with a serious beer-drinker friend of mine for a show at Starland Ballroom on Monday. We'll have some time to kill before the show, so I was looking for recommendations on good places to pre-game. Some place with a lot of taps...Middlesex County preferable, since I'm familiar with that area...but something closer to Sayreville is fine as well. Let me know when you can. Or ignore this post...but if I die tragically in the coming days, you'll say to yourself, "If only I'd replied to him when I had the chance...NOW HE'S GONE!" So...ya know...don't miss out is what I'm saying.

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Troeg's finally bottled a pumpkin beer this year, after just doing pumpkin scratch batches for the past few (???) years. Just went on sale this past weekend, only available at the brewery. I snagged a bottle on Saturday before I went to the Hershey Bears game. It's called "Master Of Pumpkins." In a nutshell, it reminds me a lot of Weyerbacher's Imperial Pumpkin Ale...definitely a hearty ale. I liked it, but I was kinda hoping for something a little more daring. Curious to see if they make this a seasonal going forward, with a wider distribution.

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