![]() I don’t know what that original recipe looked like 24 years ago, but today Night Owl is brewed with pumpkin in the mash (both puree and juice, according to the website) along with both raw and roasted pumpkin seeds, and then more pumpkin is added to the fermenter (again, per the website). Night Owl was the creation of brewer Markus Stinson, who first brewed it in 1997 at Elysian’s GameWorks arcade three-barrel brewhouse they wanted to brew a special beer for Oktoberfest beer but wanted something different than a Märzen. ![]() But here are short-form reviews (with some of those extras) for these beers for 2021. I’ve written quite about about Elysian Brewing’s pumpkin beers (and events) over the years, so I’m not necessarily covering much new ground here, though there are some interesting tidbits I gleaned about the history behind the brewing of these four beers. The virtual tasting including co-owners David Buhler and Joe Bisacca along with long-time brewer Dan Beyer. I drank some of the last of these from the pack on Halloween and finished them up this week, so I thought it would be a good time to share some thoughts on the pumpkin beers and some of the virtual tasting notes.īesides, we know pumpkin beers are just as good (if not better) as Thanksgiving beers, right? Even Elysian co-owner Joe Bisacca said, “Why not Thanksgiving?” in reference to pumpkin beer season. ![]() Over a month ago, Elysian Brewing Company sent out its Pumpkin Pack of its four core pumpkin beers, to accompany a virtual media tasting designed to get some press on the seasonal specialties as well as promote the brewery’s annual Great Pumpkin Beer Festival (which took place at the beginning of October). ![]()
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