The Spooky Finger Puppet Ghost Month train keeps a-rolling with our second pumpkin beer of the season: Off Color's Pumpkin Beer for Cafés.

You remember when I discussed the brewery's Waddle last month? I mentioned how it was a limited drop that didn't reach Ohio and how, luckily, my folks were able to grab some for me when it hit shelves in Michigan? Well, wouldn't you know the exact same thing happened with this pumpkin ale? Since it hit the market right around the time Waddle did, my parents were able to snag some of this for me, too. This one's for you, Mom and Dad.

This post is a bittersweet one; it's the final John Likes Beer entry that will be written in my current apartment. Hell, it'll be the last John Likes Beer entry from the City of Cincinnati. Michelle and I are sprinting toward the closing date on our house. Next time you come around these parts, you'll have a whole new venue to be seen through the few pictures that accompany each post. (Please note that I'm taking a break from packing all of my miscellanea to type this up. That's how close we are to vacating our current living situation.)


What's the beer with which I'm opting to close out this chapter of John Likes Beer? Easy. 21st Amendment's Tales from the Kettle 2017. Truth be told, I'd meant to make this post last month when the beer was still pretty widely available. But, better late than never, right? And, according to this online beer locator, there are still cans of it to be had out in the wild!

In my personal drinking life, I am already indulging in the flavors of fall. Michelle picked up a sixer of pumpkin beer for me a week and a half ago and I've been dreaming of cooling temperatures, clouding skies, and falling leaves since.


But I know that we still have well over a month of technical summer left. And I know that most of you probably won't want to read about autumnal brews until next month at the earliest. And that's fine--I completely understand that I'm the odd one out in this scenario.

As such, today let's focus on a beer that, while not a summer seasonal, promises to be very summery: Wild Ohio's Black Cherry Bourbon. It's a tea beer.