{"id":1992,"date":"2009-09-09T08:06:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T15:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2010-10-31T10:29:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T17:29:25","slug":"beer-fall-is-nigh-buffalo-bills-pumpkin-ale-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=1992","title":{"rendered":"Beer: Fall is Nigh, Buffalo Bill&#8217;s Pumpkin Ale Has Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fredabercrombie\/3902208543\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1993\" title=\"Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/buffalo_pumpkin_405.jpg\" alt=\"Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale 2009\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/buffalo_pumpkin_405.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/buffalo_pumpkin_405-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s here. Like many years before, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalobillsbrewery.com\/\">Buffalo Bill&#8217;s<\/a> <strong>Pumpkin Ale <\/strong>is the first of the season\u2019s pumpkin beers to hit shelves. Maybe \u2018cuz it\u2019s brewed just down in Hayward. Maybe \u2018cuz it\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Original Pumpkin Ale\u201d and has to secure it\u2019s title. Either way, it was the first pumpkin brew I ever tried, so it&#8217;s been the one by which all others are judged.<\/p>\n<p>Is it the best of the style? No way. The mouthfeel is on the thin side and the flavor is heavier on spice than pumpkin itself. But regardless, it tastes and smells like Fall in a bottle. And that\u2019s enough to make me happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a title=\"How To: Make a Guinness Black &amp; Orange (Smashed Pumpkin)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=6158\">How To: Make a Guinness Black &amp; Orange (Smashed Pumpkin)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s here. Like many years before, Buffalo Bill&#8217;s Pumpkin Ale is the first of the season\u2019s pumpkin beers to hit shelves. Maybe \u2018cuz it\u2019s brewed just down in Hayward. Maybe \u2018cuz it\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Original Pumpkin Ale\u201d and has to secure it\u2019s title. Either way, it was the first pumpkin brew I ever tried, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[817,816],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer","tag-buffalo-bills-brewery","tag-pumpkin-ale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6164,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions\/6164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}