Houston breweries’ best seasonal offerings
As Houston enters its “chilly” season and we look forward to the upcoming holidays, beer lovers will find a variety of options from local breweries to curl up with and enjoy some fall or festive cheer. Brewers release seasonal beers on a rolling basis. These days, you’ll find some pumpkin beers still on shelves and in taprooms; dark, rich stouts and porters are perfect beverages for the cooler season; and fun creations such as maple ales and cranberry brews hit the right note. Here’s a sampling of the best Houston breweries have to offer.
Pumpkin beers
Battlehops Brewing Basic Jody Pumpkin Pie Brown Ale
City Acre Brewing Lil Raven Pumpkin Stout Galveston Bay Beer Coast Gourd Pumpkin Ale Megaton Brewery Smashing Sam’s Pumpkin Stout
No Label Brewing Nightmare on 1st Street Pumpkin Imperial Ale Saint Arnold Brewing Pumpkinator Imperial Pumpkin Stout (three
versions: regular, Bourbon barrel-aged and Bourbon barrel-aged with Tejas Chocolate cocoa nibs) Saloon Door Brewing Pumpkin Spice Nitro Milk Stout
Southern Star Brewing
Cygourd Pumpkin Ale Texas Leaguer Brewing The Hot Stove Pumpkin Spice Porter
Wicked Boxer Brewing Spooky Stuff Pumpkin Ale
Stouts and porters
6Wards Brewing Raspberry Milk Stout
11 Below Brewing Negative Space Imperial Chocolate Milk Stout
Astral Brewing German
Chocolate Layer Cake Imperial Stout
B52 Brewing Timaeus Tetrahedron Imperial Stout
Baa Baa Brewhouse Real Mintsters Coffee Stout Back Pew Brewing Perrin Oatmeal Stout
Baileson Brewing Stone Temple Porter
Bakfish Brewing Squid Pro Quo Oatmeal Stout Bearded Fox Brewing No. 48 Porter
Cycler’s Brewing Palmarès Russian Imperial Stout
Ingenious Brewing Peanut Butter Cup Imperial Milk Stout
Great Heights Brewing Drip Coffee Stout
Local Group Brewing Lil’ Star Lil’ Stout
New Magnolia Brewing Chai Stout
No Label Brewing The Floor Is Java Coffee Stout No Label Brewing Viking Hipster Balter Porter Vallensons’ Brewing Settlers Oatmeal Sout Walking Stick Brewing Sneffels Black and Blueberry Milk Stout
Other seasonals
City Acre Brewing Pour SapMaple Ale Copperhead Brewery The Churchill Imperial Brown Ale
Eureka Heights Brewing Mexican Jumping Bean Cream Ale
Ingenious Brewing Maple Cranberry Smarty Berliner Weisse
Platypus Brewing Woolly JumperWinterWarmer Ale Saint Arnold Brewing Christmas Ale
Southern Star Brewing Korova Milkshake IPA Southern Yankee Beer Co. Fuzzy Bastard CreamAle Twisted Acre Brewery Crapple Cranberry Apple IPA
Under the Radar Brewery Laughing Bear Imperial Brown Ale