Celebrate fall now with pumpkin, seasonal beer from Stark County breweries
Move over pumpkin spice latte fans. This time of year is all about the beer.
From pumpkin-flavored brews to Oktoberfest varieties and everything in between, Stark County breweries have started releasing their seasonal beers.
Sure you can go to the grocery store and pick up some pumpkin beers, but don’t they taste better at a local brewery among friends?
Here’s a rundown of the Stark County-made pumpkin and fall-flavored beers available this season at local breweries.
Aeonian Brewing Co.
Location: 120 W. Chestnut St., Alliance
Beer: Pumpkin Reaper
What the brewery says: “Pumpkin Reaper is a spice ale with 6.5 % ABV and 20 IBU. It has notes of pumpkin and fall spices, and it tastes like alcoholic pumpkin pie.”
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.5%
Release date: Second week of Sept.
Beer: Októvrios
What the brewery says: "We also have an Oktoberfest beer called Októvrios. Októvrios is a märzen with 5.8% ABV and 24 IBU. It has notes of biscuits and malt."
ABV: 5.8%
Release date: Aug. 13
Special note from the brewery: “We will also have a barreled aged Pumpkin Reaper and a coffee version. ... The BA Pumpkin Reaper will have notes of pumpkin, fall spices and maple bourbon. The coffee version will have the same pumpkin and fall spice notes with coffee notes. Both of these will be released in early October.”
Website: aeonianbrewing.com
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Codex Brewing
Location: 6305 Whipple Ave. NW, Jackson Township
Beer: Oktoberfest (Festbier)
What the brewery says: “A celebration of the autumn harvest, our stronger than typical version of this rich malty lager. We brew our version to target a release that coincides with the traditional start of Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich.”
ABV: 7.2%
Release date: Anticipated to be Sept. 14
Beer: The Fall of the House of Butternut (Spiced Ale)
What the brewery says: “Brewed with butternut squash, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg, our twist on a pumpkin-style ale shifts the focus back to seasonal ingredients used in season. Rich and warming, this beer pairs nicely with cooler weather and holiday feasts.”
ABV: 8%
Release date: Anticipated to be Sept. 28
Website: codexbrewing.com
Fat Head's Brewery
Location: 3885 Everhard Road NW, Plain Township
Beer: Spooky Tooth Imperial Pumpkin Ale
What the brewery says: "Rich amber color with aroma of sweet pumpkin pie and savory spices. Creamy mouthfeel with flavors of pumpkin followed by sweet malt, pie crust, spice, hints of brown sugar and a clean finish."
ABV: 9.0%
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Release date: On tap at Canton since mid-August.
Website: fatheads.com
Maize Valley
Location: 6193 Edison St. NE, Marlboro Township
Beer: Maize Valley Oktoberfest
What the brewery says: "A classic German märzen beer that's clean and crisp with a nice malty character. Brewed with German pilsner, Caramunich and Caravienne malts and lightly hopped with Noble hops. A great beer for festival time."
ABV: 6%
Release date: Aug. 12
Beer: Pumpkin Cannon
What the brewery says: "Imperial pumpkin ale brewed with roasted pumpkin, brown sugar and spices. This is the perfect fall beer that's very malty and slightly sweet with warming alcohol and just enough spicing to remind you of all things pumpkin pie and fall."
ABV: 8.5%
Release date: Aug. 19
Website: maizevalley.com
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Muskellunge Brewing Co.
Location: 425 5th St. NW, Canton
Beer: Pumpkinseed Pumpkin Ale
What the brewery says: “Muskellunge Brewing Co. Pumpkinseed Pumpkin Ale is brewed and fermented with two-row barley, 50 pounds of pumpkin, a mixture of spices and Cascade hops to balance it out, delivering you a flavor reminiscent of pumpkin pie.”
ABV: 6%
Release date: Sept. 2
Website: muskellungebrewingcompany.com
Paradigm Shift Craft Brewery
Location: 128 North Ave. NE, Massillon
Beer: Herbstbier
What the brewery says: "We’re so excited for fall season, that we’re releasing some toasty malty goodness a little early. Pictured here is our traditional Oktoberfest, Herbstbier. Also known as a märzen, this beer is a malty amber lager with rich, toasty, bready malt flavor and very restrained hop bitterness.”
ABV: 5.8%
Release date: Mid-August
Website: paradigmshiftbrew.com
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Royal Docks Brewing Co.
Locations: 7162 Fulton Drive NW, Jackson Township, and 2668 Easton St. NE, Plain Township
Beer: Pumpkinslayer
What the brewery says: “Pumpkinslayer is a big, strong blonde ale rich with the flavors of locally produced malts and carefully roasted Muggzwigz coffee delicately balanced with the vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove aromas that have come to define autumn in Northeast Ohio.”
ABV: 7.7%
Special note: Available in a four-pack of 16-ounce cans for $10.99.
Release date: Aug. 6
Beer: Leatherhead IPA
What the brewery says: “Inspired by the American IPAs of the pre-Prohibition era and made with ingredients and techniques common to those long-ago brews, Leatherhead IPA is brewed only a few miles from the field where pro football was first played in Canton, Ohio. It is a stiff reminder of what it meant to be a Gridiron Ace — leather clad and iron-willed, playing for the love of the game and drinking beer with backbone.”
ABV: 5.5%
Special note: Available in a six-pack of 16-ounce cans for $10.99.
Release date: Sept. 1
Website: docks.beer
Sandy Springs Brewing Co.
Location: 232 N. Market St., Minerva
Beer: Chuckin Pumpkin
What the brewery says: “This fall pumpkin ale is orange in color and brewed with over 40 pounds of caramelized pumpkin as well as all of the traditional pumpkin pie spices. Cinnamon and sugar rim on the glass is optional.”
ABV: 7%
Special note: “This beer will be available just in time for the downtown Minerva event ‘The Cars Are The Stars!,' an incredible fine automobile exhibition on Historic North Market Street to benefit the Roxy Theater with the DORA in place on Sept. 10 from 4 to 9 p.m.”
Release date: Sept. 9
Website: sandyspringsbrewery.com
UnHitched Brewing Co.
Location: 115 S. Mill St., Louisville
Beer: Summer Robe
What the brewery says: “Summer Robe is a German-style Weizenbock, brewed with a heavy dose of Massillon-grown wheat, specialty caramel and roast malts. This beer has a rich malt profile complemented by traditional German ale yeast, deeply warming and flavorful. Perfect for the transitional time between summer and fall. And as a twist, this year’s iteration of Summer Robe will be on nitro!”
ABV: 7.2%
Release date: Aug. 19
Website: unhitched.beer
Other breweries
77 Brew House in Navarre will have a German-style märzen, a pumpkin ale, but the brewery didn't have more details available at the time of print. Meanwhile, Canton Brewing Co. in Canton didn't respond to multiple requests for comment on its fall seasonal beers.
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