Funundrum recommends

Today I'd like to give a hearty recommendation to something called, simply, Pumpkin Beer. It's made by the good folks at O'Fallon Brewery in O'Fallon, MO. Their tagline is "We love beer." This makes me happy.

We were in our friendly neighborhood liquor store on Friday night, picking up some beer, when a fellow walked past us with a sixer of Pumpkin Beer under his arm. I immediately got the urge to run up to this guy before he left the store to ask him how the Pumpkin Beer was. "I don't know, man. I just liked the package." Once we heard that, our choice was clear. For your benefit, here's what he's talking about:

I just love that this bright orange jack-o-lantern on a plain black background succeeds where larger breweries' fancy marketed and focus-grouped packaging utterly fails. Within the span of three minutes, they sold two sixers based on that damn pumpkin alone.

And the BEER! This is where Funundrum is really aiming today's recommendation. It's like pumpkin pie in a bottle, but not too sweet at all. It tastes of a little bit pumpkin, with a healthy dose of cinnamon and other spices. It's the perfect dessert beer for all of your autumn shindigs. Unfortunately, I don't think any of my readers can access it, as it's only distributed in Missouri, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. But if ever you happen to be visiting one of these fly-over states, please do keep a look out for it.

P.S. -- We did, in fact, call 636-474-BEER, which is their equivalent of the Kevin & Bean Afro Line, to tell them how much we enjoyed their tasty seasonal beverage. Imagine being the intern who gets to listen to all those drunken calls on Monday morning.