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It's my favoritest holiday of all!  And not just because it's the month of Oktoberfest, although that actually happens mostly in September.  There's nothing like a good Halloween movie, party, or beer.  The craft brewers have been diving into the season and its most useable representation, the pumpkin, with mixed results.  Slate recently ran an article on the snobbery that goes with craft brewing, and honestly craft anything, where flavor was the main complaint.  Some pumpkin beers were recommended, but sadly none of those were on the shelf when I was shopping.  Still, Sagra was there for me, with Calabaza y Canela.  I'll have to be satisfied with buying domestic, but with such domestics you can hardly go wrong.

Oh, him?  Jack's just hanging around the balcony

I guess there's a little bit of spicy scent when the bottle cap comes off, but it's practically unnoticeable.  It's a pretty beer, with a nice chestnut brown color, and very light head.  Held up to the light, it's dark orange, but opaque.  The cinnamon is a little more present when the beer is in the glass, and now for the big sip: There's kind of a cinnamon burning in the taste, like Cinnaburst gum, and some background sweetness.  In keeping with the article's criticism, I can't really identify any pumpkin in this beer, but it has avoided the trap of overly sweet seasonal brews.  It may suffer from some extra pinches of cinnamon, becoming slightly pumpkin pie-ish about halfway through the glass, but still a good companion for some on screen blood and tension.

Supplier: The Beer Garden
Price: €3.50

Well, at least you're safe from the bottle