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October 14, 2009

The Great Pumpkin keg

I have seen a lot of photos of keg tappping, and cask tapping,

But here is the first photo I have seen of a pumpkin tapping.

Doing the honors are John Gasparine, who made the mallet dubbed The Star Spangled Banger, and Casey Hard of Max's Taphouse.

They are tapping Cape Ann Fisherman's Pumpkin Stout, a Baltimore Beer Week event.

I am not wild about pumpkin beers, but I have tasted Cape Ann Stout and it is not bad .

However, I never had it served ifrom a pumpkin.

Does it taste better that way?

Photo of John Gasparine and Casey Hard courtesy of Gasparine.

Posted by Rob Kasper at 10:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

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Never heard of this or seen this before. Not big on pumpkin beers, but I feel like a pumpkin stout would be pretty good. If there's beer in that pumpkin I'm guessing it won't be very cold.

Posted by: Steve J. | October 15, 2009 7:49 AM

I was lucky enough to have some of the Cape Ann Pumpkin stout out of my own little pumpkin on Tues night @ Max's and I can't say that it made the beer any better (I already like it a lot without it being served in a pumpkin) but it was a fun experience. Everytime I put the pumpkin up to my mouth to drink I got a whiff of the earthy pumpkin!

Posted by: Kim Moore | October 15, 2009 7:57 AM

Goodness! I can't believe I missed this.

Once upon a time in college, we had a pumpkin carving contest where you had to drink a full hollowed-out pumpkin of beer before beginning the carving.

We used Natty Boh. Worst decision ever, it tasted like dirt, squash, and cheap beer.

We won the contest via style points--by somehow carving an artsy design with a chainsaw.

Posted by: Jed | October 15, 2009 2:34 PM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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