The brewery: New Ridge Brewing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description (adapted from an Instagram post): Horror Fest was blended with some London Porter and this year's Festbier, conditioned on vanilla beans and pumpkin pie spice. It's reeaaal goob. (Their word, not mine.)
Would I buy it again? New Ridge remains closed to the public after the January fire at their brewery, but they are still making beer somewhere, and have been the exclusive brewery of choice at any and all community event in the northwestern Philadelphia area. So, while at the local Oktoberfest, I couldn't resist trying their pumpkin ale. And it was great. Lots of good pumpkin flavor, enhanced by the vanilla, and properly malty. Supposedly they're due to open the brewery back up in January next year, which I can't wait for. Every beer I've had from them has been quite good and worth having again.
