Early pumpkin beers brew dismay among drinkers

Sunday, September 8, 2013

RICHMOND, Va. -- It's bad enough that back-to-school comes in June, and Halloween arrives in July. And, of course, we all know Christmas begins in September. Now even the craft beer industry is caving to seasonal creep. For this year, the beer drinker's harbinger of autumn -- pumpkin ales -- apparently couldn't hold off until the pumpkins actually ripened.

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