Beer, TX: Saint Arnold, Oskar Blues release fall seasonals

Josh Foxworth, 30, of Beaumont leaves the Longhorn Liquor, 3939 Dowlen Road, with Saint Arnold Pumpkinator on Oct. 27, 2018. Josh Foxworth, 30, of Beaumont leaves the Longhorn Liquor, 3939 Dowlen Road, with Saint Arnold Pumpkinator on Oct. 27, 2018. Photo: Ronnie Crocker / Beaumont Enterprise Photo: Ronnie Crocker / Beaumont Enterprise Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Beer, TX: Saint Arnold, Oskar Blues release fall seasonals 1 / 4 Back to Gallery

Josh Foxworth was at Longhorn Liquor shortly after it opened Saturday to make sure he got one of fall’s biggest treats for beer fans in Texas.

The 30-year-old Beaumont man walked out of the store with four big bottles of Pumpkinator, the much-anticipated seasonal release from the Houston’s Saint Arnold Brewing Co.

“It sells out quick so you’ve got to it while it lasts,” Foxworth said as he carted off 22-ounce bombers of the limited-edition pumpkin-infused stout. (The beer, first released in 2009 as Divine Reserve No. 9, is also available in six-packs of 12-ounce bottles and occasionally on draft.)

At 10.5 percent alcohol by volume, the beer holds up to fall temperatures. The relatively high ABV also means sharing is recommended.

Oskar Blues Brewery has another seasonal worth looking for, a whiskey-barrel-aged version of Ten Fidy. The Colorado-based craft is releasing the boozier version of its popular imperial stout nationwide on Saturday.

The beer was aged in bourbon barrels for at least eight months, adding a range of new flavors and bumping the ABV to a stratospheric 12.9 percent.

The BA Ten Fidy will be sold in 19.2-ounce “stovepipe” cans. Spokesman Chad Melis assures us they will be available in Southeast Texas. If you don’t see them on the shelves soon, ask your favorite beer manager to order some from distributor Ben E. Keith Co.

And there is more good news for lovers of all things barrel-aged. Saint Arnold is bringing back Pumpkinator aged in bourbon barrels.

This even more limited-quantity brew also weighs in at 12.9 percent ABV.

More Information More information Saint Arnold: saintarnold.com Oskar Blues: oskarblues.com/beerfinder

Worth noting: Oskar Blues, through its Oskar The Can’d Aid Foundation and in conjunction with the Ball Corp., last week sent 26,400 cans of drinking water to its Austin brewery for free distribution to residents there coping with flooding problems and the city’s boil notice.

ronnie.crocker@beaumontenterprise.com

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