beverage season

maybe it has something to do with the fact that i was born on halloween, but i really do love the fall. it's got quite a few things going on for it... cooler weather, football, free candy, columbus day (my favorite holiday of them all), did i mention my birthday? but none of these things are the subject of this particular blog entry. no, today i am going to write about all my favorite fall beverages.
	we'll start with one of the more common ones. the starbucks pumpkin spice latte. some might argue that the winter seasonal gingerbread latte is superior. i would argue that those people are idiots. when starbucks is making the pumpkin spice lattes, i would estimate that my weekly starbucks expenditure goes from something pretty close to zero to something pretty unreasonable.
as delicious and comforting the pumpkin spice latte is, nothing beats that warm feeling that a few pints of beer can give you and there is no better and socially acceptable time (with the possible exception of st. patties day) to get totally shitfaced than oktoberfest. the sam seasonals are always good and the oktoberfest is no exception. oh, and did i mention their brewery is in boston and laura and i are going for the tour on saturday?
	you might remember when i blogged about the jack's pumpkin spice beer. it's pretty good, but the shipyard pumpkinhead is damn good. it's hard to find around DC. in fact, i've never seen any shipyard stuff around DC. lucky for me, i happen to be in massachusets right now, just one state away from the shipyard brewery and found a six-pack in the local grocery store. we'll be visiting their brewery in portland, maine next week. hopefully i can get them to ship me a keg. you know how some guys like to go on a road trip and see a baseball game in every stadium? i'm thinking beer brewery road trip.