Pike has started to roll out more seasonal and specialty beers over the past couple of years, and they are now moving into the ever-popular pumpkin beer territory. Pike Harlot’s Harvest will be available in 22oz bottles and on draft come September 5.

Press Release:

It’s big bold and voluptuous! Pike Harlot”s Harvest reminds us that Pike Brewing was  founded in a former brothel. Nellie’s girls who worked at The LaSalle Hotel were sometimes called harlots, though their best customers often affectionately called them “pumpkin”.

Pike head brewer, Dean Mochizuki, created this extraordinary beer using a complex blend of rich and flavorful malts that include: organic pils, organic pale, special b, Vienna, organic caramel, and crystal. To take full advantage of the bounty of the season, Harlot’s Harvest is brewed with the finest Yakima Valley hops, including Nugget for both bitterness and aroma, and Mt. Hood for aroma; and organic pumpkin puree from Stahlbush Island Farms, Corvalis, Oregon and organic brown sugar. It is sensuously seasoned with cassia bark, allspice, vanilla bean, nutmeg, ginger and clove.

STATS:

O.G: 1.080

ABV: 8.50%

IBU: 30

COLOR:              Dark caramel and molasses

AVAILABILITY:     Limited Seasonal, releases September 5, 2012

Draft:  15.5 GAL.

Bottle: 22 oz. Dinner Size

On the palate Harlot’s Harvest is round and rich with a burst of caramel and molasses yielding a smooth sweetness reminiscent of pumpkin pie, and the boldness of a Belgian, monastic-style, strong dark ale. Savor it naked or clothed in the bounty of the season!  To dress it appropriately, Charles Finkel designed the seductive label.