Hop GrailWhen pumpkin beers start showing up
The first pumpkin label Hop Grail saw this year belongs to Pumpkin Spiced Ale from SingleSpeed Brewing Co., label approved Jun 1, 2026. That is the first this year, not necessarily the first ever.
June. I'm telling you, pumpkin beers 2026 got going before summer had properly started.
Labels are often approved well before a beer is announced, so this is where the season shows up first.
A few to watch
Here are a few labels from the season so far, in no particular order.
- Pumpkin Cheesecake, WeldWerks Brewing Co. (CO). Fruited Sour, 4.7% ABV. Label approved Sep 2, 2026.
- Pumpkin Swirl, Rusty Rail Brewing Co. (PA). Spiced / Pumpkin / Honey, 6% ABV. Label approved Jun 4, 2026.
- Pumpkin Ale, Trillium Brewing Company (MA). Spiced / Pumpkin / Honey, 5% ABV. Label approved Sep 10, 2026.
- Pumpkin Spice Latte, Pipeworks Production (IL). Spiced / Pumpkin / Honey, 6.6% ABV. Label approved Sep 9, 2026.
- Pumpkin Uglies, Arkane Aleworks (FL). IPA. Label approved Sep 18, 2026.
- Pumpkin Spice Latte, Sun King Brewing Company (IN). Spiced / Pumpkin / Honey, 5.1% ABV. Label approved Jul 9, 2026.
What a label approval tells you
An approved label means the brewery got the label approved for sale. It doesn't say when or where the beer will be sold.
So read each date above as a sign that a beer is in the pipeline, nothing more.
What we don't know yet
Release dates. Prices. Where any of these beers will be sold. How they taste, since nobody at Hop Grail has tasted them.
The full list is below the article, and it keeps growing as new labels are approved.