{"id":2678,"date":"2012-08-21T15:07:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T20:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2019-01-12T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T23:28:12","slug":"first-day-of-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/first-day-of-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"First Day of Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is a tradition in my household. It started about 7 years ago, when my cousin (Andrew), my wife (Autumn), and I first discovered O’Fallon’s Pumpkin Beer. It’s an ale, brewed up with all the spices and flavors you’d expect of a pumpkin pie. It’s easily my favorite beer of all-time, and one of three major reasons I am always so excited for fall to arrive\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe other two being the weather and All Hallow’s Eve (or Samhain as my wife’s ancestors called it).<\/p>\n

The tradition goes a little something like this. Fall starts the day O’Fallon’s Pumpkin Beer first arrives in the home. This year, fall came very early, and I was quite overjoyed. The picture above was the surprise my wife picked up for me during the day. It was a good evening.<\/p>\n

Last year, I also spent a little time with Schlafly’s Pumpkin Ale, which is another great pumpkin beer, and my second-favorite drink of the season. Strong in flavor where O’Fallon’s is subtle, it’s worth having a sixer of both in your fridge. Especially if you’re like me and can’t resist having one-a-day. I haven’t picked up any of Schlafly’s yet this year, but I will do so soon.<\/p>\n

I love autumn and Autumn. They’re my favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a tradition in my household. It started about 7 years ago, when my cousin (Andrew), my wife (Autumn), and I first discovered O’Fallon’s Pumpkin Beer. It’s an ale, brewed up with all the spices and flavors you’d expect of a pumpkin pie. It’s easily my favorite beer of all-time, and one of three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[134],"tags":[269,156,179],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-autumn","tag-fall","tag-seasons","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1964,"url":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/cool-crisp-air-and-pumpkin-beer-and-mario\/","url_meta":{"origin":2678,"position":0},"title":"Cool, crisp air and pumpkin beer (and Mario)","author":"Jared Cash","date":"September 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Fall came early this year, as we finally got some much-needed rain on Saturday, breaking summer's back. 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