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Greg Prentice, a certified beer judge who helps at Washington Brewery, taps a batch of freshly brewed pumpkin beer. This is the first year the brewery is offering a pumpkin beer and owners Angela and John Burgess expect the seasonal suds will be a big hit.
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Washington Brewing Co.无毛视频檚 fall drink menu is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Along with its popular Oktoberfest, pictured here, the brewery is debuting pumpkin beer this month.
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John Burgess, who co-owns Washington Brewery with his wife, Angela, enjoys an Oktoberfest during a brew day recently. Burgess said he isn无毛视频檛 a fan of fruity beers but, at Angela无毛视频檚 insistence, he无毛视频檚 brewing pumpkin beer for patrons to enjoy on crisp fall days or chilly autumn evenings.
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Scotty无毛视频檚 Ice Cream along Park Avenue in Washington serves hand-dipped apple and pumpkin ice creams all fall long. For those who prefer to drink their pies, the seasonal favorites can be turned into creamy milkshakes.
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Regulars of Scotty无毛视频檚 in Washington ask for pumpkin ice cream as early as mid-summer, laughed Kenzie Maltony, whose parents own the shop. The cold, pumpkin pie-inspired dessert is refreshing on unseasonably warm fall afternoons.
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This fall, the Spring House in Washington is bottling pumpkin pie. Grandma无毛视频檚 Pumpkin Pie and caramel apple milks hit shelves at the family-owned and operated farm in October and can be enjoyed any time of day all autumn long.
Image courtesy Mabel Jetten
Pumpkin bowls are a healthy alternative to pumpkin cheesecake, and Fruition Bowls and Brews in Waynesburg is serving its delicious twist on the classic treat all October.
Pumpkin pie just leveled up.
Local businesses are liquifying the favorite fall dessert and adding creative takes on tradition to their menus.
This month the Spring House in Washington is debuting Grandma无毛视频檚 Pumpkin Pie milk, a bottle of silky sweetness with just enough spice that you feel like you无毛视频檙e drinking the seasonal staple.
The pumpkin pie milk was dreamed up during conversation.
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In addition to its locally revered chocolate milk, the Spring House this summer began offering funky flavors like County Fair Cotton Candy, Orange Day Dream and Strawberry Fields For You.
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While baking caramel apple pies recently, Opp decided the fall dessert would make a good milk flavor and added it, too, to the Spring House无毛视频檚 new milk menu.
Now, caramel apple pie and Grandma无毛视频檚 Pumpkin Pie milks are being bottled just in time for sipping around a campfire.
Also good for fireside sipping: For the first time in its four years of serving local favorites, The Washington Brewing Co. is pouring a pumpkin beer that无毛视频檚 sweet with a little spice, just like mom baked it.
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Angela said the brewery无毛视频檚 Oktoberfest 无毛视频� an 无毛视频渆asy-drinking marzen无毛视频� that无毛视频檚 crisp and flavorful 无毛视频� is a fan favorite and she无毛视频檚 excited to add pumpkin to the menu.
无毛视频淲e无毛视频檙e releasing it in October because everyone else will probably be sold out,无毛视频� said Angela, referring to larger breweries like Southern Tier, whose Pumpking beer sells out by the beginning of autumn. 无毛视频淭hat无毛视频檚 when you want a pumpkin beer, when it无毛视频檚 a little bit cooler, on a fall night.无毛视频�
On unseasonably warm autumn afternoons, Scotty无毛视频檚 Ice Cream in Washington serves pumpkin ice cream milkshakes that give the traditional dessert a run for its money.
无毛视频淲e actually have people that will come in at the end of July and ask, 无毛视频楧o you have your fall flavors yet?'无毛视频� said Kenzie Maltony, whose parents, Marcy and Ron Ranko, opened Scotty无毛视频檚 more than a decade ago. 无毛视频淧eople go crazy over these.无毛视频�
Maltony said all Scotty无毛视频檚 ice cream is hand-dipped, and every flavor can be turned into a rich, creamy milkshake.
Other local ice cream shops, including 5 Kidz Kandy in Waynesburg and Sarris Candies in Canonsburg, scoop fall into a cone or cup all autumn long, and you can slurp pumpkin starting mid-October at Fresh From the Farm in McMurray.
无毛视频淥ne of the unique things that we do is a pumpkin juice,无毛视频� said Ankit Golay, who opened the health food store near Canonsburg Lake seven years ago. 无毛视频淚 think people are intrigued by the fact that you can cold press pumpkin. You don无毛视频檛 really find cold pressed pumpkin juice.无毛视频�
A pumpkin smoothie is available all fall long, and Golay无毛视频檚 homemade pumpkin soup will be available mid-month.
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For those done sipping, pair a pumpkin spice latte with a healthy fall-inspired lunch at Fruition Bowls and Brews in Waynesburg.
Along with its classic PSL, this month the eatery along West High Street is serving a pumpkin bowl starring organic pumpkin puree, homemade peanut butter and pumpkin granola, among other ingredients.
无毛视频淗onestly, the base tastes like pumpkin cheesecake,无毛视频� said Mabel Jetten, who co-owns the store with her brother, Leandro Culp, and Sara Bates. 无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 delightful.无毛视频�