Pumpkin beers aren’t for everyone—and they don’t have to define your season. For me, it stretches from crisp pilsners and Märzens to malt-forward reds and browns, and it eases right into winter with porters and stouts. This year, I’m also leaning into stouts earlier than usual, reintroducing sours as a refreshing counterpoint, and making room for oatmeal beers that fit the season perfectly. Here are some St. Louis–area beers worth seeking out, with two picks from each brewery: one familiar favorite and one seasonal or specialty release.
2nd Shift Brewing
- Cat Spit Stout | 7% ABV | 30 IBU
- Luggage Combination | 5% ABV | N/A IBU
A game-changing oatmeal stout and a light-bodied Schwarzbier with malty sweetness, rich chocolate, and coffee notes.
4 Hands Brewing
- Chocolate Milk Stout | 5.5% ABV
- Fat Elvis Absence of Light | 6.5% ABV | N/A IBU
A staple oatmeal brown, paired with Fat Elvis — a peanut butter, banana, and chocolate milk stout with a silky, creamy finish.
Alpha Brewing Company
- Believers Brew | 7% ABV | 20 IBU
- Tangerine Funk | Sour Ale
Believers Brew leans Belgian, while Tangerine Funk brings tart citrus complexity.
Bluewood Brewing
- Battle Stag | 6.5% ABV
- Awwtoberfest | Märzen
A full-bodied American brown ale with roast and nutty sweetness, paired with a seasonal festbier.
Civil Life Brewing Co.
- American Brown Ale | 6.1% ABV | 35 IBU
- Angel & the Sword Ale | 5.5% ABV | 37 IBU
Civil Life’s brown remains a St. Louis staple, while Angel & the Sword blends English and American traditions.
Crossroads Brewery
- Campground Brown | 5.5% ABV | 24 IBU
- Dragon Ass Oatmeal Stout | 5.25% ABV | 32 IBU
Campground Brown delivers chocolate, caramel, and nut character in a sessionable brown. Dragon Ass is smooth, slightly sweet, and balanced by roasted malt and oatmeal creaminess.
Friendship Brewing Company
- Wentzville Brown | 6.5% ABV | 24 IBU
- Coconut Junction | 7.5% ABV
The brown is malt-sweet and approachable, while Coconut Junction layers toasted coconut and chocolate into a porter base.
Good News Brewing
- Dirty Laundry Brown Ale | 5% ABV | 36 IBU
- Hazelnut Coffee Milk Stout | 5.3% ABV | 26 IBU
Both lean roasty, with the milk stout adding cold-brewed hazelnut coffee for a sweet finish.
Hopskeller Brewing Company
- Maple Pecan Märzen | 5.5% ABV | 19 IBU
- Tower Hill Burton Style ESB | 5.1% ABV | 30 IBU
The Märzen pairs pecan nuttiness with maple sweetness, while Tower Hill delivers roasted chocolate and caramel depth.
Modern Brewery
- Disco Punch | 5% ABV | N/A IBU
- Field Trip Fresh Hop IPA (2025) | 6.5% ABV | N/A IBU
Disco Punch brings raspberry and blackberry fruit to a kettle sour. Field Trip is brewed with fresh Centennial hops for resinous, saturated bitterness.
Narrow Gauge Brewing Company
- Zavtrak | 10% ABV | 90 IBU
- Third of the Way to März | 6% ABV | 20 IBU
A massive Russian imperial stout balanced against a clean, traditional Märzen.
Old Bakery Beer Company
- Oktoberfest | 5.7% ABV | 27 IBU
- Carrot Cake Brown | 6% ABV | 25 IBU
Carrot Cake Brown is brewed with carrots, spices, and lactose, leaving natural sweetness after fermentation.
Old Bridgeview Brewing
- Put on Your Drinking Pants | 4.7% ABV
- It’s Gose Time – Watermelon | 4.3% ABV
Drinking Pants is a crisp, easy-drinking Kölsch. It’s Gose Time adds a sour punch with watermelon candy character.
Perennial Artisan Ales
- Sump Coffee Stout | 11.5% ABV
- Pils | 5% ABV
Sump blends imperial stout richness with rotating Sump Coffee roasts; Pils is a crisp German-style lager dry-hopped with Hallertau Mittelfrüh.
Public House Brewing Company
- Revelation Stout | 5.4% ABV | 43 IBU
- Giddy Goat Coffee Milk Stout | 5.5% ABV | 25 IBU
Revelation Stout is a dry stout with deep chocolate and roasted coffee notes derived purely from malt. Giddy Goat infuses local coffee beans into a milk stout base.
Rockwell Beer
- Moonbase | 4.8% ABV
- Kazimierz Foeder-Aged Baltic Porter | 9.2% ABV
Moonbase keeps it sessionable, while Kazimierz adds chocolate, caramel, and char through foeder aging.
Square One Brewery
- Irish Stout | 5.2% ABV | 30 IBU
- Oktoberfest | 5.6% ABV | 32 IBU
A traditional dry stout alongside a malty amber lager, both brewed to style and ready for fall.
Stubborn German Brewing
- Schnitzengiggles | 5.5% ABV | 24 IBU
- Peterstown Pilsner | 4.8% ABV | 35 IBU
A malty Märzen-style lager and a crisp German pilsner reflect the brewery’s classic German approach.
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
- O-Katz | 5.4% ABV | 22 IBU
- Bushelhead Cider | 7.2% ABV
O-Katz is a festbier staple, while Bushelhead balances apple sweetness with a crisp finish.
