Mule grows Pumpkins for Blacksmith’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale!
What do 100 pounds of pumpkins and a 1150 pound mule have in common? The answer is the 2nd annual rendition of Custer’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale from Blacksmith Brewery.
For the past two years, Custer, a mule with a talent for farming and a penchant for good micro brews, has been growing Sugar Pie Pumpkins for Blacksmith’s seasonal ale - a job which sometimes entails protecting his treasures from the occasional black bear, fox, chicken, turkey or sticky-fingered neighbor.
For the past two years, Custer, a mule with a talent for farming and a penchant for good micro brews, has been growing Sugar Pie Pumpkins for Blacksmith’s seasonal ale - a job which sometimes entails protecting his treasures from the occasional black bear, fox, chicken, turkey or sticky-fingered neighbor.
Some of the 200 pumpkins that Custer grew for Blacksmith’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale.This year, with the help of his co-farmer Nick Kaufman, Custer grew almost 200 pumpkins. Mike Howard, Blacksmith’s capable brewer, and Rachel, Nick’s garden-crazed daughter, hand seeded and roasted pumpkins for the ale. Ever the philanthropist, Custer donated his extra pumpkins to the Missoula Alliance Church, whose own fundraising pumpkins had been destroyed by vandals.
When Custer isn’t farming or drinking Mike’s tasty brews, he can be found packing loads in the Bob Marshall and Selway-Bitterroot Wildernesses. Custer hopes that Blacksmith Brewery patrons will enjoy and savor the all-natural blend of his lovingly nurtured pumpkin and spices as much as he does.
Happy trails and happy drinking!
Happy trails and happy drinking!
Custer and co-farmer Nick Kaufman pose in front of corn and pumpkin patch
Some of the 200 pumpkins harvested 
Roasting pumpkins for Custer's Imperial Ale
Rachel gives the hard-working farmer a greatful kiss
Custer inspects the camera
1 comment:
Nice work! Did you roast all of the pumpkins in your own oven? That's a lot of pumpkins!!!
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