And, just like that, we're in the full throes of Spooky Finger Puppet Ghost Month! I have a handful of beers slated to discuss before October leaves us and I think I've found a way to balance everything needed to get to them all in a timely manner!

Today, we'll wade into the thick of if with Land-Grant's Patch. Is this a good ale for the inaugural Halloween Month 2026 post? Well, let's find out together.

Here's a beer that I didn't know about in August; It's almost like I've been harried and everything's been hectic lately. But given that I'm currently nursing a growing infatuation with classic horror and gothic monsters, the stein-slinging Frankenstein's monster on the label art called out to me when I wandered into my local bottleshop earlier this month.

That single can of Abomination's Drankenstein on the shop's build-your-own shelves looked special. I picked it up immediately, knowing it'd be the ultimate post this September, a spot normally reserved for an actual Munich Oktoberfest beer. How's it drink?

You didn't really think I forgot about you, did you? 

Yeah, I took some extended time from away from these parts--life's been busy. Michelle and I bought a house, one of our kids started school, work's been hectic, yada yad yada. You know how it gets.

But! It's fall now, and Oktoberfest season is in full swing. This year's blog offerings will be few (okay, couple. I'll have two), yet I'll give them the whole John Likes Beer treatment. First up is something that I'm glad is around and I found: Sam Adams' Non-Alcoholic Octoberfest.

You didn't really think I'd let March slip away without a bock post, did you? Because there's no way I'd do that.

Sure, the bock drought I noted in previous years is still going on (for some reason), but that's not enough to dissuade me from trying at least one new-to-me variant of this spring varietal! After some serious search, I found a single can of Northern Row's Cooper Heller Bock. See that goat-disguised barrel on the label art? Yeah, I think this one'll fit this month's bill just fine.