It will be hot again today but things should start cooling off by the weekend, providing an early preview of the season to come.
As the calendar marches inexorably towards September, there’s a certain feeling in the still-humid air: a sense that fall will be here sooner rather than later. And that’s only enforced by what we’re starting to see on store shelves around Arlington.
Exhibit A:
Too soon but points for funny names spotted at #penrose Giant #columbiapike pic.twitter.com/rDR7o97iMN
— SRtwofourfour (@SRtwofourfour) August 9, 2022
Yes, like it or not, those pumpkin and Oktoberfest beers are back. As Arrowine’s Beermonger column discussed last August, it seems that fall beers arrive earlier in the summer with each passing year. And while that outrages some summer stans, those whose vibe is more a hot coffee and a warm sweater seem to like it.
After all, the breweries wouldn’t be pushing their orange-clad cases out the door if people weren’t buying them.
So this morning we’re wondering — with apologies for asking a similar poll question on this exact day in 2016 — when do you typically make your first fall beer purchase?