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Halloween, Beer, and Candy

November 8, 2013 Author: Scott
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The candy

As with last year, and the year before that, Halloween this year was another great night of fun with kids and candy, and as always, the adults loved the beer. Candy, I give away a lot of it, I mean A LOT, but it’s for the kids and they love it!!!

Pizza

My family comes over and we have pizza before the evening of kids comes trick-or-treating to our door. I forgot to get a picture of the pizza before everyone started eating.

The setup

I had about 120 kids stop by and went through all of the candy as well as about two and a half cases of beers. It’s fun watching the adults decide which beer they’re going to try. This year’s Sam Adams sampler pack had Harvest Pumpkin Ale, Ruby Mild, Hazel Brown, Octoberfest (which I also had a case of), Latitude 48 IPA, and Boston Lager. The Harpoon sampler had Octoberfest, Rich and Dan’s Rye IPA, IPA, and UFO Pumpkin. I also had four packs and six packs of Shipyard Pumpkinhead, Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Dogfish Head Punkin Ale, Schlafly Pumpkin Ale, and a growler of Ellicott Mills Brewing Company Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Ale.

Me getting a beer!!!

This year, for the first time ever (I have been doing this for about 10 years), someone brought me a beer. I had a woodchuck pumpkin. It tasted a lot like the inside of a pumpkin, not really my kinda beer, but I was happy to get one I haven’t tried!!

Charlie Brown was once again shown on my garage.

I bring up my projector and put It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on my garage door. A lot of the kids end up hanging around for 10-15 minutes watching while their parents have a beer.

Too many choices.

I give away lots of candy every year with a slight twist. There is a game I have all the kids play where they reach into a bag and pull out a poker chip. Most of the chips are white (and I change the odds as needed), but if they pull out the black chip they win an entire sleeve of candy. This year I had a bunch of halloween themed toys, too, and they were a big hit.

Showing the young ones how to grab a handful of candy.

What was your setup like this year? Does anyone else give out beer or do prizes?
Halloween, Beer, and Candy.

November 1, 2012 Author: Scott
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The candy.

As with last year, Halloween this year was another great night of fun with kids and candy, and as always, the adults loved the beer. Candy, I give away a lot of it, I mean A LOT, but it’s for the kids and they love it!!!

Pizza

My family comes over and we have pizza before the evening of kids comes trick-or-treating to our door.

The setup.

I had about 140 kids stop by and went through all of the candy as well as about 25 beers. It’s funny that there are some adults who go out of their way to come to my house just to get a beer. I had three mothers that asked if they could have their beers unopened as they wanted to have them after they put the kids to bed and two more ask for beer to take to their husbands. I was happy to help them out.

Beer on ice.

It’s fun watching the adults decide which beer they’re going to try. This year’s Sam Adams sampler pack had Dunkelweizen, Harvest Pumpkin Ale, Hazel Brown, Octoberfest (which I also had a case of), Latitude 48 IPA, and Boston Lager. I also had a case of Dogfish Head Punkin ales. 60 beers in all to give away.

The line to play the game for big candy.

I give away lots of candy every year with a slight twist. There is a game I have all the kids play where they reach into a bag and pull out a poker chip. Most of the chips are white (and I change the odds as needed), but if they pull out the black chip they win an entire sleeve of candy. For those that are older, they know the game (I think I have done it for over 10 years now), and for those that are younger, they are just learning, but they all love it!!!

Everyone likes Charlie Brown!

I also bring up my projector and put It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on my garage door. I love to watch the younger kids get sucked in watching the show, and the parents who enjoy the beer don’t mind standing around with a pumpkin ale.

What was your setup like this year? Does anyone else give out beer or do prizes?
Halloween, Beer, and Candy.

November 1, 2011 Author: Scott
6 Comments

Halloween this year was another great night of fun with kids and candy, and as always, the adults loved the beer. I give away lots of candy every year with a slight twist. There is a game I have all the kids play where they reach into a bag and pull out a poker chip. Most of the chips are white (and I change the odds as needed), but if they pull out the black chip they win an entire sleeve of candy. For those that are older, they know the game (I think I have done it for 10 years now), and for those that are younger, they are just learning, but they all love it!!!

I had about 110 kids stop buy and went through most of the candy as well as about 30 beers. This year I had the Samuel Adams variety pack, a case of Buffalo Bill’s pumpkin ale, and a few left over Dogfish Head Punkin ales. It’s funny that there are some adults who go out of their way to come to my house just to get a beer. I had two mothers that asked if they could have their pumpkin beers unopened as they wanted to have them after they put the kids to bed. I was happy to help them out. I also bring up my projector and put It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on my garage door. I love to watch the younger kids get sucked in watching the show, and the parents who enjoy the beer don’t mind standing around with a pumpkin ale.

What was your setup like this year? Does anyone else give out beer or do prizes?