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36can of spices, and percolate up about a quart of it. And then you go back to the five-barrel fermentation tank, pour it in, carbonate, and then go on to the bar. So anybody tells you they%u2019re not adding spices is lying to you, cuz [sic] you can%u2019t get a cinnamon taste, a pumpkin is a gourd! There is no flavor, in a gourd. Not your pumpkin pie flavor.105Fig 17. Bill Owens, Pumpkin Roasted and Pumpkin Mashed. No Date, Color Photograph. Bill Owens Personal Archives.Punkin%u2019 Ale was Buffalo Bill%u2019s first bottled beer, hand-bottled in 24-ounce champagne bottles. It was sold for $3.50 at the brewpub and through the mail.106 Owens said he used that size bottle because the weird-sized glass was cheaper and it was less labor-intensive than bottling and labeling 12 ounce bottles.107 Punkin%u2019 Ale sold out for its sheer novelty. It was one of the first seasonal beers, being released in autumn, and is the first commercial pumpkin ale.108 Though pumpkin does not add substantial amounts of sugar or flavor to beers, pumpkin ales have become big business for craft brewers and large brewers alike.109 Dick Cantwell, former brewer and owner of Elysian Brewery in Seattle, Washington, created the annual Great Pumpkin Beer Festival in 2004. At the 2015 event, Elysian brewed 15 different pumpkin beers, and 50 other breweries brought at least one beer.110 These beers varied in style, brewing process, and additional spices and flavors added to beer, from coffee to peach. Buffalo Bill%u2019s now offers three