Traveler Beer Co. is out with the newest release, Jacko, a pumpkin shandy. Jacko Shandy epitomizes harvest season by representing grains, fruit and vegetables in every sip as a wheat ale brewed with real pumpkin and a fresh squeeze of lemon citrus.

The shandy pours a dark, orange hue with a pervasive, mouth-watering pumpkin aroma. The beer is medium-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel that serves as a jumping point for pumpkin pie in beer form, with a hint of malty sweetness. The beer clocks in at 4.4% ABV and 7 IBUs.

That’s the beer, now let’s talk the name. Jacko pays homage to the Irish story about “Stingy Jack,” the origin myth of the jack-o-lantern. The story goes that there was once a cheapskate in Ireland called Jack who drank with the devil. Drinking with the devil never ends well. But this Jack thought differently so he convinced the devil to turn himself into a coin to pay for their drinks. He then tossed the coin by a silver cross so the devil was unable to turn himself back into his devilish self. Only on the condition that the devil wouldn’t bother Jack and that he wouldn’t take his soul to hell did Jack free the devil. Pretty smart, except once Jack did die his unsavory antics kept him out of heaven and then the devil refused him at hell’s door, as a part of their previous pact. So now Jack carries around a coal from hell placed in a hollowed out turnip and wanders the earth endlessly. To ward off evil the Irish would hollow out their own turnips and place a light inside. When they migrated to America they switched out the turnip for the pumpkin.

So goes the story of “Stingy Jack,” who became jack-o-lantern and now is Jacko,  the shandy from Traveler Beer Co.