(Eugene, OR) – Label approval for Oakshire Brewing Company’s Big Black Jack Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter in bottles came through this past week.

Oakshire Brewmaster, Matt Van Wyk, tells BeerPulse that the company is brewing the beer this week, joking that they should call it a ‘wet pumpkin’ beer (think wet hop beers) since they are using fresh pumpkin to make it.

BBJICPP is a graduate of the company’s draft-only Single Batch Series. The most recent batch actually made its way onto taps this spring along with other beers that the company submitted to The World Cup competition, which took place in May.

Look for the beer in bottles beginning October 1st throughout the Oakshire distribution network (OR, WA, AK, North ID).

In other brewery news, Van Wyk says that the brewery will celebrate its sixth anniversary with a limited bottle release of Brandy Barrel Aged Barleywine. “Six” will only be available at the brewery in cork-and-caged 750 ml bottles. No date set yet though the brewery’s sixth anniversary is in October.

As for Hellshire updates, the series will now formally be an annual release to coincide with Zwickelmania. That means that the next release is still pretty far off into the distance as Zwickelmania typically falls on or around the second week of February. The artwork for Hellshire III Bourbon barrel-Aged Imperial Stout is finishedthough the label has not yet been approved. Sean Aaberg does the Hellshire series artwork.