Philadelphia has a habit of taking its time letting go of summer, but the calendar doesn't care, and neither do the beer menus. Pumpkin beer season is well underway, and after a few years of the style quietly falling out of craft-beer fashion, it's back in a real way this fall. Distributors are stocking more varieties than they have in years, and the city's best beer bars are already rotating them onto their taps. Here's where to get your first one of the season.

There's a specific night every fall when it happens…you step outside after dinner and the air bites a little. And that there is your very first signal: fall is coming. Summer's rooftop-and-frozen-cocktail season is winding down, and it's time to trade patios for fireplaces. There's something exquisitely old-fashioned about seeking out a bar specifically because it has a fireplace, but that's the appeal once fall sets in. Philadelphia has more of these than you'd expect, found in every neighborhood. Here's where to go when the temperature finally drops.