SAMANTHA BRIX PHOTO | Deks American Restaurant co-owner Kevin Scott pours a glass of Weyerbacker Imperial Pumpkin Ale.

The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler — and the beers are getting more alcoholic.

Summer’s end means the start of Oktoberfest season, featuring the Oktoberfest blend, a dark beer that is higher than others in alcohol by volume (5.5 to 6 percent).

Don’t sweat the end of barbecues and beach days. Below, find a list of places around SunLand, by hamlet, to enjoy seasonal beers that pop up on shelves and pour out of taps at this time of year.

EAST YAPHANK

 Clare Rose Beverage
100 Rose Executive Blvd.
East Yaphank, N.Y.
475-1840

If you can’t swing a trip to Munich, Germany for the Oktoberfest festival this year, head to Clare Rose Beverage in East Yaphank, where you can buy two German beers that have been served at the festival since it was founded in 1810: the Paulaner Oktoberfest-Märzen and the Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest-Märzen.

Clare Rose, a beer distributor that serves both Nassau and Suffolk counties, also sells an Oktoberfest-style beer by Bluepoint Brewing Company, based in Patchogue, and by Widmer Brothers Brewing, which calls their brew “Okto.”

A six-pack of each sells for $9.99.

Oktoberfest blends are “typically a nice, rich, deep copper-amber color with a rich, creamy head and a strong malt presence,” said Scott MacDonnel, import specialty manager at Clare Rose.

Restaurants often pair Oktoberfest beers with hearty meals like braised beef and potatoes or sausage and sauerkraut, Mr. MacDonnel said.

He said the fall seasonal beers tend to sell well since “beer consumers, especially the younger drinkers, are becoming more knowledgeable and diversified.”

MILLER PLACE

Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub

275 Route 25A #33

Miller Place, N.Y.

331-5454

Customers at Napper Tandy’s can order the Post Road Pumpkin Ale by Brooklyn Brewery or the Oktoberfest beer by Sam Adams. Each are on tap only, and cost $6 each ($4 at happy hour).

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar

355 Route 25A

Miller Place, N.Y.

473-0008

Sam Adams Oktoberfest sells for $5 a pint at Applebee’s, and a pumpkin ale is on its way.

PORT JEFFERSON

Grumpy Jack’s Sports Bar and Grill

28 Oakland Ave.

Port Jefferson, N.Y.

642-1942

Go to Grumpy Jack’s for Brooklyn Brewery’s Pumpkin Ale, served with cinnamon sugar spread around the rim of the glass.

The spread “gives it a pumpkin taste,” said bar manager Theresa Bonti. “It doesn’t taste like you’re drinking beer; it tastes like you’re drinking pumpkin pie.”

WADING RIVER 

Village Beverage 

6346 Route 25A

Wading River, N.Y.

929-0086

A number of locally-brewed seasonal beers, as well as Sam Adams Oktoberfest, are now on sale at Village Beverage.

Pumpkin Ales are in stock by Green Harbor Brewing Company in Greenport, Long Ireland Brewing Company in Riverhead and Great South Bay Brewery in Bay Shore.

The beers are available in growlers, which are 64-ounce jugs, for $13.99 to $15.99; six-packs are selling for $8 to $12, depending on the brew. The beers are also available in kegs starting at $180.

Manager Vic Kravchenko said fall’s seasonable beers tend to sell the best among the other seasonals, a trend he attributes to his business’ location, at the corner of Sound Avenue and Route 25A.

“People pass us on the way out east to do pumpkin picking and seasonal activities,” he said.

Phil’s Restaurant and Sports Lounge

1856 Wading River Manor Road

Wading River, N.Y.

929-0508

Shock Top’s Pumpkin Wheat beer and Sam Adam’s Oktoberfest blend are both available for $5.50 a pint at Phil’s.

CORAM

O’Brien’s Restaurant and Pub 

3720 Route 112

Coram, N.Y.

732-1141

O’Brien’s offers the Bluepoint Brewing Company’s Pumpkin Ale and the Sam Adams Oktoberfest for $5 each.

“It’s hard to keep it in; we sell so much,” bartender Krista Lastisa said. “People love it.”

ROCKY POINT

Tommy’s Place

42 Broadway

Rocky Point, N.Y. 209-1900

Tommy’s Place sells Bluepoint Brewing Company’s Pumpkin Ale for $5 a pint. Bartender Liz Bonanno swipes a cinnamon sugar mix around the rim of the beer glass.

“It makes it enticing for customers,” she said.

Deks American Restaurant

605 Route 25A

Rocky Point, N.Y.

821-0066

Deks, which boasts about 165 beers at any given time, is swapping out their summer ales for the fall seasonals.

“As the weather starts cooling down, we’ll be going into the darker beers,” co-owner Dean Scott said.

The following fall beers are available on tap:

Smuttynose Oak-Aged Imperial Stout, $7.50

Sam Adams Chocolate Cherry Bock, $8

Saison Farmhouse Ale, $8.50

Weyerbacker Imperial Pumpkin Ale, $7.50

Southern Tier Crème Brulee, $8.50

Spaten Oktoberfest, $6.50

The following brews are available in bottles:

Doc’s Cider, $6

Erdinger Oktoberfest. $6

Ace Pear Cider, $6

Kapperberg Pear Cider, $8

Sam Adams Oktoberfest. $5.25

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, $5.25

Unibrou Éphémère, $12

Aventinus Weizen Doppler Dock, $8.50

Blue Moon Wheat, $5.25

Franziskaner Hefe Weiss, $8