U.S. beer sellers and manufacturers in the Midwest said recent years have seen a spike in sales of Pumpkin-flavored brews.

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Katie Coggins, beer consultant and buyer at Binny's Beverage Depot in Chicago, said the store is selling twice as many seasonal beers as it had expected, with the pricey Southern Tier Pumpking selling out only four weeks after its release, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday.

Anthony Norkus, brand manager for Lincolnwood, Ill., beer distributor Louis Glunz Beer Inc. said pumpkin-flavored beers are the fastest growing sector for seasonal booze.

"This is one of the styles that's really stuck, and there's a great demand for it," Norkus said.

He said the number of pumpkin-infused beers carried by his company has increased from only two in 2006 to six this year.

O'Fallon Brewery in Missouri said it manufactured only 300 cases of its pumpkin brew in 2003 but this year the company expects to move about 1,000 cases of the beer.