It's election season and the only thing that's possibly dividing the American people more than who to vote for is candy corn.
Do you eat it or throw it away? The folks at Urban Growler Brewing Co. in St. Paul have a third option for Halloween's most divisive candy: make a beer out of it.
"It started as a joke three years ago when we needed to come up with a fall beer," said master brewer and co-owner Deb Loch. "It went over so well that we had to make it every year."
Despite all the bickering over the corn kernel-shaped candy, Loch says the beer is a hit. By season's end, beer drinkers in the Twin Cities will have consumed 8 ½ barrels of "Candy Corn Imperial Ale."
At 9.1 percent alcohol content, no wonder people love it.
"They're surprised it's not sweet like candy corn, but it has the essence of candy corn," she said. "It tastes a little marshmallow-y and it tastes way better in beer than it does on its own."
Beyond the beer, candy corn starts a Halloween war among families, in offices, and on social media every year. In a Twitter poll posted by WCCO-TV's Jason DeRusha, an overwhelming 61 percent of voters called candy corn "garbage." The rest called it a delicious Halloween treat.
Comedian Jenna Kim Jones said: "Candy Corn is like the Nickelback of candy. I don't know anyone who likes it but it's selling out everywhere."
