Seasonal Donuts Available October 1 with the Unveiling of Jack-O Pumpkin Ale Donut and Angry Orchard Hard Apple Cider Donut
PRESS RELEASE / October 1, 2025 (Boston, MA) – Kane’s Donuts is pleased to announce two limited-edition seasonal donuts with fall favorites from Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard to bring customers the Sam Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale Donut and Angry Orchard Hard Apple Cider Donut. These scrumptious fall flavors are in stores beginning October 1 and available through October at all Kane’s Donuts locations: 120 Lincoln Avenue in Saugus, 1575 Broadway (Essex Landing) in Saugus, and 90 Oliver Street in Boston’s Financial District.
Tapping into Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale, Kane’s has crafted yet another seasonal delight. The Sam AdamsJack-O Pumpkin Ale Donut is a perfectly pumpkin’d cake-style donut, drenched in Kane’s award-winning honey glaze infused with a reduction of award-winning Sam Adams’ Jack-O Pumpkin Ale. Kane’s Angry Orchard Hard Apple Cider Donut is a cake-style apple cider donut made with fresh apple cider and a hint of cinnamon, then dipped in Kane’s signature honey glaze reduced with Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Hard Cider.
“Our loyal customers love it when we collaborate with fellow New England makers to highlight seasonal flavors,” says Maria Delios, Co-Owner and Donut Master at Kane’s Donuts. “Partnering with Boston Beer company, another Boston institution, makes this donut a true celebration of fall in the city.”
Sam Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is the pick of the patch with cinnamon and nutmeg aromas that recall memories of freshly baked pumpkin pie. It has the ideal balance of seasonal spices with a crisp, refreshing finish. This limited-edition pumpkin ale solves all your pumpkin spice cravings heading into the fall season. At 4.4% ABV, Jack-O finishes smooth with a lingering, subtle notes of fresh citrus. To find Sam Adams Jack-O near you, visit www.samueladams.com/find-a-sam.
Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Hard Cider is nothing short of biting into a crisp fall apple freshly picked from the tree. At 5% ABV, it is a perfect balance of sweetness and bright acidity from culinary apples, combined with the dryness of traditional cider-making apples, resulting in a complex yet refreshing hard cider. To find Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Cider, visit www.angryorchard.com/locations.
For the month of October, Kane’s will also feature the Caramel Apple Crunch Donut, an airy yeast donut filled with apple pie filling, frosted with Kane’s homemade caramel, and topped with Kane’s Butter Crunch. The Vegan Fall Funfetti Donut is Kane’s vegan cake-style donut, complemented with fall sprinkles folded in the dough, then drenched in a sweet glaze and topped with sprinkles. The Gluten Free Apple Cider Donut is a cake-style donut loaded with spices and apple cider, then rolled in fresh ground cinnamon and sugar. Plus, Kane’s uses real, fresh local cider in their donuts. The Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Donut is a cake-style donut made with real pumpkin, nutmeg, and cinnamon, and is drenched in Kane’s Signature Honey Glaze. This donut is gluten-free, dairy-free, and nut-free. The Marble Cruller Donut is a cake-style classic donut with Kane’s twist of rich chocolate and cake doughs combinedinto a cruller, cooked to a crispy texture, and then drenched in Kane’s signature honey-dip glaze.
Kane’s Donuts is New England’s signature donut shop, ranked top-10 in the United States for serving handcrafted donuts that are made fresh daily, and with local ingredients. The recipes come from the late Peter Delios Sr. Kane’s is most known for their Honey Dip Donut, voted “Best in the United States” by The Underground Donut Tour. Known for a fantastic daily selection of flavors and rotating monthly flavors, its continuous 70 years of service began with Kane’s’ landmark location, which opened in 1955 in Saugus, MA on Lincoln Ave. It remains a local favorite for serving homemade donuts, seven days a week. For its 60th anniversary in March 2015, Kane’s opened a second location in the heart of Boston’s financial district at International Place; and in March 2019, Kane’s expanded with Kane’s Rt. 1 in Saugus, its largest location with a drive-through at Essex Landing. In 2018, Kane’s was named “Best Donut” by both Boston Magazine and the Improper Bostonian, and in 2019 won “Best of the North Shore” by North Shore magazine. It has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Saveur and Yankee magazines, among others; it’s consistently recognized by the Boston Globe, Boston Herald and local media as well as countless appearances on The Phantom Gourmet and Chronicle shows. It has earned local and national attention for what many consider the best gluten-free donuts available at a traditional donut shop. Find Kane’s at www.kanesdonuts.com; on Instagram (@kanes_donuts) and on Facebook and X: (@kanesdonuts).
Samuel Adams is a leading independent, American craft brewer that helped to launch the craft beer revolution. The brewery began in 1984 when Founder and Brewer Jim Koch used a generations-old family recipe to brew beer in his kitchen. Inspired and unafraid to challenge conventional thinking about beer, Jim brought the recipe to life with hopes drinkers would appreciate the complex, full-flavor and started sampling the beer in Boston. He named the flagship brew Samuel Adams Boston Lager in recognition of one of our nation’s founding fathers, a revolutionary man of independent and pioneering spirit. Today, Samuel Adams is one of the world’s most awarded breweries and remains focused on crafting the highest quality beers through innovation and experimentation in the relentless pursuit of better. Samuel Adams remains dedicated to elevating and growing the American craft beer industry overall, including providing education and support for entrepreneurs and fellow brewers through its philanthropic program, Brewing the American Dream, which helps others pursue their American Dream. For more information, visit www.SamuelAdams.com or follow @SamuelAdamsBeer.
The leading cider across the country, Angry Orchard’s cider makers experiment with apple varieties near and far to continuously develop new cider styles and flavors. Crafted with real apples and the highest quality ingredients, Angry Orchard is balanced, refreshing, and full of flavor, with a wide variety of styles fit for all. At the home of Angry Orchard on a 60-acre apple orchard in New York’s Hudson Valley, the team of cider makers create small-batch experimentation with fruit grown right on-site while offering an experience for guests to sip cider amongst the trees. To learn more about Angry Orchard, visit AngryOrchard.com. Please drink responsibly.
