Annual October Collaboration Returns with Fan-Favorite Jack-O Pumpkin Ale Donut
and a Mysterious New Angry Orchard Apple Cider Donut
PRESS RELEASE / October 1, 2026 (Boston, MA) – Kane’s Donuts is bringing back its popular fall collaboration with fellow New England favorites Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard this October, featuring two limited-edition seasonal donuts inspired by some of the season’s most anticipated sips.
Returning for 2026 is the Sam Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale Donut, alongside an all-new twist on Kane’s Angry Orchard Hard Apple Cider Donut, this year made with Angry Orchard Mystery Caller, a mystery cider featured in the brand’s new Thriller Variety Pack. Available for a limited time throughout October at all Kane’s Donuts locations, the collaboration gives customers a chance to enjoy two quintessential fall flavors, with one keeping them guessing.
The Sam Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale Donut returns as a perfectly pumpkin’d cake-style donut drenched in Kane’s award-winning honey glaze infused with a reduction of Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale. The seasonal beer brings together classic fall spices including cinnamon and nutmeg for a familiar autumn flavor.
This year, Kane’s is putting a mysterious spin on its Angry Orchard Hard Apple Cider Donut. The cake-style apple cider donut is made with fresh apple cider and a hint of cinnamon before being dipped in Kane’s signature honey glaze reduced with Angry Orchard Mystery Caller.
But there’s a catch: the flavor of Mystery Caller is a secret.
Part of Angry Orchard’s new ‘Thriller Variety Pack’, Mystery Caller joins three other Halloween-inspired ciders, Headless Pumpkin, Blood Orange and Caramel Apple Curse, but unlike its packmates, Mystery Caller keeps its flavor identity under wraps. Kane’s is inviting customers to taste the new donut throughout October and see if they can crack the mystery themselves.
“Our collaborations with Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard have become something we look forward to each fall, and this year we wanted to have a little more fun with it,” says Maria Delios, Co-Owner and Donut Master at Kane’s Donuts. “Jack-O is always a favorite, and using Mystery Caller in our apple cider donut gives our customers something completely new to try. We can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks the mystery flavor is.”
Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is a seasonal pumpkin ale featuring cinnamon and nutmeg aromas reminiscent of freshly baked pumpkin pie, balanced by a crisp, refreshing finish. Kane’s has once again incorporated the award-winning beer into its signature honey glaze, creating a fall collaboration between two longtime Boston-area brands.
Angry Orchard Mystery Caller was crafted to be as elusive as it is refreshing, combining familiar fall and party-inspired flavors while leaving its exact identity a mystery. Rather than revealing what is inside, Angry Orchard is challenging fans to taste it for themselves, and now Kane’s customers can join the guessing game in donut form.
The two limited-edition donuts will be available at all Kane’s Donuts locations: 120 Lincoln Avenue in Saugus, 1575 Broadway at Essex Landing in Saugus, and 90 Oliver Street in Boston’s Financial District.
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.
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