tubercle, I'm with you. Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale has roasted pumpkin seeds, and it's my fave pumpkin beer (and I really hate most pumpkin beers.)
I think you should always try to run with those bright flashes of genius, because even if they are failures at least you regret something you did do rather than something you didn't do.
As for the fat content... add carapils and damn the torpedos.