Wow, this is excellent. The bitter mellowed perfectly. The heat comes in from behind and if you take more than one sip you can get the subtle pumpkin pie spice.
It is like a great imperial stout with the slow heat that warms your stomach and puts a buzz on just right.
Finger taste test while transferring wort to primary fermentation vessel... very bitter, like the chocolate malt was waaaay too prominent. We'll see how it drops out during fermentation. Next taste in two to three weeks during racking to secondary.
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I cannot wait to make this again. I will probably up the Pumpkin pie spice to a full teaspoon and cut the ghost pepper steep to 3 minutes.
11/8/2015 9:19:22 AM
BTW. I failed the target OG of 1.112, this brew came in at 1.092 and ended up at 1.021 FG. I'll use more squash and change my steep process on the next attempt. I can't wait to see how this develops over the next couple months and continue to imagine how it might be even better with a little higher FG. The added sweetness could make it even better.... maybe.
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I cannot wait to make this again. I will probably up the Pumpkin pie spice to a full teaspoon and cut the ghost pepper steep to 3 minutes.
11/8/2015 9:19:22 AMBTW. I failed the target OG of 1.112, this brew came in at 1.092 and ended up at 1.021 FG. I'll use more squash and change my steep process on the next attempt. I can't wait to see how this develops over the next couple months and continue to imagine how it might be even better with a little higher FG. The added sweetness could make it even better.... maybe.
11/8/2015 9:29:17 AM