This will be my first attempt at a Pumpkin Spice Ale to bring in the next few months of holidays, family gatherings, and gluttony. This recipe is based off of several different sources. The primary structure comes from a few other online recipes that were almost identical and some minor tweaking from a recipe in the book "The Complete Homebrew Beer Book".
Fermentables
6% - Belgian Aromatic - BE
0.75
36
26
Mash
6% - Briess Caramel 20L
0.75
34
20
Mash
4% - Carafoam - DE
0.5
34
1
Mash
2% - English Medium Crystal
0.25
34
50
Mash
73% - Great Western 2-Row
9
36
2
Mash
8% - Great Western Munich 10L
1
35
10
Mash
Hops
Northern Brewer
0.75
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
9.6
28.6
East Kent Goldings
0.5
Leaf
Boil
30 min(s)
5.5
7.6
Yeast
White Labs California Ale WLP001
70%
Other Stuff
Pumpkin Fruit (1.8 lb can)
2
each
Boil
Cinnamon
2.5
tsp
Boil
Nutmeg
1.5
tsp
Boil
Allspice
1.5
tsp
Boil
Irish Moss
1
tsp
Boil
Clarity Ferm
1
each
Primary
Ginger
1
tsp
Boil
Clove
2
each
Boil
Yeast Nutrient
1
tsp
Boil
Vanilla Bean
0.5
each
Boil
Mash Steps
Saccharification Rest
Infusion
153
60 min
Special Instructions
1.Add Pumpkin at start of Boil
2.Add Northern Brewer Hops at 30 Minutes into Boil
3.Add Golding Hops at 60 Minutes into Boil
4.Add Irish Moss and Yeast Nutrient at 75 Minutes into Boil
5.Add Spices at 80 Minutes into Boil
6.Boil for the remaining 10 Minutes
7.Chill Wort
8.Pitch Yeast and Add Clarity Ferm
9.Ferment at 68F to 70F for 2 Weeks
10.Bottle or Keg and Enjoy!
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Comments
I've tried a couple of different pumpkin ales. One with canned pumpkin at the end of boil and one with real roasted pumpkin added to the mash. They were good but I wasn't really blown away. Let me know if the early boil addition works out for you.
2/14/2013 8:57:20 AM
I brewed this last October, and it was my first Pumpkin Ale. I have to say that I really enjoyed it and so did several of the people I shared it with. Using the pumpkin for the duration of the boil, in my opinion, gave this a pleasant wet mouthfeel and really pronounced the pumpkin flavor, but not in a way that was too pimpkiny.
When I brew this again later this year, I'll be upping the hops just a bit to get a little more bittering (all I used was home grown Golding) and I'll be using a lot more spices. The spice flavor and aroma really died off after about 2 weeks. I think I'll continuously add them to the fermenter in small amounts over a 2 week period and see how well it sticks.
2/14/2013 11:18:43 AM
I just tried this one again, had one left. I originally bottled it in 10/2012 so it is definitely dated. It still had some mild cinnamon, all spice and nutmeg aromas, but no spice flavors really present. It was still a pleasant pour with great color and great mouthfeel.
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I've tried a couple of different pumpkin ales. One with canned pumpkin at the end of boil and one with real roasted pumpkin added to the mash. They were good but I wasn't really blown away. Let me know if the early boil addition works out for you.
2/14/2013 8:57:20 AMI brewed this last October, and it was my first Pumpkin Ale. I have to say that I really enjoyed it and so did several of the people I shared it with. Using the pumpkin for the duration of the boil, in my opinion, gave this a pleasant wet mouthfeel and really pronounced the pumpkin flavor, but not in a way that was too pimpkiny.
2/14/2013 11:18:43 AMWhen I brew this again later this year, I'll be upping the hops just a bit to get a little more bittering (all I used was home grown Golding) and I'll be using a lot more spices. The spice flavor and aroma really died off after about 2 weeks. I think I'll continuously add them to the fermenter in small amounts over a 2 week period and see how well it sticks.
I just tried this one again, had one left. I originally bottled it in 10/2012 so it is definitely dated. It still had some mild cinnamon, all spice and nutmeg aromas, but no spice flavors really present. It was still a pleasant pour with great color and great mouthfeel.
2/17/2013 8:47:23 PM