I have a backlog of beer and not enough bottles, so I want to brew something that I can age in secondary for a while. Xmas ale time. I'm looking for a gingerbread type flavor on this one, so I'm modifying a milk stout to start. I will set 90 minutes on the boil for melanoidin production. Grain choices are: NW Pale Ale for base malt, Victory for sweetness and bread flavor, chocolate malt for it's flavor, roasted barley for a touch of coffee flavor, oats for viscosity, lactose for sweetness ...
Steeping pumpkin in Strike water used for mash, mashing with more pumpkin, and adding more pumpkin in the boil in a bag. Adding pumpkin pie spices late in boil along with lactose. Adding vanilla extract (or beans) after primary and adding cold brew coffee to secondary to (hopefully) create a dark roasted but creamy & delicious pumpkin latte-esque stout.
Basic extract stout to be used as a base for adding various secondary flavors, i.e. coffee, bourbon, etc