American Amber Ale Recipe - Pumpkinhead

Recipe Info

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Pumpkinhead

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All Grain
5 Gallon(s)
6.5 Gallon(s)
70 min
75%
• 1st Place SHV category at the 2013 Burg Fest Homebrew Competition
• 3rd Place SHV category at the 2013 Lee's Summit Oktoberfest Homebrew Competiton

Every year I make several pumpkin beers. This year I used over 5 pounds of canned pumpkin which I roasted for about 30 minutes. I decided to use pumpkin pie spice instead of a mixture of ingredients. I like a big punch of aroma so I used almost a full tbsp. You can always dial it back and add as you go.

Fermentables

55% - 2-Row - US
9
36
2
Mash
23% - Pumpkin
3.75
0
0
Mash
6% - Caramel/Crystal 60 - US
1
36
60
Mash
6% - Victory Malt - US
1
34
28
Mash
6% - Dark Brown Sugar - US
1
46
50
Late
3% - Rice Hulls - US
0.5
0
0
Mash

Hops

Willamette
1
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
5
18.6

Yeast

Fermentis Safale US-05
75%

Other Stuff

McCormicks Pumpkin Pie Spice
0.5
tbsp
FlameOut
Pumpkin (canned)
29
oz
FlameOut
McCormicks Pumpkin Pie Spice
0.5
tbsp
Secondary

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Roast (2) cans of Libby's 100% pumpkin in oven for 30 min at 350F
2.
Mash w/pumpkin at 154F for 60 min
3.
Boil for 70 minutes w/hop additions
4.
Add (1) can of roasted pumpkin and brown sugar w/5 minutes left in boil
5.
Add .5 tbsp McCormicks Pumpkin Pie Spice at flameout
6.
10 day primary
7.
add .5 tbsp to secondary and age for 2-3 weeks
8.
Keg

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Comments

  • ctorx

    The picture just gave me heart palpitations.

    7/31/2013 9:50:56 PM
  • Brewer 103593

    Sounds tasty! Will have to try soon!

    6/23/2015 5:50:52 PM

Recipe Facts

Pumpkinhead
American Amber Ale
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 70  min Boil Time
  • 1.068 OG
  • 1.017 FG
  • 18.6 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.27 BG:GU
  • 16.0° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 6.6% ABV Alcohol
  • 232 per 12oz Calories
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