Simple Pumpkin Ale using fresh pie pumpkins from The Brew Site ( http://www.thebrewsite.com/pumpkin-ale-recipe/). I'm brewing a small extract-hybrid batch just for fun using canned pumpkin 'cause garden pumpkins are not yet ripe.
Fermentables
63% - Dry Malt Extract - Light - US
3
44
8
Extract
11% - Vienna - US
0.5
36
4
Steep
5% - Crystal 40L - CA
0.25
34
40
Steep
5% - Wheat - US
0.25
39
1
Steep
11% - Brown Sugar - US
0.5
46
10
Late
5% - Molasses - US
0.25
36
100
Late
Hops
Mt. Hood
0.5
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
6
18.6
Hallertauer Aroma
0.25
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
7.5
5.8
Yeast
Wyeast American Ale 1056
86%
Other Stuff
Pumpkin Fruit (1.8 lb can)
1.67
each
Mash
Vanilla Extract
0.25
each
FlameOut
Cinnamon
0.06125
each
FlameOut
Nutmeg
0.06125
each
FlameOut
Allspice
0.06125
each
FlameOut
Ginger
0.06125
each
FlameOut
Mash Steps
No mash steps in this recipe
Special Instructions
1.cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger to taste. Roughly, as noted in "Other Stuff"
2.45 oz. canned pumpkin - live pumpkins not ripe. Concerned about trub. Will steep separately at 155 (deg F), then strain into boil.
3.Cool and pitch at 70(deg F), ferment at 68(deg F)
Sam thin gray-green hue to the amber color. Much better head. Same as yesterday's full bottle. I can't smell. Much better.Tastes like beer, but not much like pumpkin beer. Additional carbonation (see Overall Impression below) smoothed out the sharp taste and there seems to be proper (that is beer like) mouth feel with a little bitterness lingering at the end. This was a half bottle. I ran out of beer and had just enough for a half when I was bottling. I thought I would see what happens to a 1/2 bottle. It came out better than the full bottle at this point. Maybe I'm overfilling my bottles, and suppressing the yeast's C02 production?! I will try filling less in my next run.
coppery amber colour, looks a little thin. Not quite enough carbonation yet. Unfortunately for me, I have lost my sense of smell, so I can only say " it's not strong enough to register" still bitter and a little sharp. Not enough pumpkin spice to interest me. thin. Carbonation still low. Not too happy, so far. Will try again in a week.
Comments
Disappointed in the high level of trub in the primary bucket. I lost a pint of wort to gravity testing and that left in the trub. Ended up with about 2.25 in secondary
9/11/2014 3:40:12 PM
Disappointed in the final product. Color has a greenish tone from the pumpkin, but the flavor is one dimensional without enough pumpkin spice flavoring.
10/18/2014 8:17:23 AM
After 6 weeks in the bottle, it is very, very good. However, now it's all gone!
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Disappointed in the high level of trub in the primary bucket. I lost a pint of wort to gravity testing and that left in the trub. Ended up with about 2.25 in secondary
9/11/2014 3:40:12 PMDisappointed in the final product. Color has a greenish tone from the pumpkin, but the flavor is one dimensional without enough pumpkin spice flavoring.
10/18/2014 8:17:23 AMAfter 6 weeks in the bottle, it is very, very good. However, now it's all gone!
12/7/2014 10:53:57 AMIt just gets better!
3/24/2015 1:47:07 PM