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BeerBalls · 08-06-2009, 04:01 PM

Thanks for the recipe - anyone have any thoughts on the hops?

HellenicHomeBrewer · 08-06-2009, 05:29 PM

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f76/thunderstruck-pumpkin-ale-ag-extract-versions-26699/

aeonderdonk · 08-19-2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Reno_eNVy_446

Well, the brown ale recipe is up to you (personally I'd use at least a pound of brown malt and a bit of special b) but as for the punkin, we have two very large ones growing in the hopes of doing this.

In previous years we added a can of pumpkin filling to the boil and then a can into secondary. Good luck!

That.............looks..............awesome!

BeerPressure · 08-19-2009, 01:37 AM

Wouldnt there be a HUGE risk of infection by fermenting inside a pumpkin??

**Reno_eNVy** · 08-19-2009, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BeerPressure

Wouldnt there be a HUGE risk of infection by fermenting inside a pumpkin??

Post #9, sir....

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But I think I may keep it in the primary-pumpkin for only 4-5 days... just enough to finish up the majority of primary fermentation so I don't have to worry about the pumpkin getting haggard.

Make a strong starter, ensure fermentation starts quick. The mad amounts of CO2 and alcohol being created will keep stuff safe until, like I said before, primary fermentation has completed.

And just like coconuts, the interior of the pumpkin is sterile. So just get it done quick before stuff has a chance to grow!

aeonderdonk · 08-20-2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Reno_eNVy_446

Post #9, sir....
And just like coconuts, the interior of the pumpkin is sterile. So just get it done quick before stuff has a chance to grow!

hmmmm coconut beer

illinibrew04 · 09-09-2009, 03:06 AM

Grain bill...I saw a clone recipe online that claims to get this beer "VERY close". I don't know what that means but here it is...
Ingredients:
10 lbs pale 2 row malt
1 lbs Special Roast
1 lbs Crystal 60
2-large cans libbys pumpkin - in the mash

1 lbs brown sugar - 60 min
1 ounces Hallertauer - 60 min
1 1/2 TBS PUMPKIN PIE SPICE, boil 15 minutes
1 tablet of whirlfloc – 15 minutes
1 oz. Hallertauer finishing – 5 minutes

Wyeast American ale yeast

If you want to get it to 1.070, though you might need to add more 2-row by beersmith's calculations. Also, FWIW, in his book Extreme Brewing, Sam Calagione uses 1 tsp. each of allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg at 5 min. left in the boil for his punkin porter. Hops for the porter are Hallertau (60 min), Cascade (20 min) and Hallertau (5 min)

**krenshaw** · 09-01-2011, 07:57 PM

ok, reviving an old thread..

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Well, the brown ale recipe is up to you (personally I'd use at least a pound of brown malt and a bit of special b) but as for the punkin, we have two very large ones growing in the hopes of doing this.

i didn't notice any reviews of the finished product from this pumpkin MLT.. anybody else do something like this and can post some taste results.. also for any other recipes for the brown ale that may be included in here? SWMBO's favorite beer is DFH Punkin so this would actually be one she would enjoy helping to make, instead of just reaping the benefits :-)

**KozHops** · 09-01-2011, 08:13 PM

Take a look at Reno's recipe for Punkin ale here: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f76/punkin-ale-145060/.

I have this in the secondary and am bottling it tonight so I can't give any reviews but it sure smells good.

**Reno_eNVy** · 09-01-2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by krenshaw

ok, reviving an old thread..

i didn't notice any reviews of the finished product from this pumpkin MLT.. anybody else do something like this and can post some taste results.. also for any other recipes for the brown ale that may be included in here? SWMBO's favorite beer is DFH Punkin so this would actually be one she would enjoy helping to make, instead of just reaping the benefits :-)

Sadly, I didn't end up doing the pumpkin MLT myself.... it got way too hot at the end of that season followed by snow right after.... so we lost our crop. But I did assist a friend in doing so. There really doesn't seem to be an advantage, per se, but it's just plain fun (and weird.) We gave it 5 days in the pumpkin and then racked to secondary.... there was no infection.

And thanks for the link KozHops!