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Old 07-29-2008, 05:35 PM   #1
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Heck - I never heard of it until I came here. Now I feel I MUST brew some.

What's it like - any descriptions? Anybody want to talk me into brewing some??


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I would recommend trying some commmercial pumpkin beers and go from there- the one I would recommend would be O'Fallons.


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Most are spiced so they taste like pumpkin pie. As a matter of fact I don't know that I have every had a pumpkin beer that wasn't spiced. I have all of the stuff for mine and I will be brewing it in a couple weeks, I have one more beer to brew before it. I can't wait for fall though, pumpkin beer around a fire on a chilly autumn night is a wonderful thing.
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It's sort of like you are washing down a piece of pumpkin pie with an American amber.
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There are suddenly 4 pumpkin threads in "new posts".........WTF????

I don't want to say this 4 times, but:

I did a pumpkin seed ale last year, basic pale ale recipe, 1/2 oz bullion hops, roasted pumpkin seeds and cinnamon in secondary.

I didn't really care for many pumpkin commercial brews, so I did the roasted seeds instead. It turned out great,
I will be doing it again.
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cheezy - just post your recipe in the database and link to it.
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I've been toying with the idea of a pumpkin ale, but haven't been too sure whether I'd like it or not. Are there many pumpkin ales available commercially in Summer?
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I've been toying with the idea of a pumpkin ale, but haven't been too sure whether I'd like it or not. Are there many pumpkin ales available commercially in Summer?

Here is a list to try....

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style/72/
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Yea - just try to find any this time of year!
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Yea - just try to find any this time of year!
I missed the "in summer".......LOL

I have tried Lakefront Pumpkin Lager and Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale, both were just OK.


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