bwatts4200

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I am attempting my first fall season brew! I bought the ingredients for a pumpkin spice ale. But I want to add something to make it different! Please tell me what you guys have done or think would go well!

Thoughts Ive had: Vanilla bean, Cinnamon, this one is a little far out but i have peppers in the garden.

Looking forward to your responses!

Xalwine

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Think of everything that makes fall flavors. a favorite of mine had pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, brown sugar, and some vanilla.

I have wondered what it would taste like if I added some of Starbucks pumpkin spice syrup in the last 5 minutes of my boil.... But that's just silly.

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SouthernCross

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I think the pumpkin pie spice or all-spice and cinnamon are definites, and the vanilla or vanilla bean and brown sugar sound great. Your pepper might add a nice back-flavor to it.

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Bottled - Pumpkin Ale bottled and in T-A-D
Kegged & Tapped - Over-hopped Honey Wheat, Christmas Wit
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bds3

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My pumpkin ale, now 8 weeks in the bottle, had canned pumpkin in the boil, as well as pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and brown sugar. The nutmeg is a little prevalent, but that's me being super picky because overall the beer is seriously awesome. Best pumpkin beer I've tried, hands down. I think it has to do with the pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon more than anything, so those would be my suggestions. If you add it, go light on nutmeg. If you're really interested I could try to find the exact amounts I used.

SouthernCross

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Was this a kit or a recipe, or did you just make it up as you went?

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Primary 1 - Pale Ale - Hoggetown Ale Works recipe
Primary 2 -

Secondary -

Bottled - Pumpkin Ale bottled and in T-A-D
Kegged & Tapped - Over-hopped Honey Wheat, Christmas Wit
Kegged & Carbing - Steam Clone

collinsDPT

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#IamInterested

Cap'n Jewbeard

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My standard spice mix for a pumpkin ale is cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, sometimes vanilla bean, and cardamom pods.

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A little of both. I did this as an extract. A friend of mine made the AHS Pumpkin Ale, so I basically took his instruction sheet and bought all the same grains/extract from my local store. I made some changes though, including adding an extra pound of extract. Regarding the "spice pack" that came with his kit, I did not use any orange peel, and I used double the nutmeg and cinnamon for my recipe, as well as adding pumpkin pie spice. I added the same amount of pumpkin pie spice as the amount of nutmeg I used. I can't find the recipe, so I apologize I can't be that much help, but if anyone on here knows how much the AHS pumpkin ale calls for spice-wise, you can go off that.

Most importantly (probably for color more than flavor, but who knows), I put a 30-oz can of pumpkin in with the steeping grains, and another 30-oz in toward the end of the boil. It didn't really create all that much trub compared to a normal brew for me either.

I wish I could help you out more with the amounts of spice, I think the nutmeg and PPS were around 2 tsps, the cinnamon around 1, but I could be totally off so don't trust that. Good luck - if I manage to find the recipe I'll update ya.

bds3

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This is the first brew of mine that I don't want to share with friends, if that tells you how good it is...

Chuckabrewski

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Nice I steeped 60 oz of pumpkin pie mix with my grains I hope it turns out as well as yours.

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