Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Nottingham-Dry
Yeast Starter: no
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.040
Final Gravity: 1.010
IBU: 19.4
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 29
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 21 days 68 degrees f
Tasting Notes: Delicious

5lbs. Two Row - Uk
1lb. Brown malt - homemade
8oz. Crystal 60l
8oz. Victory malt
6oz. Pale chocolate
4oz. Roasted Barley
2oz. Chocolate malt
1 cup cocoa powder
1lb. Canned pumpkin

152 mash

.75oz Target hops 8.8%AA - 30min.

5 ancho chile's - in fermenter for two weeks after fermentation is finished

Carbed to 1.9 volumes

Overall this is a fantastic beer. My favorite specialty beer to date. I brewed this before Christmas to give as gifts and am now bummed that I have only a few bottles left.

There is no pumpkin flavor to this beer. It was just added.to give body to what is a very dry beer. The nose is full of chocolate and just a bit of sweet Chili. The taste is much the same as the nose, chocolate and coffee upfront with just a bit of chili in the back. The Chili flavor isn't really spicy. This beer is great and wonderfully easy to drink, but with enough going on to keep it interesting. Ill post a pic soon.