Multiple - Thunderstruck Pumpkin Ale (AG and Extract versions) - Page 15

McBrewski · 08-17-2009, 08:30 PM

1. Will a 6.5g pail be large enough for primary without using a blowoff tube?

2. Does the roasted pumpkin go into a grain bag before being added to the boil or do you just toss the **** right in?

**Yuri_Rage** · 08-18-2009, 03:23 AM

Technically, you should mash biscuit malt. Steeping it around 150° F will actually allow some of it to convert. IMHO, just use it.

I put the pumpkin in a grain bag when I made the extract version. I still had a ton of trub. It's messy stuff!

corvax13 · 08-18-2009, 07:59 PM

Hey Yuri

Just wanted to say thank you from a new homebrewer. Just read through this entire post (which I guess gets revived at around this time every year), and your constant improvements and patience with all these questions is very admirable.

I am looking forward to brewing this at the end of the month.

Thanks!

StickyWicket · 08-19-2009, 12:47 AM

Thanks, Yuri! Tomorrow is brew day for me. Wish me luck!

aeonderdonk · 08-19-2009, 04:02 AM

Definitely going to give this a try. I plan to add pumpkin to the mash after baking, spice additions at 5 mins. Here is what a 5.5G batch is looking like:

Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.5 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 71.2 %
2 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 16.9 %
1 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 8.5 %
0.5 lb Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 3.4 %
1 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (60 min) Hops 13.4 IBU
0.75 tsp Ginger Root (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
0.75 tsp Cloves (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.25 tsp Nutmeg (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.25 tsp Allspice (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.75 tsp Cinnamon Ground (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
66.00 oz Pumpkin (Mash 90.0 min)

aeonderdonk · 08-19-2009, 04:28 AM

Should I include the pumpkin's weight when calculating mash/sparge volumes?

rjvanden · 08-19-2009, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeonderdonk

Definitely going to give this a try. I plan to add pumpkin to the mash after baking, spice additions at 5 mins. Here is what a 5.5G batch is looking like:

Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.5 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 71.2 %
2 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 16.9 %
1 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 8.5 %
0.5 lb Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 3.4 %
1 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (60 min) Hops 13.4 IBU
0.75 tsp Ginger Root (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
0.75 tsp Cloves (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.25 tsp Nutmeg (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.25 tsp Allspice (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.75 tsp Cinnamon Ground (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
66.00 oz Pumpkin (Mash 90.0 min)

Seems like alot of spice, no? I'm just hoping mine turns out... 1.5 weeks in secondary so far

aeonderdonk · 08-20-2009, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjvanden

Seems like alot of spice, no? I'm just hoping mine turns out... 1.5 weeks in secondary so far

A lot of other pumpkin beer recipes have around this much spice (even more in some cases). Figured I would scale it up a bit.

**amishland** · 08-21-2009, 08:20 PM

Two questions:

Can I use hallertau mittelfruh in place of EKG?

Would this be a canidate to FWH? and have no kettle additions? just use the amount of HalMit that beersmith tells me via FWH?

**Yuri_Rage** · 08-22-2009, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeonderdonk

Should I include the pumpkin's weight when calculating mash/sparge volumes?

Since pumpkin isn't likely to absorb much liquid, you probably don't need to account for it when calculating the amount of liquor for the mash/sparge.

Quote:

Originally Posted by amishland

Two questions:

Can I use hallertau mittelfruh in place of EKG?

Would this be a canidate to FWH? and have no kettle additions? just use the amount of HalMit that beersmith tells me via FWH?

You can substitute any hop you like. Hallertau sounds like a fine idea. I don't recommend FWH for this one. You don't want hop flavor, just a little bitterness to balance the brew.