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JamesM

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I way over did mine with the spice tea method, but after a few months in the bottle the flavor mellowed significantly. Its still really spicy, but it wasn't even drinkable at first.

craigbrew

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Does any one know what base style beer this would be put in. I entered it in a competion and they hammered me because I didn't select a base style. I want to enter it again.

I got a 34.5 for a score.

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mb2696

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I brewed up 5 gals of this last weekend. I did mash the pumpkin and didn't have any lautering/sparing problems. I did include about 0.5# of rice hulls though. I also roasted the pumpkin for 90m at 350 as suggested by some, and would also recommend it myself. It does seem to intensify the pumpkin flavor. Lastly, I added 1.5tsp pumpkin pie spice (dissolved in warm water) at flameout. Overall the wort turned out really good. It really resembled a piece of pumpkin pie, but not gross, and the balance of pumpkin and spice was pretty good. Can't wait to see how it turns out...

Yuri_Rage

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The base style is somewhere between a mild and a brown ale. It's a little too high in ABV for a mild, but it's a bit light for a brown. I'd go with 11C. Northern English Brown for the base style.

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Korben

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Want to have this completely done around early November. I was thinking about brewing the extract version (would like to do a partial mash it there is a recipe out tere). However, I cannot find pumpkin. Thought about ordering it online. I have also read various opinions about roasting times from 30 minutes to 1.5 hours, what effect will the longer roasting have. Also, has anyone tried this brew without the pumpkin and if so have you compared it to those with the pumpkin?

Thanks.

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kingmatt

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Getting ready to brew this and can't find a concensus in this thread on whether to add the pumpkin right to the boil or to put it in a grain bag?

I am brewing the extract version, thanks!

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Primary 1: Pale Wheat
Primary 2: Galaxy/MO SmaSH
Secondary 1: Air
Secondary 2: Air
Kegged: Yooper's DFH 60, Janet's Brown
Bottled: Imperial Pumpkin Spiced Ale, Cream Ale, Traditional Sweet Mead, Ed Wort's Apfelwein
On Deck: Oaked Pumpkin Nut Brown, Weizenbock, American Amber-illo 2.0

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brewdude25

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Did it at the boil and it worked perfect for me!

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kingmatt

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Yes, but did you put it in a grain bag or just dump the pumpkin right into the wort?

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Primary 1: Pale Wheat
Primary 2: Galaxy/MO SmaSH
Secondary 1: Air
Secondary 2: Air
Kegged: Yooper's DFH 60, Janet's Brown
Bottled: Imperial Pumpkin Spiced Ale, Cream Ale, Traditional Sweet Mead, Ed Wort's Apfelwein
On Deck: Oaked Pumpkin Nut Brown, Weizenbock, American Amber-illo 2.0

-=My Keezer Build=-

k1200rsvt

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I used roasted "fresh" pumpkin and did not use a grain bag. I ran the wort through a metal strainer before putting it in the carboy and I still had one massive pile of trub in the bottom of the carboy but everything seemed to go fine.