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My pumpkin ale is gone. Came out fantastic. Gave some to a few pumpkin ale lovers, and every one of them said they preferred it over the ones they've bought. My aunt even did a blind test w 3 of her friends; mine and pumking, they all picked mine. Pretty proud !

By the way, you could definitely put it in the boil straight from the can if you wanted to. I made a 'Halloween' beer that I made up; added 3/4 of a can of pumpkin pie filling to it (un-baked)...came out great with just a small hint of pumpkin in the background.

This sounds amazing. How did you brew this?

Baking the pumpkin filling crystalizes the sugars which will bring out more of the sweetness/pumpkin flavor.

Cool. Eager to hear how it comes out. Started popping some of mine this week. Very happy w it. Pumpkin flavor settled to a perfect level, and i can taste a small hint of the graham cracker. Needs to carb/condition a tad more, maybe another week or so. All who've had a taste so far really like...

Sounds good! How was the color? 1.070 is a lot higher than mine. Have fun with the siphoning. You'll have to post updates on everything. I'm going to be bottling my pumpkin in a few days.

Sounds good, I'll do some reading!

I lost well over a gallon this time, close to 2. Pretty unfortunate, but the racking became unbearable, so I cut my losses. Siphon tubing got clogged a lot. Last time I brewed a pumpkin I only lost about a gallon. The extra can of Libby's with the addition of graham crackers caused this greater...

Racked pumpkin to secondary today, lost serious volume, but it tastes amazing. It's pumpkin pie beer.

All these recipes do sound awesome. I like to see al the different variations people do. The graham cracker was new for me this year. I also recently brewed a beer I pretty much put together myself. Calling it my Halloween ale. Has 3/4 can of pumpkin in it, little bit of chocolate malt, some...

Enjoy!

Took a gravity reading of my pumpkin pie ale yesterday. Smells and tastes amazing so far; good pumpkin presence. Spices not overpowering but add to the "pie" aspect. Nice orange color. Still got that young-homebrew taste right now. I'll post more detailed results when I transfer it...

Sounds pretty awesome. Keep us updated on it. Curious to see what you think of the graham cracker extract...

Would love to hear updates on the maple syrup

I'd say that seems pretty normal. Putting it in secondary will help a lot with getting rid of the sludge. If you can, cold crash it for a few days before bottling. I'm definitely going to with mine. Tastes amazing so far.