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So I got a 29oz can of pumpkin and evenly spread it out on a pan, lightly dusted it with dark brown sugar and baked at 365 for 50 min. I added it to the boil and continued to brew my smashing pumpkin ale extract kit from northern brewer. The og was originally supposed to be 1.054 but I got...

I'm gonna be doing the same thing when I make the brew at the end of the month

Did you add any sugar? You're probably fine it's not gonna elicit any noticeable changes in the taste. My first brew was 1.044 and I measured it at 1.040 and it turned out to be just fine

Do I need 6-row if I'm using canned pumpkin?

I don't have a Carboy or secondary fermenter so I should achieve relatively the same results just adding another week or two to the primary right?

And this is for a 5 gallon batch I'm assuming? (30 oz of canned pumpkin)

When you add the canned pumpkin to the mash/boil, is roasting it always something you want to do? Also, when you add to boil, is it right when you steep the grains and just stir it in to get the flavor and aroma into the wort? I'm also doing the northern brewer smashing pumpkin ale since it's...