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I went with about 5oz of medium toast French oak that I soaked in Jim Beam along with 3 split/scraped vanilla beans for about 5 weeks prior to adding them to the secondary. Drinking one right now. Good stuff. Easily one of my best brews. Neutron

Brewed my first batch of this about 3 weeks ago. I added some ground cloves and some fresh orange zest to the original recipe, thinking it would be a good Christmas beer. The Ardennes yeast really took its time. The krausen has just fallen in the last day or two. Took the first of my final...

Brewed this one a couple of months ago. Put it in the secondary over bourbon-soaked toasted oak cubes for four weeks. Turned out really well and has been a huge hit with beer-drinking friends and family. Thanks for the recipe. Neutron

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+20 (5gal Pumpkin Ale, 5gal Belgian IPA, 5gal Karmaliet clone, 5gal Quilter's Irish Death clone) =34,105 Neutron

Yes, please.

Oops, autocorrect changed IPA to IPAD. Neutron

Hey, Obie. I'm making an IPAD. Do they make any cites flavored condoms? 😄 Neutron

Yeah, like Rowdha said, the bag keeps all the pumpkin gunk out of your fermenter. I use a paint strainer bag, rather than a muslin sock. The larger size keeps the pumpkin from staying compressed in a a tight cake and allows more of the flavor to get into the wort. Cheers, Neutron Neutron

Suggest spreading your canned pumpkin out on a baking sheet and baking it at 350 for an hour, or so, until it starts to brown on the top. I think this gives it a much better flavor. Neutron

Like the condom idea. I have used balloons with a few holes put in the end with a needle or pin, and it works just fine. Would definitely put the blow-off tube on the fresh batch. Neutron

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******** You are a more patient man than me if you haven't tried this yet. Just wondering ow it turned out Cheers, Neutron Sent from my iPad using Home Brew