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Primary for a month and then keg for a week and a half. The bottles I'm going to age a bit longer. Keg will be ready for halloween.

So I finally kegged and bottled the batch. It tastes great. There's a semi sweet spice flavor with a little bite at the end. The extra spice was worth it if your a fan of true spice flavored pumpkin beer. Great color as well. Can't wait to drink more!

Kinda from what I could tell. I'll know more on Wednesday.

I added a full extra tsp of pumpkin spice. Kegging an bottling this week, I'm excited.

I did extra spice but I am hoping that all the extra grain and real pumpkin will mellow it out. Haven't tried it yet tho. Kegging in a week or so.

Well so far everything looks and smells amazing. The beer is bubbling, after I got another yeast pack because I didn't trust the already smacked one from NB. I did add an extra tsp of pumpkin spice in addition to the NB spice in the kit. My only issue is that I messed up on the directions...

After reading a few things about the spices, I think ill try adding a little bit more. Most people say the spice was not enough and recorded adding another 1/2 - 1 tsp of pumpkin spice. Another question, this is my first time using liquid yeast. When the kit arrived, the activator pack was...

Just what I was looking for!!! Ill be brewing this tomorrow, Thank you!!

Hello, I am going to try my first pumpkin ale and went with the NB extract kit. They recommended that i get an extra 3lb of grain and mix that in with the kit grains and pumpkin flesh. My questions are, do I just add everything to the bag (flesh, kit grain, and extra grain) and steep...

I use dry yeast in all of the beers I brewed, and all except one were just thrown straight in to the wort and mixed. As for the primary, Ill try my next batch with no secondary and a 3 week primary if I am not dry hopping. If I am dry hopping or transferring to a secondary, are you supposed...

Ill also try getting the reverse osmosis water for my next batch and see if that makes a difference. Also, would it help to test the pH of the water and beer to see if maybe something is off or do I have the wrong idea about that? Another question, Im going to purchase my next brew tonight...

Good suggestion, but I currently don't have anywhere else to ferment that will keep it cool. I also keep an eye on it the fermometer which is fixed to the bucket. It stays pretty constant but I am not sure if that's reading the air or the beer. I may need to look into getting some kind of...

Thats another possibility but I ferment in my basement where the temp is a constant 62-64 degrees. I also secondary ferment, which prevents me from leaving the beer in the primary for longer than a week. Should I just skip secondary and leave it in the primary? I am also going to try a...

I dont have the recipes right in front of me at the moment (ill try to post them later) but the beers I have brewed are as follows. Also I do enjoy bitter beers, and IPA is my favorite by far. Extra hoppy beers I love, but the bitter I am getting is completely different. I can still taste...

I do steep the grains and am very careful not to exceed the max temp. I usually bring the water up to temp, steep grain for 20 mins, then remove grain and full boil. Should I be doing something differently, I try to follow the instructions exactly.

I might try a different water source. I just figured rather than using tap water, id just buy spring water from the store. (Giant Acadia brand) Any suggestions for water or other suggestions on how to tame the bitterness?

I do extract kits, mostly from northern brewer. I also use bottled spring water rather than tap water. Stove top boils with small brew pot and cool the wort with a wort chiller before transferring to primary.

Well I love hoppy beers as well and IPA's are one of my favorites but compared to real IPA beers I get at the local microbrews and other small breweries around, my beer is just much, much different. I can taste the hops in the beer but it does not seem to even out with the sweetness of the...

I just got into home brewing this past winter instantly became addicted. I brewed 4 different beers so far and all of them turned out bitter. With all of the brews I primary one week, secondary two weeks, and bottle condition or keg for 3 weeks or longer. No matter how long they sit, the...