802VermontHomebrew
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I went to their website the other week and saw the kit of the month was their pumpkin ale.... So like every other purchase I make I check out the reviews of the kit first.... There was a few comments made about how the beer doesnt have enough cinnamon flavor or lacks pumpkin flavor.... Well I purchased the kit anyways and just added more cinnamon to the boil. I was told by another member (forget who it was) had brewed this kit twice... the first time he added 8 cinnamon sticks to the steeping grain bag and added the small 2 oz powder cinnamon packet provided by the kit. He said it still needed more cinnamon, the second time he brewed he added 12 sticks and said it could use more cinnamon but was good. So I took that advice and added 15 sticks (half sticks) to the boil.
The directions said add the powder spice with the last 2 minutes of the boil time. But I added the cinnamon sticks with the steeping grains for the full 30 it mentioned, for the steeping grains at 155 degrees... It smelt delicious I just hope it tastes as good as it smells... Everything else I followed by the book though.... I guess my only worry would be the cinnamon sticks I added for the full 30 minutes and not just in the last 2 minutes like it said to do with the powder. Oh well Time will tell I guess.
The directions said add the powder spice with the last 2 minutes of the boil time. But I added the cinnamon sticks with the steeping grains for the full 30 it mentioned, for the steeping grains at 155 degrees... It smelt delicious I just hope it tastes as good as it smells... Everything else I followed by the book though.... I guess my only worry would be the cinnamon sticks I added for the full 30 minutes and not just in the last 2 minutes like it said to do with the powder. Oh well Time will tell I guess.