I recently brewed a basic American Pale Ale (extract, basic recipe from The Brew Hut in Co and pulled the pumpkin component of a pumpkin golden ale: 2 cans of pumpkin pie mix added to the boil, 1 tbsp of pumpkin pie spice.
When I racked it into it secondary, it definitely had a strong hop aroma. I just bottled last night and took a few tastes and there's definitely no taste of pumpkin, but some great pale ale flavors... So it's not like I have 5 gallons of swill, I just want to know what happened to the pumpkin.
Is it simply because the amount of hops overpowered the pumpkin flavor? I didn't add anything in secondary and left a majority of the solids at the bottom of the first carboy.
Any advice? I'm starting branch out to more flavored beers (just finishing up the watermelon wheats left over from the summer!) and would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks!
When I racked it into it secondary, it definitely had a strong hop aroma. I just bottled last night and took a few tastes and there's definitely no taste of pumpkin, but some great pale ale flavors... So it's not like I have 5 gallons of swill, I just want to know what happened to the pumpkin.
Is it simply because the amount of hops overpowered the pumpkin flavor? I didn't add anything in secondary and left a majority of the solids at the bottom of the first carboy.
Any advice? I'm starting branch out to more flavored beers (just finishing up the watermelon wheats left over from the summer!) and would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks!