campbelldm1
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I am getting ready to do my pumpkin beer and after research I have seen mention of doing this. Has anyone done it? Does it work?
I am getting ready to do my pumpkin beer and after research I have seen mention of doing this. Has anyone done it? Does it work?
Definitely definitely definitely use Rice hulls. A stuck sparge sucks and the time you spend trying to extract whatever you can will drive you nuts.
I used 15 lbs of the canned pumpkin puree and in the mash it liquefied and I had a stuck sparge. Rice hulls should solve that issue next time.
Dissolve it in your strike water first. Then add the grain. Fewer clumps that way. Plan on sticky. It's sticky.
Sounds like a whole lot of work to me. I don't add any pumpkin, just the spices. People swear they can taste the pumpkin.
What I get from it is a starchy pumpkin mouthfeel (in a good way) to the beer... with that and spice the two compliment each other. The mouthfeel is different than just using wheat. (just my uneducated opinion with my beer)
What I get from it is a starchy pumpkin mouthfeel (in a good way) to the beer... with that and spice the two compliment each other. The mouthfeel is different than just using wheat. (just my uneducated opinion with my beer)
Bingo. It does add a heavier mouthfeel, especially if you mash high (156ish). The spices help too, but I feel that without the pumpkin, it often tastes like a [insert base malt variety] with cinnamon and allspice.
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