Mainebrew
Well-Known Member
I recently made a pumpkin ale and boiled the pumpkin. This seems to have killed some of the pumpkin taste and smell. I put the pumpkin in at the 1st 15 min of the boil and it smelled great I used all the recommended spices but used 2/3 due to I want this on tap the end of oct. So I checked the gravity of this and tested a sample. Note 90 min boils produce much clearer beer (1st 90 min boil).
Used notti yeast and it got a whisker below 1.010, so it is a little hot. After a sip I really had a little hint of pumpkin and no spices (all spice cinnamin, pumpkin pie spice). My ? is I need this to taste a little more like I intended should I do a spice tea up and add it the keg?
Any thoughts?
Used notti yeast and it got a whisker below 1.010, so it is a little hot. After a sip I really had a little hint of pumpkin and no spices (all spice cinnamin, pumpkin pie spice). My ? is I need this to taste a little more like I intended should I do a spice tea up and add it the keg?
Any thoughts?