craig_reed
Well-Known Member
So I brewed my first batch of Pumpkin ale last weekend. I cut up a whole pumpkin (9lbs) that yielded about 5lbs of meat. I cubed, and baked them in the oven at 350 for a little over an hour with a 1/2 of water in the pan. Pumpkin turned out great!
Steeped my grains, and boiled all of my ingredients accordingly (if interested I can post my recipe as well!) but I put the chunked up pumpkin directly into the boil during the last 45 minutes of it.
Upon boil completion and transfer to primary, I strained out the pumpkin along with my hops. The color was phenomenal! A golden, burnt orange color that looked great.
Do you think I will have a strong enough pumkin flavor? I can't wait until this weekend when I rack it to my secondary to taste. I am toying with the idea of possibly adding some canned pumpkin to the secondary and racking on top of it. Any ideas?
I forgot to add my aroma hops to the last 10 minutes of my boil as well, so I just threw them into my primary- will leave them behind when racking to secondary (through strainer).
Steeped my grains, and boiled all of my ingredients accordingly (if interested I can post my recipe as well!) but I put the chunked up pumpkin directly into the boil during the last 45 minutes of it.
Upon boil completion and transfer to primary, I strained out the pumpkin along with my hops. The color was phenomenal! A golden, burnt orange color that looked great.
Do you think I will have a strong enough pumkin flavor? I can't wait until this weekend when I rack it to my secondary to taste. I am toying with the idea of possibly adding some canned pumpkin to the secondary and racking on top of it. Any ideas?
I forgot to add my aroma hops to the last 10 minutes of my boil as well, so I just threw them into my primary- will leave them behind when racking to secondary (through strainer).