SHOCKER4620
New Member
so, I created a pumpkin ale partial mash on 8/21. Mind you this is my second time brewing anything. My first was a extract.
steps below
Mash
1lb Caramel Wheat Malt
1lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -60L
1lb Pale Malt 2 Row
8 oz. Chocolate Malt
58oz Libbys Pumpkin canned
mash in - 5.38qts of water at 161 degrees
step - 149/150 for 60 minutes
had to add 2 qts for heating and cooling purposes
sparge- 168 degrees with a total 3.5 gallons
Made sure I had 5 gallons before boil
pre boil gravity 1.02
6lbs ALE - 60 minutes
29oz libbys pumpkin - 30 minutes
1lb brown sugar - 60 minutes
2tsp ginger root - 10 minutes
2 cinnamon sticks - 10 minutes
1tsp nutmeg - 5 minutes
hops - 1 oz northern brewer - 60 minutes
post boil - 1.061
now this is where things kinda went bad
took me hour and a half to cool to just 80 and i pitched at this temp
yeast - california ale V - white labs WLP051
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Ferment - Primary
7 days at 73 degrees
no/little krausen
little maggot looking things in the brew, but they weren't maggots. I'm thinking grain or yeast.
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Secondary
7 days at 73 degrees
final gravity read 1.018
bottled
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QUESTIONS
1. FIRST OFF, DOES THIS RECIPE LOOK ALRIGHT? I JUST WENT OUT AND CREATED IT MYSELF.
2. WAS THIS THE RIGHT YEAST TO USE? JUST WORRIED BECAUSE THERE WASN'T OR LITTLE KRAUSEN
3. WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE LITTLE MAGGOT LOOKING THINGS WERE?
4. LASTLY, WHEN I BOTTLED, IT SEEMED THERE WERE ABOUT 3 TO 4 BOTTLES THAT HAD SEDIMENT THAT WENT HALF WAY UP THE BOTTLE. I'M ASSUMING THIS IS NOT RIGHT CORRECT? I DON'T THINK I STRAINED IT ALL OUT CORRECTLY. ADVICE PLEASE.
THANKS
DAVID
steps below
Mash
1lb Caramel Wheat Malt
1lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -60L
1lb Pale Malt 2 Row
8 oz. Chocolate Malt
58oz Libbys Pumpkin canned
mash in - 5.38qts of water at 161 degrees
step - 149/150 for 60 minutes
had to add 2 qts for heating and cooling purposes
sparge- 168 degrees with a total 3.5 gallons
Made sure I had 5 gallons before boil
pre boil gravity 1.02
6lbs ALE - 60 minutes
29oz libbys pumpkin - 30 minutes
1lb brown sugar - 60 minutes
2tsp ginger root - 10 minutes
2 cinnamon sticks - 10 minutes
1tsp nutmeg - 5 minutes
hops - 1 oz northern brewer - 60 minutes
post boil - 1.061
now this is where things kinda went bad
took me hour and a half to cool to just 80 and i pitched at this temp
yeast - california ale V - white labs WLP051
======================================
Ferment - Primary
7 days at 73 degrees
no/little krausen
little maggot looking things in the brew, but they weren't maggots. I'm thinking grain or yeast.
========================
Secondary
7 days at 73 degrees
final gravity read 1.018
bottled
====================================
QUESTIONS
1. FIRST OFF, DOES THIS RECIPE LOOK ALRIGHT? I JUST WENT OUT AND CREATED IT MYSELF.
2. WAS THIS THE RIGHT YEAST TO USE? JUST WORRIED BECAUSE THERE WASN'T OR LITTLE KRAUSEN
3. WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE LITTLE MAGGOT LOOKING THINGS WERE?
4. LASTLY, WHEN I BOTTLED, IT SEEMED THERE WERE ABOUT 3 TO 4 BOTTLES THAT HAD SEDIMENT THAT WENT HALF WAY UP THE BOTTLE. I'M ASSUMING THIS IS NOT RIGHT CORRECT? I DON'T THINK I STRAINED IT ALL OUT CORRECTLY. ADVICE PLEASE.
THANKS
DAVID