Run3minman
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Made a pumpkin brew and am really wanting some good flavor any suggestions/objections on what I could add to the secondary??? I was thinking maybe a cinnamon stick? All suggestions welcome.
Adding spices to secondary???
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beerman0001
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Are you going to bottle or keg? If bottling take a taste test before racked into bottling bucket then adjust the flavor with adding some more spices to the priming sugar. Mine Turned out really good. I am a baker by trade so I know exactly how I wanted my spice level to be. If kegging I would taste then make a spice tea and add till you kit the flavor you are looking for.
collinsDPT
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I plan on bottling my pumpkin ale. Before I racked to secondary last week I added 2 cinnamon sticks (after being soaked in a little vodka) and 1 Tbsp of vanilla extract.
hex1848
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I racked a pumpkin ale this week myself. I make a "tea" by boiling 3 cups of water with 3 cloves, a little fresh ginger, 3 crushed allspice berries, a cinnamon stick and 2" of a vanilla bean. This got strained, chilled and added to the secondary as it got filled. We shall see how it turns out...
beerman0001
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Was wondering why vanilla is so popular?? not what I am looking for in a pumpkin.
collinsDPT
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It makes the beer a little more "creamy".
Run3minman
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I am kegging it. Lots of good ideas but I'm still not sure. Any more???
Rolly
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collinsDPT said:
Yep. You need to use just enough to balance with the spices. Adding vanilla to my pumpkin ale this year made all the difference.
Hoodweisen
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i was gonna throw in a tablespoon of pumpkin spice but now maybe some vanilla too how much ballpark for five gallons
collinsDPT
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I added 1 Tbsp to my secondary with 5 gallons. I am going to taste it again at bottling and add it in small amounts, if necessary, until it is just right.
HollisBrewCo
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I'm going to use nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and ginger in mine. I made separate tinctures of all the spices and i plan on doing some experimentation to see what levels i want of the individual spice flavors. check out a full write up on the process and my thoughts here http://hollisbrewco.blogspot.com/2011/10/making-spice-tinctures.html
