I already started brewing this last week when I noticed the recipe called for caramelized pumpkin at @60. It was far too late for me to run to the store and bake it. I decided I'll just add it to secondary. Will this really screw up my beer or will it just be less pumpkiny flavour?
Did I Screw up my Maple Pumpkin Ale
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Maybe I've just missed this, but I've never heard of someone adding pumpkin to the secondary. It's always either in the mash or the boil. I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I'm just not sure it would taste so good. Do what you do, and let us know how it comes out.
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Just pumpkin spice it and be done with it. There's a lot of debate as to whether or not pumpkin actually adds any real flavor anyway. I always put pumpkin in mine, because I feel guilty calling it a pumpkin ale without it, but there's a lot of people who'll tell me (and you) you're wasting your time.
Yeah, there are a lot of good recipes that don't even include pumpkin, but instead just pumpkin pie spices. Jamil has one in his book I think.
I have a "pumpkin spice" ale fermenting right now. I didn't use any pumpkin. With the right combonation of spices i used, it smells like a pumpkin pie. I'm really looking forward to it.
That being said, if you put the pumpkin in the secondary, you'll probably make a huge mess when you rack it out of there and most definitely lose a noticable volume of beer.
That being said, if you put the pumpkin in the secondary, you'll probably make a huge mess when you rack it out of there and most definitely lose a noticable volume of beer.
