Berkbeer
Well-Known Member
I am making my pumpkin beer tomorrow and had some questions. For those of you who have mashed in a cooler with braid do you think there would be value to puttingthemash into an extra large hop bag and then into the cooler with the rice hulls. I may loose some efficiency but avoid stuck sparge and if I do get stuck I can pull the grain with the bag and clear the drain.
I was also trying to increase pumpkin flavor as much as possible and was thinking about adding pumpkin to the boil but I am worried about starch haze. Does anyone have any eexperience with this being an issue? My pland was to mash the sweet potatos and boil the pumpkin to create depth of flavor. I was also thinking to mash the fresh ginger root any thoughts.
Thanks for the suggestions. By the way it is the Yuri_rage Thunderstruck grain bill with my changes to Pumpkin Sweet Potato and Spices in a 6 gallon batch using 10 gallon igloo brain MLT.
I was also trying to increase pumpkin flavor as much as possible and was thinking about adding pumpkin to the boil but I am worried about starch haze. Does anyone have any eexperience with this being an issue? My pland was to mash the sweet potatos and boil the pumpkin to create depth of flavor. I was also thinking to mash the fresh ginger root any thoughts.
Thanks for the suggestions. By the way it is the Yuri_rage Thunderstruck grain bill with my changes to Pumpkin Sweet Potato and Spices in a 6 gallon batch using 10 gallon igloo brain MLT.