I've been considering using sweet potatoes in beer for a good while now. I've read you can sub the sweet tatters for pumpkin.
Yeah you can. But there's something even better, that makes things taste better and EVEN MORE PUMPKIN-Y than pumpkin itself, and that even includes a superior, more flavorful pumpkin pie. Even better than sweet potato. Know what it is?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick...
Time's up! I'm sorry, but the answer was butternut squash. Unless you actually guessed correctly - then congrats, liar!
Seriously though, if you make a "pumpkin" pie using butternut squash but tell everybody it's pumpkin, I promise they'll say it's the best they've ever had. That's of course assuming you can make a decent pumpkin pie to begin with.
And it doesn't stop with pie. You can get a better, more "pumpkin-y"-tasting flavor in anything you might use pumpkin, such as cookies, or, yes - even beer!
Try it for yourself this coming fall. I don't charge for this advice, but when you inevitably find that it rocks your world and that you're unable to thank me with mere words, I'll accept cash, gift cards to online homebrew stores, or even a selection of your finest homebrews and local craft brews in lieu of verbal or written gratitude.
Oh... and you're welcome!