DaveGerard
Well-Known Member
They are going to be treated to the whole batch, thru their ears. I did an all extract recipe that I found on BYO, which I then modified slightly by reducing the amount of pumpkin (I only used 1 30 oz can) and by reducing the spices (in this case, only cinammon). As I started to get the brew equipment together, it began pouring down rain, so I brewed the thing on my deck (which is covered). I used some great ingredients too, like honey I got practically straight out of the hive at a harvest festival, and organic cinammon sticks. OG was about 1060, had a very dark orange/red color, and a sip out of the hydrometer sample tasted a lot like honey (which hopefully will settle into the background), and hints of pumpkin and cinammon, and the hops aroma (Styrian Goldings) was real prevalent. I decided that I want this to be an ale first and foremost, and a pumkpin/spice/honey blend a subtle second, if you know what I mean. Oh, and the recipe is on BYO as "Pocahontas Pumkin Pleaser" just type that in the search. I made a split decision to reduce the spices and honey, but this recipe was the framework.