DarkUncle
Well-Known Member
I just racked my pumkin ale over to the secondary after 3 weeks in the primary. I dropped a couple cinnammon sticks into the secondary. Can I, or should I, add anything else to help aid the flavors? I took a sample as it was racking over and got a perfect gravity reading. Right on the money. I then took a taste.
It tasted a bit like a pumkin ale. It definitely had a bite to it, to be expected I suppose. But it tasted like it was missing...something. This was a kit from Midwest Supplies. Added 3 cans of baked pumkin along with the included cinnammon/nutmeg packet while brewing.
It definitely needed more cinnammon which is why I dropped a couple sticks into the secondary. Only other way I can describe it is that it didn't taste as sweet as a typical pumpkin ale does which surprised me because of the addition of a pack of brown sugar to the brewpot that came with the kit. It also seemed a bit on the dry side.
Perhaps this will all change in the secondary and in the bottle? Not sure.
Any advice with this batch?
Thanks,
Chris
It tasted a bit like a pumkin ale. It definitely had a bite to it, to be expected I suppose. But it tasted like it was missing...something. This was a kit from Midwest Supplies. Added 3 cans of baked pumkin along with the included cinnammon/nutmeg packet while brewing.
It definitely needed more cinnammon which is why I dropped a couple sticks into the secondary. Only other way I can describe it is that it didn't taste as sweet as a typical pumpkin ale does which surprised me because of the addition of a pack of brown sugar to the brewpot that came with the kit. It also seemed a bit on the dry side.
Perhaps this will all change in the secondary and in the bottle? Not sure.
Any advice with this batch?
Thanks,
Chris