Just pitched the yeast at 4:12 pm on a cool pumpkin ale recipe from Gordon Strong. It had 9 pounds of pumpkin puree baked in the oven and put in a mesh bag. The bag went in the mash tun during the sparge and in the boil kettle until the boil was reached. The amazing spices went in at flame out, in their own mesh bag and whirl-pooled and steeped for ten minutes. Hydro sample tasted and smelled like grandma's pumpkin pie and that was just the wort sample. Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out as it's my first attempt at a pumpkin ale.
John
John