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I added 60 oz. to the boil for 20 minutes and 1 oz. of pumpkin pie spice for the last 5 min. Came out great. I'm a believer you can't call it a pumpkin beer if you don't add pumpkin. Although faint, i do believe it adds some flavor and gives a better mouthfeel.

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I agree with this. Just a few years ago I drank Bud Light. I discovered craft beer and immediately started leaning towards the maltier beers, but as i got more and more into brewing my own beer i wanted to try a bunch of different styles and i'm gradually expanding my palate. I only have the...

Ball and Chain Ale

A secondary fermentation is best for a fruit beer. Do your beer as you normally would. After primary fermentation has completed, add some cherries (preferably a puree) to your secondary fermenter and rack the beer on top of the cherries. I would recomend a blow off tube for the secondary as...

My next batch is going to be a pumpkin ale. I'm working out the kinks on the ingredients now. However, all the recipes i see talki about cutting up a pumpkin. I'd prefer to use puree but i see so many different techniques. I'm a little confused. 1. I know some people will say don't even use...

Wow, jumping in head first eh? I always recommend starting off with extract to get your feet wet a little. I'll be brewing this weekend but i'm not in your area, but good luck to you. Happy Brewing!

You can shave the cat..lol just kidding. I am curious what people with pets have to say about this because a buddy of mine i just got into homebrewing is worried about dog hair.

check out Northern Brewers recipe for their Petite Saison. It's hopped quite well. I did it last year. Only mod i did was add a hint of orange peal to the boil but it's quite tasty on it's own and comes to about 4%.

The only thing i can think of is to elevate the chestfreezer so it's close to even with the bar. Build the tower through the freezer lid and if you want to hide the freezer, build a sectional piece to the bar that you can remove to access the freezer. The sectional pc can have the drip tray on...

Yes, the Ithaca one i mentioned is 6% i believe. That is the only "regular" saison i can find. Everything else is brewed peaches, apricots, Orange etc.

I have a Saison carbing right now. I will try it tomorrow night. There are loads of options for this style. Generally they are lower in alc. content and have a highly carbed peppery hop taste to it. You can do just about anything you want to this, add, fruit, spice, both. I brewed mine with just...

Get yourself a propane burner/turkey fryer and brew outdoors. Mine gets my water boiling in about 10 minutes and i don't even turn it up full blast. That being said, i don't know your living situation and if you can brew outdoors. For an ice bath, grab a cheap large round plastic bin from...

You'll lose too much flavor and aroma if you add it to the primary. Racking your beer on top of the fruit in the secondary is the best bet. Just be sure to use a blow off tube. As for the amount. It really depends on how much fruit flavor you're looking for. I feel for a generally balanced...

I always use to look at PBR as a southern redneck type of beer but then i had one at a party last summer and it wasn't awful