Recent content by rob4jc

I didn't realize I never made a final post! It has been almost 2 years. I now brew with a BIAB in my brew kettle and my buddies 55 gallon system. As for the pumpkin, it was really great. But my last had no pie and lots of fresh vanilla bean scrapped in secondary. Highly recommended to get...

Pumpkin is in keg! Had to add 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice and vanilla. May add more, needs to carb first. But so far so good!

Was out of town during primary. But it worked! Noticed minimal oil slick on top. Couldn't really even scoop it out there was so little. No starter. Looks like it started fermenting a little more after I racked to secondary. Out of town. Will post pics soon.

UPDATE... Transferred to secondary today. It smells and tastes awesome! This was based on Harpoon UFO. Wheat base with light and fresh pumpkin spice with a Graham cracker finish. Was gonna adjust spices and maybe add vanilla and/or lactose. But it is great as is! FG is 5.89 ABV. Est was only...

Sorry, video won't post from phone app.

Pie mashed...

Had a Cherry Lager last night that had a hint of fresh cherry pie (a little sour) at the end. Was actually pretty good! And ST Creme Brulee Stout is insane!

The pie has been baked.

Do not be troubled my friends, brewing this beast tomorrow morning! I am making the pie tonight. Store bought crust. I found that Graham crackers have all the same ingredients as the crust, so no risk reduced by making my own. I will make my own filling. Using organic canned pumpkin. Omitting...

Still moving forward! Buying supplies from my LHBS (Brocks Homebrew Supply) tomorrow and plan to brew Sunday. He said he had a guy put an entire birthday cake in a brew and it turned out great! This is very encouraging.

IDK, havent heard any strange things like that from several people crushing graham crackers in thier brew... But I guess it could happen.

I am definitely for real! I am an extract brewer, so no mash. But I brew in an old keg with a strainer filter valve thing (make sense?), in the bottom of the kettle.

I'm definitely gonna try it! Working with my LHBS, Brock's, to figure out fermentables. Planning on a Harpoon UFO clone as my base. Look at clones on this site and let me know what you think if you have time. On my phone, so hard to paste links. Thanks for the advise!

I really want to make a Pumpkin Ale with a real whole pumpkin pie in the brew! I cant find anyone online that has tried it. I mean just throw a whole pie in the wort. Is there maybe an issue with some of the pie ingredients (milk, eggs, etc)? I would have to do additional spices to taste in...