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I second that! I've made 3 pumpkin brews all using pumpkin, and I wouldn't have it any other way!!!

Resurrecting an old thread here...I am in the same exact position where I have 6.5 ounces of Cascade and 5.5 ounces of Nugget. All from my second year hops. So I really like the notion of the Chaos IPA at https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/chaos-ipa-27081/ However, I am quite interested in an...

And the nugget hops, just about 11 ounces wet.

Sounds great, thanks!

Harvested 2nd year Cascade yesterday. My 3 little ones helped gladly by picking off of the bine - many hands make light work. The yield was 16 ounces wet, they are drying now so it will be interesting to see how many ounces dry.

So, if I remember correctly, the recipe calls for 7 days in the primary and 20 days in the secondary. I transferred to the secondary and added the banana purée after only 6 days. I planned on leaving this in the secondary for 21 days. If it is only taking 14 days for the bananas to finish in...

This is bubbling away, smells great. As usual though I screwed up and ended up with 5.5 gallons!! As far as screw ups go though, that's not a real big deal.

I am totally making a batch of banana fosters ale this weekend! I plan some minor deviations: - Using a little less spiced rum; - Substituting Cascade hops during the last 15 minutes of the boil; and - Adding 1/2 lb of cold-steeped midnight wheat for some fun color effects Looking forward to...

Okay, I actually kegged this last week and it did finish a little bit sweet, but not overly sweet. It definitely smells and tastes like pumpkin, and is moderately strong in alcohol taste. It's very drinkable and SWMBO approves greatly!

Coming along slowly, cascade and nugget

Second year nugget and cascade... I think I will move these next year to the side yard and replace them with two or three Kent Goldings or Fuggles. And let them climb over a pergola.

Looking good Gridlocked! I've got cascade and...I forgot what the other one is...2nd year 7-8 feet tall now

Yes, thank you for asking. It's still in the tertiary fermenter. I have entirely left it alone until about 2 days ago. I took a sample with the wine thief and checked the gravity as well. I was right at 1.010 FG. I was afraid it would taste like pumpkin jet fuel, but it's actually quite good...

I came across this. I was curious as to how it would ferment through and taste. It would make up much of the fermentable sugars. The gravity was 1.022 when I checked BTW..

It seems in the Philippines they make a coconut wine with the young coconut water, plus with the coconut sap as it has a thick sugary consistency. But beware, the sap has a natural yeast that produces toxins (or so they say). Perhaps the addition of coconut sap sugar? Also, apparently the...

If my calculations are correct, the OG would only be 1.02 to 1.027, which is rather nominal. I will have to confirm with the hydrometer, but this sounds right as the water is mildly sweet. I think that at best the coconut water could serve as the base, but that something else would need to be...

There is a decent discussion regarding the pasteurization of commercial coconut waters. It seems that the removal of fats is routine in shipping coconut water so that it will not spoil. Amazon has a subscribe and save deal right now too I think for coconut water, so I think I may buy enough for...

Agreed...there appears to be zero fat content in the coconut water that is sold at Costco, although it isn't cheap (I guess coconut water doesn't just grow on trees...har, har). Perhaps I will take a hydrometer reading to determine any mixture with H2O, although there are 15g of sugars per 11.1...

I can attest to the savings at Goodwill here in Seattle. I have gotten all of this ridiculously inexpensively saving literally hundreds:

I have made several attempts at banana beer and have never really been able to bring out the banana flavor. I usually mashed the bananas in with the grains in all-grain brews, with little real effect I think that I would try this again but I would possibly caramelize the bananas, and make...