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I will have to keep this in mind for next year. I am new to all this, so everything for me is a learning curve.

Thats an interesting observation. Maybe I will let it sit in primary for an extra week (3 weeks total), and then rack it to secondary for a week. Did you use actual pumpkin, or the pumpkin with the spices in it? I also wonder if letting it sit in primary for an extra week will help all...

I'm not exactly sure, but if I had to guess, around 12 hours maybe. I pitched at 3:00pm sunday, and when I went to check on it before leaving for work at 6:00 the next morning, (monday) the airlock was bubbling very good, about 1 bubble per second i would guess.

Thats almost exactly what my reading was last weekend. I was at 1.055. As far as I know I did everything right, but my reading was high also. I guess I need to figure out how to calibrate it. I'm your typical noob, so I still have a lot to learn.

I felt it sitting in my lovely office in Akron OH

I added mine with 20 minutes left in the boil. Nope, this is my first time with a pumpkin ale, so I dont really know what to expect, maybe I will mess with it for next year.

I just brewed up my pumpkin ale kit from midwest on sunday. I plan on letting it sit in the primary for 2 weeks, and then racking to secondary for about a week before I bottle. The reason to transfer to a secondary it to help clear the beer us, especially for me, as I added about 60 oz. of...

+5 gallons Pumpkin Ale =26,547.5

x2 From a new homebrewer in NE Ohio, I wish you the best of luck. Hopefully I can get good enough at this to open a brewery here in Wadsworth! :mug:

my vote is to do it yourself. My wife is a great cook, but she couldn't care less about my homebrew, so I dont know if she would have everything in to it.

Congrats to ya! I bottled my first batch saturday night, so now another long 2 week wait is upon me.

New to brewing, and this site but currently have 5 gallons fermenting away in the basement. This has been a great resource for me, thanks to everyone who contributes! 25,428 + 5 gal Amber Ale = 25,433 gallons total.

This may be a dumb question, but do you add the canned pumpkin prior to the boil (during the steeping grain period), during the boil, or after the boil?

I'm in the same boat, I just brewed my first batch on friday, and can not wait to try it. This patience thing is tough.

Hey huge1s, yeah, there are a couple of us here. I just recently joined also for some additional help if I need any.

I'm diggin Silver Arch Brewing Co. also. I could see that on supermarket shelves across the country.

I've always thought Aces & Eights Brewery would be a cool name. I guess most people would associate it with a dead mans hand in poker, not necessarily the 2 pairs you always split though... maybe I will have to rethink that.

In all seriousness, I like Patriot Brewing, but since your in the STL, what about something with the arch in it? Could you incorporate that into a logo or something. also, I really like the Red Weiss and Blue name.

I think you should name one of your brews after The PMC, or maybe you could make an IPA that has 4 types of hops, maybe call it Quads IPA??