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Partial. I steeped about a pound of grain for half hour

I just brewed a pumpkin ale and i was supposed to get an OG of 1.060 and I got 1.040 is that bad? where did i go wrong?

I have a recipe for pumpkin ale and it calls for pumpkin in a can but at the store I can only find pumpkin pie mix with spices in it... should I still use it and tone down the spices I have or not? Thanks

anybody with suggestions for different hops?

what hops would you suggest? Cascade? :mug:

I recently found this recipe and I was wondering what people thought. I want a little more hop character for it and was thinking about using different hops or maybe some in the middle of the boil. Any thoughts? Grain: 0.5 lb American 20L Crystal 0.5 lb Dark German Munich...

Hey i was also looking for a pumpkin beer recipe and this one is a partial mash and it looks pretty good. I was gonna change the hops or possibly add more. I will be trying this recipe soon. Ingredients: Grain: 0.5 lb American 20L Crystal 0.5 lb Dark German Munich Extract: 7lbs Golden LME...

So what do you think about primary fermentation in a glass carboy rather than a bucket? Does it matter? I know the bucket would probably be better because light can not get in but with the carboy you can see what's going on better

how can that even be true? Everyone talks about racking to a carboy if your doing an all grain and how it clarifies the beer. You just confused me lol

Well i wanted to rack to something else but I didn't have anything and I didn't want to just leave it. Next batch i am brewing is a partial mash pumpkin ale and I now have a glass carboy for second fermentation. I will be more patient on the next batch i promise :rockin:

yeah i brewed 5 gallons, spilt some obviously and most of the bottles are 12 0z and i have a few 16 oz. i should of gotten 48 right? not too far off.

i bottled today and i got about 40 beers out of it. it tastes pretty good too! very exciting

I just found out the room its fermenting in was about 75 degree Fahrenheit whoops brought it to basement and itll stay there for a week

Ok, I will keep you posted. I will remain patient :)

I tasted it before i pitched the yeast and it was pretty sweet. I tested it today 3 days into fermentation and it was pretty bitter. It's an extract cream ale and I hope it doesn't taste that bitter at the end. I was expecting something more malty.

i think it was around 70 or so..

is it bad that i added cold water from a poland spring dispenser to bring it up to 5 gallons before pitching the yeast?

is it bad that when i added water to the fermenter i was adding poland spring water from the dispenser so it was pretty cold water?

ok, why should i wait so long? does it improve the beer?

Thanks a lot for ur tips. I checked the gravity and before fermentation i had 1.052 and the gravity now is 1.014 giving me just about 5% abv. Now my question is, if it's done then when should I start bottling? right away or give it a couple of days?