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Here is mine after racking to secondary

I decided to rack to secondary yesterday after my last post. Added 1Tbsp vanilla and 2 cinnamon sticks soaked in some vodka. I will taste it again at bottling to fig out what to add more of. Thoughts?

Thanks for the update Rev. I have my pumpkin contained in a nylon bag sitting in the primary. I will be racking it to secondary next weekend, along with adding some cinnamon sticks and vanilla extract. The brew smelled great on brew day while boiling, but I couldnt really taste much spices when...

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I want to add more pumpkin spice. I am already planning on adding a few cinnamon sticks and some vanilla extract to the secondary carboy when I rack. When should I add the spice? Now (almost 2 weeks in primary)? When I rack to secondary? At bottling?

I took a gravity reading today (after 1 week in primary). The gravity has come down into the target range quite nicely. I tasted the sample I took, instead of dumping back in, and I cant even taste the pumpkin flavor... I even have 120oz of Libbys canned pumpkin in a nylon boiling bag sitting...

I put all my pumpkin (120oz) in a nylon boil bag. Threw it in with 5-10 min left and also put it in the primary. Worked great

This is what I use. $5 bin from walmart, used scrap wood to build a little frame that the handles from my pot can sit on. I fill the bucket with about 10# of ice, set in the kettle pot, then fill in with ice around it and add a few gallons of hose water. Then I use a stirring spoon to just...

Exactly what I do.

Rev, Thanks for the info. Not really sure why I added the moss to the bag. Ive never used it before, so just threw it in a bag as I was doing with everything else. I could see where that could decrease its efficiency. I will be sure to let you know how it turns out!

So it has been 1 week since the boil and it is still in the primary. I checked it with a hydrometer today and it read as follows: OG: 1.032 FG: 1.014 If I did the calculations correctly, I came up with an alcohol content of 2.4%. Is there anything else I can do now to increase this? Or, would...

Looks great! My Autumn Amber has been in primary for a week. Cant wait to taste it! What schedule did you use? I was planning on 2 weeks primary, then bottling.

Update: I brewed this today with the following recipe... 1. Bake 120oz Libby's canned pumpkin at 350 for 60 min to caramelize 2. Steep grains at 155 for 30 min – let rest for 10 min 3. 25% of LME, 1 cup brown sugar, and 3/4oz Mt Hood hops (in muslin)- 60 min 4. 1 tsp irish moss (in...

I use Oxiclean Free and sanitize with StarSan. Haven't tried anything else

Thanks Viking. I planned on doing 90oz and no honey as well. Did you just mix the pumpkin and grains in one steeping bag, which u discarded after the boil? I was strongly considering putting the caramelized pumpkin in separately so I could transfer it to the primary as well and gain more of...

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I am going to be doing this on thursday... I cant wait! Any tips from those who have already brewed it?

Thanks for all the replies!