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I can definitely taste the pumpkin, it's a little starchy but no body, I was afraid to add too much brown sugar to the boil along with other spices, I have all the ingredients to do this again and used sugar pumpkins last time, this time I'm going to stick with the sugar pumpkins and add more...

One more question, some recipes call for A protein rest for 20 minutes around 120°, others say to Steve the grains with the pumpkin for 90 minutes either way has suggested to do this to ensure removing all fermentable sugars from the pumpkin, any thoughts on that?

Cool, lactose seems like the way to go thank you

I really love the taste of the beer when I went to bottle it, I could have drink it warm and flat, i'm thinking I seriously need to go to a keg system because I believe I lost the flavors and body I was looking for when I bottled

So when would I add the maltose dextran and how much, as for the lactose do you add that at priming or in the boil?

Thank you, about how much for a 5 gal. Batch, I also read that you can add Splenda with the priming sugar and Splenda is non-fermentable, I do not like the taste of Splenda but I am sure it will taste different if added to beer? Oh and when would I had the sugar? To the boil?

About a month ago I brewed some pumpkin ale for the first time, The beer turned out pretty good but I was expecting a sweeter taste, I know the pumpkin does not create a lot of fermentable sugars, I was wondering what on fermentable sugars could be added to sweeten the beer? The beer also seemed...

Should I be worried about beer bombs?

I sanitize the whole kitchen when I bottle, I don't think it's a sanitation issue, I have bottled octoberfest, winter ale and a pumpkin all tasted great before bottling, bottled last week three different nights, I use star San, I thinks it has to be the fluctuation in temp, not sure not a whole...

Was there something I could have done before I bottled to save it or is the beer junk?

Could be, very sour and sour smell

Brewed all grain, fermented for two weeks, just bottled, smells like the yeast I used, stinks and tastes sour, yeast was Bavarian Weizen white labs, missed my OG, 1.060, was looking for .056, FG 1.008, two days after I pitched the yeast my wife threatened my life if I didn't get it out of the...

I am about to bottle some German octoberfest, I have had it in my fridge for three weeks at 38 degrees and was told to take it out and bring it up to room temp, 70, it seems to have kicked off the fermentation, do I bottle it? I have racked this to my bottling bucket with priming sugar.

No I didn't. I read my post and was completely embarrassed. I was just showing you all that I will post appropriately next time. Thanks

Sorry grammar nazi I was taking my son to baseball practice and was using my phone, should have proof read before posting, ran into a friend who knows more than I do about this, thanks anyways....,,,,,!!!!!?????

I have been doing all grain batches and twice now my efficiency levels have been low both times I have increased the grain bill A simple grain bill and that batch sparging brewed a Kalsh beer and expected and OG of 46 ended up with A 20 i'm using 830 quarts igloo cooler for my tun did a...

I did it all grain batch this past Sunday and I have the beer in a closet it was worn that the east I used would set off like a rocket sure I have a blow off to my wife said it stinks so bad I have to put it in the garage it is dipping down into the 30s at night in Virginia today's high will be...

Added some honey and about a cup of sugar my OG is now 1.050 my points higher than my target range but I'm good and happy, I just wish the Steelers were playing better

I'm in a pinch my Target volume is 6 1/2 gallons I have table sugar but not sure how much to add my OG Reading at and of boil was 1.020

Brewing a Koelsh, all grain, 12 lbs, strike temp ok, first rest at 125 degrees 20 minutes, 60 minutes at 152 degrees, Sparge two with 170° water 15 minutes each, I should include according to brew calc 4.9 gallons too steep the grains to start, 60 minute boil, missed my OG shooting for 1.45...