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I have just finished brewing a pumpkin ale...smells great! However my original gravity reading is only 1.036. This seems low. I used 9 lbs of various grains and about 7 lbs of pumpkin for a 5 gallon batch. I guess pumpkin doesn't yield as much sugar as I thought. Any one else run into this...

Brewmasters of the world, lend me your ears! I have seen several recipes for pumpkin ales. Most, if not all, full-mash recipes state that the roasted pumpkin meat should be added directly to the boil then transported to the fermentor. The brewers then go on to lament about how much trub is...