Adding stuff

[MSamu]

I have a True brew Oktoberfest in My fermenter right now has been there 7 days all bubbleing has stopped what would happen if I cooked up some pumpkin mashwith spices and pitched in. then let it sit for 1 month.
Any thoughts?

 

[Revvy]

Why don't you plan a pumpkin beer for your next batch and leave this one be to drink and enjoy? Rather than throwing something against the wall to see if it sticks, or in this case your fermenter, why don't you do a little research about creating recipes, especially pumpkin beers, or look one up, and do a recipe that you know will turn out, rather than seeing IF this turns out.

You know this beer will turn out....If you brew a pumpkin beer from an established recipe, you will know that will turn out....you DON'T know that throwing a bunch of crap into THIS beer will turn out.

Presumably this isn't going to be the ONLY batch you ever brew, right? So do you have to throw the kitchen sink into it? Or can't you enjoy this one while your pumpking batch ferments?

Recipes are about balance. Figuring out what works with what...NOT just tossing a bunch of stuff in without knowing anything about creating recipes.

I mean, if you have to ask how it will turn out, maybe you should just leave well enough alone.

 

[whitehause]

What he said

 

[nukebrewer]

I'm all for experimentation, but Revvy's right. Maybe if you asked pre-brew it may have been ok, but I would never ever mess with a beer post brew day provided the base beer was good. Obviously additions to secondary that are built in to the recipe are fine, but trying to add to the beer on the fly after brewing is asking for trouble.

 

[MSamu]

Thanks I'm fairly nnew to brewing and Since I love to cook and rarley ( OK never) follow recipies I have a terrible habbit of just tossing in a little of this alittle of that. But I will take your advice and follow directions This time. Cheers.

 

[squeekybobo]

In all reality, add whatever you want. It's your beer! However, like The Rev said, stick to the recipe. If you like the way it turned out, make another of the same batch and add what you want. At least then you'd have a baseline to compare to.