Anybody try the Austin Home Brew pumpkin ale recipe?

[jrogensk]

I should be getting my kit today.

How long do you recommend this stay in primary? The typical 3 weeks? I will not be adding any pumpkin.

 

[chrisrush]

Any updates? I'm brewing the AHS mini-mash this week.

 

[Dave258]

Any updates? I'm brewing the AHS mini-mash this week.

Mine is still in the primary. Brewed it on Sept. 9. I will probably leave it for another week and a half. That will make 3 weeks in primary. I can't wait!!
It is looking good!

I am running out of homebrew. This sucks. I have a Belgian White ale, and an Amber ale conditioning in bottles, then the pumpkin ale and EdWorts Apfelwein both in fermenters.
I only have about 6 bottles of homebrew left. I had to go buy a couple of 12 packs yesterday. At least I will have more
bottles to use!

Dave

Dave

 

[Halldawg]

Did the mini-mash this weekend. Went great! Used one can of pumpkin and one whole pumpkin chopped into cubes. Cooked both for 30min at 350F. Smells great. OG 1.048. Will let you know.

 

[Firstnten]

Any updates? I'm brewing the AHS mini-mash this week.

I brewed mine Friday night. Used a 6lb pumpkin from a local farmers market. My wifes birthday was Saturday she for whatever reason wants Uno's pizza on that day, long story short they had a "cask"fest going on at the one we goto. They had 2 pumpkin ale's one imperial on tap and served at 55 degrees. They where OK but I don't think I could drink a whole lot in one sitting.

 

[Octang]

My beer is now ready to drink today: It is very "OK". Then again, I am not a huge pumpkin beer fan... but still, I've had a few other pumpkin beers, and I was hoping for something a little different.

If I were to tweak this recipe, more spices would be added.

 

[Dave258]

I just bottled mine last night. It was in primary for about 4 weeks. FG was
stuck at 1.020 for the last week. I am assuming it should have been higher then the 1.013 expected becUse of the pumpkin.
Tasted the hydro sample, seemed a bit thin, watery. I know people here say to let it be, we'll see in three weeks!
Dave

 

[Cerpintine]

I bottled mine just about a week ago..haven't tried one yet. I did have a half bottle left over though --what I realize now is why people say double or triple up on the spices. It was very smooth, but the spices were very subtle. Of course this was tasted @ bottling, but I'm also comparing it to their spices in their holiday ale which were very apparent and upfront. I don't know how this'll change in the next few weeks, but I'm sure it should be good

 

[fotomatt1]

I moved mine to secondary after having 4 days of hydro readings at 1.018. I too assume that the FG is a bit high because of the 4lbs of pumpkin I steeped with the specialty grains. Probably a lot more sugar than without any pumpkin. I'll leave it in the secondary another week before I bottle. I will say it did smell good when I racked. I'm really looking forward to tasting in a few weeks!

 

[ChuckCollins]

Just curious if anybody has bought this ingredient kit?
Austin Homebrew Supply

Also, curious if I should go with DME instead of LME? Any suggestions?

Brewing it today.used Two cans and Two spice packets.

 

[fishnfever]

I made this doing ag. It's a good beer but it could use more spices. I used 4 cans of pure pumpkin (15 once cans)