Chocolate covered Pumpkin ale advice

[BrewMonster]

Greeting Brewlings.

I'm looking at brewing a pumpkin ale for a football party (GO SAINTS) oct 5 and the fantasy crew has agreed upon a pumpkin ale. Last year at Lexington Avenue Brewery they had a pumpkin stout that was to die for and I want to create something similar but not a stout. I'm still in the beginning stages of creating/barrowing from recipes and wanted some advice. some things I know I want to use are lactose to make it creamy, cocoa powder or chocolate malt and of course pumpkin and spices. I thought it would be good to try this with an amber ale base and use a british or english ale yeast to dry out what may be an overly sweet/malty beer (although, it would be nice if it was a wee bit sweet) any and all suggestions are welcomed. also, I will be kegging.

Thanks yall,
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[timrox1212]

IMO I wouldn't use much chocolate malt, it gives more of a roasty/mocha chocolate flavor, use carafa 1 instead.(more like milk chocolate flavor). And I would add cocoa powder at the end of the boil, maybe 10 minutes left. And lactose is great in a chocolate beer because it add creaminess and sweetness!


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