Dogfish Pumpkin Clone Questions

[Leukass]

This is a really old post but I a brewing this- this weekend....
I found the same recipe on another site and they didn't mention anything about baking the pumpkin on a cookie sheet prior to putting in the mash? Do I need to do this? What does it add for you?

Thanks

 

[DoubleDuse]

Baking it brings out the flavor of the pumpkin, you wouldn't want to eat a raw pumpkin pie would you

 

[stbnj]

From watching the pumpkin ale episode of brew masters I can say that they do not roast the pumpkin before it goes in the mash. However, having just done a side by side tasting of this recipe and some bottles of punkin this recipe has more of a pumpkin note and I think that is due to the roasted pumpkin flesh.