Dry Hopping a Pumpkin Ale.

[RockawayBrew]

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum and fairly new to brewing. I was hoping someone could give me some suggestions for which hops to use for dry hopping a pumpkin ale. Here is was I used.

12oz Amber malt
12oz Crystal 20
80z Crystl 60
6lb Golden Light DME

1oz Fuggle 60 Min
.75oz Tettnanger 30 Min
.5oz Willamette 5 min

45oz pumpkin
1tsp each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice

WLP060

My IBU from Beersmith says 16.9. I would like it to be a little but more hoppy but not over power the pumpkin and spice. Thanks in advance for all of your help and suggestions.

Kevin

 

[Broham1]

Depends what you mean by "hoppy." Dry hopping isn't going to give a noticeable bump to anything except aroma. Little effect on flavor and close to no effect on bitterness (IBUs). If you want more IBUs, increase your bittering addition.

 

[WestCoastBrew]

I personally would not dry hop it. The pumpkin and spice should play a larger role in that beer then the hops in my opinion.