Help me make something

[gregc1973]

So I have an Extract Pumpkin Ale that I ordered from Midwest about a month ago, and I never got around to brewing it. Now that the season is pretty much over, I don't have much interest in the pumpkin (I never really did, but that's another story), so now I have some ingredients and I don't know what to do with them. The kit consists of:

Fermentables: 6lbs of Gold LME, 8oz brown Sugar
Specialty Grains: 8oz Carapils, 8oz Caramel 10L
Hops: 1oz Mt Hood, 1oz Cascade
Yeast: Fermentis Safale Dry

So I have a homebrew shop a few blocks away that I can pick up more hops or grains or whatever, but I don't even know where to start. Can anyone help me make something out of this? If I were to just brew what I have minus the pumpkin spices and pumpkin flesh, what would I have?

 

[BradleyBrew]

just brew as it and omit the pumpkin / spices. Should be a nice Amber ale!

 

[hbbend]

+ 1 - just brew what you have. Forget the pumpkin

 

[sweed]

add some chocolate malt and make a pumpkin porter! Find a porter recipe first just to have an idea of what you'll need, but that sound good IMO. Prefect for Christmas.

 

[Brew-Jay]

Whatever you decide to do, take good notes. This will end up being more or less your own creation. You may want to repeat it or tweak it later.

 

[Waynep005]

I was thinking adding some some crystal malt mayby crystal 80 and going for a brown ale.

 

[metanoia]

I plan on picking up a pumpkin extract kit tomorrow since it's on sale for $20, but don't want a pumpkin beer. Thanks for the suggestions!