my first secondary

[ampsman]

So I have a pumpkin ale going and with all the **** that went into it I figured it might be good to do a secondary to help clear it after the primary.
Bought a better bottle and racked that muthafunka.
Its pretty cool being able to see the beer after only using buckets.
The only thing that sucks is that after leaving behind all the sludge I only ended up with 4 gallons.

 

[CaptainCaveman]

So I have a pumpkin ale going and with all the **** that went into it I figured it might be good to do a secondary to help clear it after the primary.
Bought a better bottle and racked that muthafunka.
Its pretty cool being able to see the beer after only using buckets.
The only thing that sucks is that after leaving behind all the sludge I only ended up with 4 gallons.

I just did a pumpkin ale as well, and it's the same deal for me. I added 90 oz of pumpkin puree to the boil for the last 20 minutes. I just dumped the straight in. When I went to pour into my primary I attempted to strain off what I could, but it proved to be a pain in the ass. I had to keep cleaning off my strainer and dumping a little at a time until finally I gave up and just tried to carefully pour it in.

I transferred the wort to my secondary and I too was left with around 4 gallons, and it's still cloudy as hell. I'm hoping it clears up. How is yours looking so far?

 

[Chuckabrewski]

I just did a pumpkin aswell. I steeped 60oz of libbys pumpkin pie filling with the grain. Used one of those 5 gallon paint strainers from home depot and i got all 5 gallons.

Its in bottles right now should be ready in a few weeks.

 

[ampsman]

I just did a pumpkin ale as well, and it's the same deal for me. I added 90 oz of pumpkin puree to the boil for the last 20 minutes. I just dumped the straight in. When I went to pour into my primary I attempted to strain off what I could, but it proved to be a pain in the ass. I had to keep cleaning off my strainer and dumping a little at a time until finally I gave up and just tried to carefully pour it in.

I transferred the wort to my secondary and I too was left with around 4 gallons, and it's still cloudy as hell. I'm hoping it clears up. How is yours looking so far?

I'll take some pics tonight, I havent really checked it since I racked it yesterday morning.

 

[TzeentchPlayer]

Same here. I brewed an AHS Pumpkin Ale kit, added 3lbs of Libby's, and was left with about 4 gallons.

Mine is cloudy as well, but its ok, Its just the starches from the pumpkin I believe. I think it adds character to the beer and you can tell people its hazy from the pumpkin. :fro:

 

[iron_city_ap]

No real need to secondary the beer. Let the fermentables from the pumpkin go and let the beer clear on its own. Just let it sit for a while before bottling/kegging.

If you can, crash cool it, but if not, its no big deal. Hope it turns out great.

 

[justins2582]

My pumpkin ale is also very hazy. I added some to the mash and some to the end of the boil. I used the same amount of irish moss that I normally use and even successfully whirl-pooled and racked off the hot break and vege for the first time. I'm entering it into a comp in a couple of days. I was very worried about point deduction till someone pointed out how little amount of points are given to appearance.

I'm thinking the only way to get a really clear pumpkin ale, given the amount of starches, is to use a filtering setup. I'll stick with the hazy, delicious beer for now.