NB smashing pumpkin question

[Meatfoot]

So I finally kegged and bottled the batch. It tastes great. There's a semi sweet spice flavor with a little bite at the end. The extra spice was worth it if your a fan of true spice flavored pumpkin beer. Great color as well. Can't wait to drink more!

 

[HopSmith]

Awesome! I also brewed this as my first batch. It will be a week Sunday since I brewed it. How long did you leave yours before putting it in a carboy? How long until you put it in bottles?

 

[lactardjosh]

Awesome! I also brewed this as my first batch. It will be a week Sunday since I brewed it. How long did you leave yours before putting it in a carboy? How long until you put it in bottles?

Mine was in primary for a month, no secondary, bottled on September 30th. First bottle will be cracked open no sooner than Wednesday next week, just to check progress. Expect it to be ready for Halloween.

 

[Meatfoot]

Primary for a month and then keg for a week and a half. The bottles I'm going to age a bit longer. Keg will be ready for halloween.

 

[ericj]

primary for 3 weeks then bottle. i'll check a bottle after 2 weeks and see where we are at.

 

[HopSmith]

What was FG for you guys?

 

[lactardjosh]

I'll have to check my notes, but I think it was 1012

 

[HopSmith]

I just checked and I'm at 1.020. Today is a week since I brewed. I will let it sit for another week or so before adding to carboy in hope gravity will drop.

 

[Gabba]

For those who keg, what're you carbing it to?

 

[HopSmith]

Woohoo! Just checked gravity today and It's now 1.012. I was getting nervous there for a minute that is was stuck. First time brewer scares I guess lol.

 

[lactardjosh]

Opened two bottles up tonight. They've been in the bottles for 3 1/2 weeks. Tastes delicious, the pumpkin spices come through at the finish, subtle but noticeable. Slightly undercarbed right now, so it should be even better in another week.

 

[menkros]

Has anyone tried a pumpkin from a can vs fresh comparison?

 

[Wine2Beer]

Opened a few on Halloween, they had been bottled for two weeks and carb'ed up nicely. Good clean taste, subtle pumpkin spice flavor. Fun to make !

 

[SchloeBrew]

After 2 weeks in the bottle mine is still flat. Also there is little to no visible yeast residue in the bottles. It taste good... But no idea what's going on or what I may have done wrong.

 

[itsernst]

I just bottled on Sunday and after a little extra cinnamon/ginger combo, the flavors really seem there. It did seem a little watered down, but we will have to wait and see what becomes of it.

 

[itsernst]

After 2 weeks in the bottle mine is still flat. Also there is little to no visible yeast residue in the bottles. It taste good... But no idea what's going on or what I may have done wrong.

How much priming sugar did you use? Did you mix in the priming sugar in well in your bottling bucket? Did you get a good seal on your bottles?

Those are what I would investigate first.

 

[SchloeBrew]

How much priming sugar did you use? Did you mix in the priming sugar in well in your bottling bucket? Did you get a good seal on your bottles?

Those are what I would investigate first.

Used 5 oz. priming sugar. After boiling the water and cooling I always put the mixture at the bottom of my bucket and then fill with the beer so I get a good mix. I did not mix things up after that. Does the sugar settle to the bottom? So if I test the first bottles filled, they should be fine, or over carbonated? Best I can tell caps are nice and tight. Due to my lack of knowledge I found it most interesting that there is not yeast settling at the bottom. Is it possible to have all yeast drop out of suspension, or is there always going to be some floating around. Also; I kept the bottles at 72 - 74 deg for the last two weeks per the instructions on iBrew Master

 

[itsernst]

Used 5 oz. priming sugar. After boiling the water and cooling I always put the mixture at the bottom of my bucket and then fill with the beer so I get a good mix. I did not mix things up after that. Does the sugar settle to the bottom? So if I test the first bottles filled, they should be fine, or over carbonated? Best I can tell caps are nice and tight. Due to my lack of knowledge I found it most interesting that there is not yeast settling at the bottom. Is it possible to have all yeast drop out of suspension, or is there always going to be some floating around. Also; I kept the bottles at 72 - 74 deg for the last two weeks per the instructions on iBrew Master

5oz should be fine; I had an issue with my first batch i ever brewed where I did the same thing as you and put my priming sugar in the bottom of the bucket and didn't mix and I had the same issue that you did. I chalked it up to the fact that this did not thoroughly mix in the beer. The other part of this is that the priming solution would be below the bottling spigot as well, so its possible that all could be under carbonated.

I now tend to fold in the priming solution almost in layers to ensure that it is as mixed as it can be without aerating the beer.

 

[SchloeBrew]

5oz should be fine; I had an issue with my first batch i ever brewed where I did the same thing as you and put my priming sugar in the bottom of the bucket and didn't mix and I had the same issue that you did. I chalked it up to the fact that this did not thoroughly mix in the beer. The other part of this is that the priming solution would be below the bottling spigot as well, so its possible that all could be under carbonated.

I now tend to fold in the priming solution almost in layers to ensure that it is as mixed as it can be without aerating the beer.

More heartache in the home brewing world... Thanks for the feedback! Cheers

 

[itsernst]

More heartache in the home brewing world... Thanks for the feedback! Cheers

Aw cmon....the glass is half full of beer!

I still have perfected it, but doesn't make it any less fun!