hunteraw
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Sorry to add to the proliferation of threads on the topic, but I wanted to throw out the recipe I've been working on and get some input on it:
5 lbs munich (can anyone give me a good run-down on the differences between munich and vienna?)
5 lbs two-row
.75 lbs biscuit (for toastiness)
.5 lb wheat
5 lbs canned pumpkin, sprinkled with pumpkin pie spice and caramelized by baking for 60min-90min
i'm also thinking of throwing in some honey to boost the alcohol, i'm shooting for around 6%. half pound? think it needs some crystal?
Hops, spices & fining:
.75 oz northern brewer (90 minutes) (i'm trying to go for "earthy" in my choice of hops, and something on the higher-side of AA so I don't lose a lot of wort to wet hop cones - enough will be lost to the pumpkin, i imagine!)
.25 oz fuggle (15 minutes)
1 tbsp cinnamon (30 min)
1 whirfloc tab (10 min)
1 tsp nutmeg (20 min)
1 tsp nutmeg (2 min)
1 tsp cinnamon (2 min)
OG: 1.056 (about 1.060 if I add the honey), IBU: 26.5, Color: 8 SRM (looks like a good pumpkin color to me!)
single infusion mash, hopefully in the new MLT i plan on building today (i haven't been happy with my bucket-in-bucket system). so the pumpkin will go into the full 90 minute boil, and i'll strain it out as it goes into the fermenter. ferment with two packs of safale us-56 (i thought about an english ale yeast, but i'm sensitive to diacetyl and i like a dry finish). I figure I can go easy on the spices now, and add more in the secondary if needed. too light on the hops?
comments/suggestions would be appreciated, since I've never brewed a pumpkin beer before. and i'd love to trade bottles with other people who have been brewing with pumpkin!
5 lbs munich (can anyone give me a good run-down on the differences between munich and vienna?)
5 lbs two-row
.75 lbs biscuit (for toastiness)
.5 lb wheat
5 lbs canned pumpkin, sprinkled with pumpkin pie spice and caramelized by baking for 60min-90min
i'm also thinking of throwing in some honey to boost the alcohol, i'm shooting for around 6%. half pound? think it needs some crystal?
Hops, spices & fining:
.75 oz northern brewer (90 minutes) (i'm trying to go for "earthy" in my choice of hops, and something on the higher-side of AA so I don't lose a lot of wort to wet hop cones - enough will be lost to the pumpkin, i imagine!)
.25 oz fuggle (15 minutes)
1 tbsp cinnamon (30 min)
1 whirfloc tab (10 min)
1 tsp nutmeg (20 min)
1 tsp nutmeg (2 min)
1 tsp cinnamon (2 min)
OG: 1.056 (about 1.060 if I add the honey), IBU: 26.5, Color: 8 SRM (looks like a good pumpkin color to me!)
single infusion mash, hopefully in the new MLT i plan on building today (i haven't been happy with my bucket-in-bucket system). so the pumpkin will go into the full 90 minute boil, and i'll strain it out as it goes into the fermenter. ferment with two packs of safale us-56 (i thought about an english ale yeast, but i'm sensitive to diacetyl and i like a dry finish). I figure I can go easy on the spices now, and add more in the secondary if needed. too light on the hops?
comments/suggestions would be appreciated, since I've never brewed a pumpkin beer before. and i'd love to trade bottles with other people who have been brewing with pumpkin!