Hey All... Put my first attempt at an extract pumpkin brew into primary about 10 days ago.
For the pumpkin flavor I added 40oz of pumpkin 45 min into the boil and another 40oz with 5min left. Then also at 5 min left I added 3 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice.
A lot of people talk about doing a secondary for this brew but I hate to risk contamination. That being said I also want to make sure the spice flavors are strong and make you want more. Am I safe in just adding another teaspoon or two to the fermenter? Or is there something I need to do to make sure the pumpkin pie spice is sanitary even for that.
Thanks for any input!
For the pumpkin flavor I added 40oz of pumpkin 45 min into the boil and another 40oz with 5min left. Then also at 5 min left I added 3 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice.
A lot of people talk about doing a secondary for this brew but I hate to risk contamination. That being said I also want to make sure the spice flavors are strong and make you want more. Am I safe in just adding another teaspoon or two to the fermenter? Or is there something I need to do to make sure the pumpkin pie spice is sanitary even for that.
Thanks for any input!