Pumpkin Ale Help...

[means0451]

I am looking for a recipe for a higher gravity pumpkin ale. Something that I can let age and have the spices mellow yet still have a big hint of them after four to five months in the bottle. Is there any way that someone could help me come up with a recipe or have a recipe you are willing to share?

 

[FishinDave07]

For the most part you can "imperialize" a pumpkin ale, or any beer for that matter, by raising the grain percentages while keeping your batch size constant. I think evan! posted a recipe for a big pumpkin ale...i just cant find it.

 

[WorryWort]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/pu...ng-recipes-tips-tricks-good-practices-131786/

+1 on the above. See this link and just bump up some of the recipes (I believe there is a 9%er in there somewhere near the end)

 

[jjp36]

I brewed this sometime around the beginning of July. Still needs to mellow out a bit, but its coming along nicely. Comes in around 8%. I added all the spices with 10 minutes left in the boil. And i used Cal Ale V only because i had a spare vial laying around. Any fairly neutral yeast should work fine. I used canned pumpkin and roasted it in the over for an hour at 350 before adding it to the mash.


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Recipe: Imperial Pumpkin
Brewer: Joel Piazza
Asst Brewer:
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 6.00 gal
Boil Size: 7.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.074 SG
Estimated Color: 15.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 20.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
10 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 62.19 %
2 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 12.44 %
1 lbs Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 6.22 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 4.66 %
8.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 3.11 %
8.0 oz Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 3.11 %
0.50 oz Warrior [16.70 %] (90 min) Hops 20.7 IBU
75.00 oz Pumpkin (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 lbs Piloncillo (2.0 SRM) Sugar 6.22 %
1 Pkgs California Ale V (White Labs #WLP051)


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 14.75 lb
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Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 18.44 qt of water at 170.1 F 154.0 F


Notes:
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2.50 Tsp Cinnamon
1.50 Tsp Nutmeg
1.50 Tsp Allspice
0.5 Tsp Ginger.
1/8 Tsp ground cloves