loctones
Well-Known Member
My wife loves nitro beers, so I got a nitro setup for my birthday. Not bad at all.
I'm planning on brewing a pumpkin ale to put on nitro for Thanksgiving. I'm using a slightly modified version of the Pocahontas Pumpkin recipe. It turned out very nicely when I made it with saison yeast last year.
Anyway, I'm going to add some lactose to the beer to give it a bit more body and sweetness, and push it towards a dessert beer a little. Any suggestions on how much lactose to add? I'm debating between 8 or 12 ounces. My first nitro beer won't go on tap for another few weeks, so I don't have any first-hand experience on what the nitro will do to an established recipe.
Here's my current recipe, if it helps:
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 13.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 23.1 IBUs
12.0 oz Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM)
3.00 lb Pumpkin (Mash 60.0 mins)
5 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
3 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
10.0 oz Melanoidin (Weyermann) (30.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Acidulated (Weyermann) (1.8 SRM)
3.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)
1 lbs Maple Syrup (35.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM)
0.50 tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (Boil 0.0 mins)
1 lbs Honey (1.0 SRM)
13.50 g Nugget [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
1.0 pkg East Coast Ale (White Labs #WLP008)
Protein Rest 122.0 F 20 min
Saccharification 154.0 F 45 min
Mash Step 168.0 F 15 min
I'm planning on brewing a pumpkin ale to put on nitro for Thanksgiving. I'm using a slightly modified version of the Pocahontas Pumpkin recipe. It turned out very nicely when I made it with saison yeast last year.
Anyway, I'm going to add some lactose to the beer to give it a bit more body and sweetness, and push it towards a dessert beer a little. Any suggestions on how much lactose to add? I'm debating between 8 or 12 ounces. My first nitro beer won't go on tap for another few weeks, so I don't have any first-hand experience on what the nitro will do to an established recipe.
Here's my current recipe, if it helps:
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 13.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 23.1 IBUs
12.0 oz Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM)
3.00 lb Pumpkin (Mash 60.0 mins)
5 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
3 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
10.0 oz Melanoidin (Weyermann) (30.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Acidulated (Weyermann) (1.8 SRM)
3.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)
1 lbs Maple Syrup (35.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM)
0.50 tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (Boil 0.0 mins)
1 lbs Honey (1.0 SRM)
13.50 g Nugget [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
1.0 pkg East Coast Ale (White Labs #WLP008)
Protein Rest 122.0 F 20 min
Saccharification 154.0 F 45 min
Mash Step 168.0 F 15 min
