pumpkin ale question.

[Tarzanchuck]

my brew buddy bought a pumpkin ale kit. he is supposed to get a couple of cans of pumpkin for it.what kind of pumpkin do you guys use? i suggested we use fresh pumpkin or butternut squash which is what i use when i make pies. is freah better tham canned for beer? because i know it is for pies.

 

[earwig]

I doubt it makes much difference if it's fresh or canned. Just out of curiosity, is it going in the mash, boil or both?

 

[JB1005]

I just kegged my first pumpkin beer last week. I used fresh pumpkin. Sliced it up (2 inch or so strips), covered in brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Baked in oven for about 90 minutes. I don't have a canned pumpkin batch to compare it to but I really like how this turned out.

 

[Colorowdy]

I just cracked a maple pumpkin beer it's one of the best beers I've made. I used two cans and baked them at 350 for 30 minutes.

 

[Tarzanchuck]

i think the directions are for it to go in the boil

 

[SavoryChef]

I would put them in the mash with rice hulls.

 

[earwig]

I brewed my first pumpkin ale 2 weeks ago and put 1/2 in the mash and 1/2 in the boil because I couldn't decide

 

[keesh]

I would put them in the mash with rice hulls.

I'm guessing if it is out of a kit then they are just using steeping grains, I could be wrong though.

 

[Tarzanchuck]

correct. its an extract kit.