Autumn Seasonal Beer Punkin' Ale
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jmpreiks
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Nope, came out super clear after 4 weeks in primary, but I also cold crashed and used gelatin. Even without gelatin it should be clear enough in the primary with cold crashing.
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Reno_eNVy
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I'll probably do a Pumpkin beer next year. Decided to skip this year because it just seemed like there was pumpkin everything out. More than usual lol. However, this one was wonderful when I brewed it a couple years back. Cheers!
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Reno_eNVy
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I'll probably do a Pumpkin beer next year. Decided to skip this year because it just seemed like there was pumpkin everything out. More than usual lol. However, this one was wonderful when I brewed it a couple years back. Cheers!
There's only going to be more pumpkin stuff next year!
jmpreiks
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Opened my first two bottles last night, 12 days after bottling and 40 days since brewing. The flavor is very good, just the right amount of pumpkin spice coming through, not too intense. I shared with a few people and they all REALLY liked it.
Thanks for the great recipe!
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Doed
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This is my wife's favorite recipe. I brew her two batches every fall. This past weekend I had batch one in the fermenter and was brewing batch two. After I had cooled batch two to pitching temp, I racked batch one into the keg, then poured batch two into the fermenter on the yeast cake. Less work this year and batch two took off right away.
I usually wait two weeks after kegging for the carbonation to get to where it needs to be (set it and forget it), but that would mean that around the 17th it should be ready to begin drinking. This year I'm going to make her wait until the week of halloween before I tap the first keg...just because I'm a jerk like that.
She's been asking when it will be ready. I just smile and answer "in a couple of weeks".
I usually wait two weeks after kegging for the carbonation to get to where it needs to be (set it and forget it), but that would mean that around the 17th it should be ready to begin drinking. This year I'm going to make her wait until the week of halloween before I tap the first keg...just because I'm a jerk like that.
She's been asking when it will be ready. I just smile and answer "in a couple of weeks".
dcrog
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Made a half batch of this yesterday for my DIL. She loves anything pumpkin and asked me to make her something.
I've only tried one pumpkin beer and it wasn't my cup of tea so to speak, don't remember what it was, so I thought this recipe looked good.
Came in slightly higher on OG at 1.073 but it had a great taste going into the fermentation chamber. I'll report back in a few weeks with results.
I've only tried one pumpkin beer and it wasn't my cup of tea so to speak, don't remember what it was, so I thought this recipe looked good.
Came in slightly higher on OG at 1.073 but it had a great taste going into the fermentation chamber. I'll report back in a few weeks with results.
mattsearle
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Brewed this yesterday, had a slow but not quite stuck sparge but other than that everything went well. First time using a new burner and boiled off more than planned (ended up with 18l @ 1.070, but I'm happy with that).
Here in the UK we really don't eat much pumpkin so a 'holiday' beer with pumpkin I don't think will really resonate here like it would in the states (with pumpkin pie etc around thanksgiving being more common as far as I can tell). Therefore I'm looking to use this as a Christmas beer, so want to bring something else into it to make it a little more festive to other people who try it without it all being a muddle or drowning out the other flavours? I'm thinking a little hint of orange or something, so I'm wondering if anyone has done similar (or something else) with success?
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Here in the UK we really don't eat much pumpkin so a 'holiday' beer with pumpkin I don't think will really resonate here like it would in the states (with pumpkin pie etc around thanksgiving being more common as far as I can tell). Therefore I'm looking to use this as a Christmas beer, so want to bring something else into it to make it a little more festive to other people who try it without it all being a muddle or drowning out the other flavours? I'm thinking a little hint of orange or something, so I'm wondering if anyone has done similar (or something else) with success?
Thanks
treacheroustexan
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I brewed this in August and it came out pretty bad. I mashed too low, no biggy but then my priming sugar didn't mix properly and it was very flat. I stashed some away and tried it last night, and it was great. Little under on carbonation but time definitely healed it.
Just bottled mine today. On left is Dogfish Heads Punkin Ale and on the right is the clone. Spot on with color. Can't wait to have this ready to drink.
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heckofagator
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Transferred this from the fermenting bucket to the keg tonite. The wife and I tasted it and didn't get any spice flavor. I ended up gently stirring in another 1/2tsp into the bucket before draining to the keg. I hope it will work out alright.
When I was rinsing out the fermenting bucket, I got a big wiff of the pumpkin pie spice. I wonder if mine all settled out into the trub at the bottom.
When I was rinsing out the fermenting bucket, I got a big wiff of the pumpkin pie spice. I wonder if mine all settled out into the trub at the bottom.
Brew_G
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I recently came back from a trip to the in-laws', where I took a few homebrews to enjoy while I was there. I left one of these for my sister-in-law's husband, as they were going down there a few days after us. Got a text from him last night saying that they did a taste test between mine and Shipyard's Pumkinhead...
Mine won 3-1! :cross:
Mine won 3-1! :cross:
Biscuits
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Closing in on 2 weeks in the bottles...gonna wait another day or two and throw a few in the fridge and see where they are at.
Well I took mine out of the fermenter after three weeks. As mentioned above I had a ridiculous stuck mash, and really struggled to keep the recirculation going, therefore temp control. As it turns out, it was too cold after all, as my FG was 1.007. Pretty damn dry considering this should be much higher. I chilled the sample to minimize the alcohol heat (calculated ABV is 7.1%) and it tastes pretty good. Nice pumpkin and spice undertones. Definitely a fall beer. One I tap it,mi suppose I will have to do sugar rimmed glasses to make up for the missing sweetness/body that was planned!
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I bottled mine then tasted and no spice otherwise seems to be OK. Wonder what happened.
If all else fails and yours is spiceless after carbonation, you can always make a tincture of the spice in vodka and add it to your glass when you pour the beer.
Biscuits
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Had to put some light behind it to bring out the amazing color.
Brewed this a handful of weeks ago. 3 in primary, 1 in keg. Then added gelatin and carbed for about another week. I noted above the really stuck mash recirc and sparge, which made it impossible to hold a temperature. I only learned the outcome of that when I pulled a FG at 1.007, which is much drier than intended.
First few glasses impression: beautiful color, very clear after the initial gunk. Nice head and lacing. Can pick up the pumpkin spice on the pre-taste. Pumpkin flavor is faint through the mid-taste and the spice and alcohol kick in on the finish.
It's a good quality ale, though I am sure it would have been a good bit sweeter if the mash issues didn't occur. I will enjoy drinking this and making it again next year.
-BD
First few glasses impression: beautiful color, very clear after the initial gunk. Nice head and lacing. Can pick up the pumpkin spice on the pre-taste. Pumpkin flavor is faint through the mid-taste and the spice and alcohol kick in on the finish.
It's a good quality ale, though I am sure it would have been a good bit sweeter if the mash issues didn't occur. I will enjoy drinking this and making it again next year.
-BD
Loving this stuff. I think it is better than the original (DFH Punkin Ale). Bringing some up north in a few days so I had to come up with a label. Cheers!
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Than the original what?
Dogfish Head Punkin Ale
For context, I was sent to this thread when I was originally looking for a clone of Dogfish Head Punkin Ale.
Ok, that explains a lot. haha. Maybe next time you should include that context. It seemed like you were talking about the original recipe, which would've seemed like a very ******-bag thing to say. I'm currently sippin on this recipe, only I went with white lab's irish ale yeast (not because I wanted to change the recipe, but because that was what was on hand). It's great!
Yeah, totally glad you called it out as that is not what I intended. I use to love DGH version but this recipe exceeds that in my opinion. I will be brewing this every year. as for the yeast, yeah I was going to switch mine up but I only had US-05 on hand and I went with that. maybe next year.
dcrog
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I've heard other people say that about the spices. I made this a few weeks ago for my DIL and I have to say the spices are quite pronounced.
You didn't use 1.5 teaspoons instead of tablespoons did you? That's the only thing I can think of.
Oh by the way excellent recipe. It still needs to age a while but I kegged it last week and it tastes great.
You didn't use 1.5 teaspoons instead of tablespoons did you? That's the only thing I can think of.
Oh by the way excellent recipe. It still needs to age a while but I kegged it last week and it tastes great.
Another question or thing to keep in mind is the age of the spice mix. Spices, especially pre-ground ones, will lose potency over time.
Brewed this last night. Smells amazing. Used safale 04 as the lhbs did not have 05. I did have one question though. I am up here in Canada and I think our food inspection laws are a little stricter. Even small minute amounts of ingredients must be listed. The McCormicks pumpkin pie spice contains sulphites. Then I realized all ginger contains it's. I am assuming the boil would boil this all off and it's very small amounts so hoping it doesn't affect fermentation.
Nicegirl
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Won't have any affect what so ever. I've brewed this beer several times using the same recipe as you're using, except for the yeast, and never have a problem. The yeast won't mind.
