Autumn Seasonal Beer Punkin' Ale

[Reno_eNVy]

Thanks for posting your experiences. I love to hear people enjoying making and drinking this one. I'm finally back in town from a week long training class and I have an itch to brew. This one is definitely next!

 

[brew2enjoy]

Brewed the 2nd batch of this last night. Found out that my digital thermometer was reading way too high so I actually mashed very low (high 140's) on the first batch. Checked the gravity of that one yesterday and it looks like it's finished up at 1.010. I corrected that mistake on the second batch so it will be interesting to compare the two when they are ready.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Nice. Dry vs full bodied. :rockin:

 

[mrgstiffler]

Here we go...

 

[BlakeL]

This weekend I tried Pumking and DFH Punkin and preferred Punkin much more. Does my hopville recipe for a 2.5g batch look any good?

http://hopville.com/recipe/1643471

 

[Reno_eNVy]

This weekend I tried Pumking and DFH Punkin and preferred Punkin much more. Does my hopville recipe for a 2.5g batch look any good?

http://hopville.com/recipe/1643471

Looks pretty dang good to me!

Brew on!

 

[BlakeL]

Looks pretty dang good to me!

Brew on!

Which one of the hops that I currently have do you think would work best?

Chinook
Cascade
Centennial
Columbus
Liberty
Willamette
Kent Goldings

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Liberty or Willamette for sure. Or use Cascade and only do a 60 minute addition.

 

[BlakeL]

Liberty or Willamette for sure. Or use Cascade and only do a 60 minute addition.

Thanks for the responses. I like the idea of doing some cascade hops. It looks like 0.5oz at the start of the boil will bring me around 23 IBU's.

 

[Waterboy42]

Liberty or Willamette for sure. Or use Cascade and only do a 60 minute addition.

This.

 

[ButcherBoy]

Willamette, has a nice earthy flavor that I think would go well with this brew. I'm planning to use it when I brew this.

 

[brewguyver]

Brewed this past weekend and smells amazing. Also managed to clog the plate chiller - I need to build a backup immersion rig. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

 

[BlackNotch]

Just ordered my grains for this, went with WLP028 for my yeast, can't wait!

 

[AR-Josh]

3 tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp Ginger
2 tsp Nutmeg
1.5 tsp Allspice
1.5 tsp Cloves
1 tsp Cardamom

The cardamom is my secret ingredient. Adds a nice little floral/citrus undertone. Everything should be freshly ground for the best flavor except the ginger because you'd have to use fresh ginger to go that route. You could use like a tbls of fresh ginger instead of you wanted.

I used exactly this for my spice. I put a blowoff rig on it for the first 3 days or so, then switched to an airlock. After a day or 3 I came back to find the lid blown off. Hope it's not infected... Anyway... The spice...

I'm worried as the cinnamon smell was most pungent. I'm hoping it will mellow by the time I take a sample in a week or two. If it's WAY too much and not good I'll probably just make this whole thing up again then rack on top of the nice yeast cake this one has produced.

 

[brewmaster12]

I used exactly this for my spice. I put a blowoff rig on it for the first 3 days or so, then switched to an airlock. After a day or 3 I came back to find the lid blown off. Hope it's not infected... Anyway... The spice...

I'm worried as the cinnamon smell was most pungent. I'm hoping it will mellow by the time I take a sample in a week or two. If it's WAY too much and not good I'll probably just make this whole thing up again then rack on top of the nice yeast cake this one has produced.

It'll mellow out. I don't start drinking this til around thanksgiving and the spice is perfect.

 

[AR-Josh]

It'll mellow out. I don't start drinking this til around thanksgiving and the spice is perfect.

Thanks for the reassurance...sometimes that's all I need not to FLIP OUT!!!!

 

[Wild Duk]

About to get the ingredients to brew this up....As far as the brown sugar goes, when I throw it into beersmith, 1#, it takes the SG ffrom 1.060 to 1.070
In your origional recipe, was the brown sugar accounted for in the O.G of 1.065

If I didnt want it to be this high, 1.070, would you recommend backing off on the brown sugar, or maybe the base malt a little.....

thx, can't wait to brew it....

 

[Reno_eNVy]

If you want to tone it down I'd say cut the sugar back instead of grain. Cutting down on grain might affect body and bready flavors.

The 1.065 og is based on 5.5 gallons at 70% efficiency using BeerSmith. YMMV based on set-up and brew software.

 

[krenshaw]

i brewed this this past friday.. it was the 3rd in a 3 brew day, and i did the pumpkin baking in the AM so there was pleanty of time to cool.. everytime i walked back into my house it smelled great, and once the boil started and i got to the point of the spice additions i was very much looking forward to this one being done.. i'll be giving it a 3 week primary as most of my brews and then about a week to carb up in a keg.. should be great timing for a good pumpkin ale i just made a couple of the suggested changes here and there from many of the pages here.. if it turns out really good i'll post what changes i made.. thanks reno!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Just got the Libby's, just need some more spice. Probably brewing this one next weekend as long as I'm not out of town for work! :rockin:

 

[Onlooker]

Just brewed this up yesterday. Used about 3/4 pound of rice hulls and had zero problem with lautering. Also my first time milling my own grains, which turned out very well.

Bubbling away right now with Denny's Favorite 50 yeast, WY1450. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Thanks for the recipe and guidance Reno.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Wow.... I just read the Wyeast page for Denny's Favorite 50. I need to get some of that! My house yeast is American Ale II WY1272. But the strain your using sounds amazing.

Be sure to report your findings.

 

[BlackNotch]

Just got done brewing this, house smells great! Everything went well, hit my targets, but I think some if the brown sugar got burned on my element. I used Panela, South American Brown Sugar, and its very hard like a brick, so Im thinking a couple chunks hit it. Went with Wlp028 for my yeast and I split the last ounce of hops to 20 min and 5 min. Cant wait for this!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Great photos! I'm sure you'll be fine with the scorched sugar. Who knows, maybe it'll add that dark-brown edge-of-the-crust flavor you get on pies in old ovens that don't cook perfectly even.

 

[BlackNotch]

Yeah, like Pumkin Creme Brûlée

 

[brewski1]

I can't wait to brew this!! I'm going on vacation but when I get back I'm brewing this bad-boy! The wife thinks I'm nuts cause I got all the ingredients before I even got ready for vacation. Thanks for this awesome recipe! I love pumpkin beers! (Said like Richard Christy from The Howard Stern Show and the band Charred Walls of the Damned.)

 

[BlackNotch]

I can't wait to brew this!! I'm going on vacation but when I get back I'm brewing this bad-boy! The wife thinks I'm nuts cause I got all the ingredients before I even got ready for vacation. Thanks for this awesome recipe! I love pumpkin beers! (Said like Richard Christy from The Howard Stern Show and the band Charred Walls of the Damned.)

Nice! "Richard, this is your dad.......Talk to ya later bub, bye". Pumpkin beer is my faaaavorite!

http://www.richardchristy.com/beer.html

 

[Tarks]

I think I'm going to brew this recipe up this weekend. I plugged the ingredients into Brewsmith and based on my equipment profile and efficiency I came up with this. I would like to fly sparge if possible. Thoughts?


Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.77 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.98 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 11.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 19.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 78.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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1 lbs Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM)
9 lbs 0.2 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
14.4 oz Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM)
14.4 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM)
3 lbs 7.5 oz Libbys Pumpkin Puree (3.0 SRM)
0.82 oz Hallertauer [4.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min
14.4 oz Brown Sugar, Light - Boil for 60 min
0.82 oz Hallertauer [4.80 %] - Boil 15.0 min
1.50 oz McCormicks Pumpkin Pie Spice (Boil 10.0 min)
2.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 16 lbs 3.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 15.77 qt of water at 167.5 F 156.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 5.50 gal water at 168.0 F

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Looks good to me

 

[mathin]

I'm going to brew a slight variation this weekend. I wanted a bit more bitterness so I'm going with .75 oz Magnum @60 min. I'm going to use 1 oz Willamette at 5 min. I'm hoping the earthiness will go nicely with the pumpkin.