tre9er said:Not that anybody particularly cares, but I thought I'd follow-up and say that my Lager version of this was very, very good. I wish I had made 18 gallons of it because 9 went wayyy too fast (2 weeks). Next year I'll definitely do a double batch. Thanks for the recipe, Reno. Anyone looking for a good pumpkin-spice beer, this one should be the end-all-be-all.
Wreck99 said:Just bottled my Punkin' Ale batch. Can't wait until its ready! It's delicious now!
do you pickup alot of the pumpkin and pumkin spice aromas during fermentation, i don't pickup on any on my batch that started on saturday.
brewski08 said:So my FG is finishing a little high (1.025), but my OG was also a little high (1.071). Since my ABV is a little higher than expected, I was thinking about adding water to the fermenter to dry it out a bit.
Does anybody have any experience with this?
Brewed this on 9/24. Drinking it today, pretty tasty, i drastically reduced the amount of spices, they are barely noticeable in the final beer, which is fine with me. i lightly rim the glass with cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and sugar for those who want it to taste like pumpkin pie.
when i went to keg, i opened the primary and it smelled like someone farted in it. i was worried the beer was ruined, however the finished beer has zero fart taste or aroma.
Hahaha. When I bottled mine it tasted and smelled bad and I also thought I fudged something up. After 4 weeks in bottle, I couldn't believe how good it was.
Mine ended up really harsh! I don't understand why. Could this have to do with my water? I used half a campden tablet for 10 gallons to dechlorinate.
It is really weak on the spices too. I'm not sure if I should just let it go longer (brewed 10/25, bottled 11/12) or if it's a lost cause.
rewski said:Well just made my second batch of this great brew. I bought the grain from an online shop because of a great deal. They shipped what was labeled at two bags of 5# of 2-row but there was an extra bag that just said 2-row. I assumed they just gave me extra grain. Well I learned an important lesson...always weight your ingredients unless you weight and bag yourself! I realized the grain bill was low during the fly sparge but obviously I was already a bit late, so I just finished it up.
OG as 1.053 (my last batch came in at 1.081) but I neglected 3-4 lbs of base malt. The final wort smelled awesome so I'm just going to call this one Drunkin Punkin Lite!
wreck99 said:turned out great! Been in the bottles now for 3 weeks. You can tell the pumpkin is there, but its not overpowering. Love it!
Thanks alot Reno_Envy you #*(&$#(*^($&#(&$!
Thanks to you I am taking up home brewing
All joking aside. I have never brewed an ounce of beer. But a good friend made your recipe (some minor change I believe due to ingredients on hand) and I thought it was the best Pumpkin beer I have had (tried about 5 different commercial varieties). So I have spent the past 5 or 6 weeks weeks reading all about making home brew and have decided to take the plunge. I will be doing all grain with the BIAB (beer in a bag) method and your recipe will be my first attempt.:rockin:
It will take another week or 2 to gather everything I need and then it is brew time! I just hope I can wait long enough for the beer to mature before I start drinking it all
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