phoenixs4r
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Brewed this about 2 months ago. Very bland. Not bad at all. But very bland. No spices, slight pumpkin smell, very little taste.
phoenixs4r said:Brewed this about 2 months ago. Very bland. Not bad at all. But very bland. No spices, slight pumpkin smell, very little taste.
bottlebomber said:Man I wasn't gonna be that harsh, but those were kind of my sentiments. It needs something... I was thinking of upping the spices and adding some crystal or caramel malt. I was considering dumping a pint of Myers dark rum in the batch I have finishing now.
KingBrianI said:It's weird the spices haven't been strong enough for some of you. I think they are just right, not overpowering but definitely noticeable. Some people earlier in the thread commented that they were too strong and that they would cut them down the next time. I guess it all comes down to personal preference. Well, that or using fresh spices. Did you guys who don't think the spice notes are strong enough use fresh spices or old dried up stuff?
I made this brew yesterday: the spices came through nice when I tasted it post-boil. Delicious. Thanks Brian.
aceinthehole said:Yeah, I had quite a bit of sediment, I racked to secondary after 14 days, which helped clean it up. I bottled saturday, and only netted 41 bottles though... So I lost quite a bit.
WarrantedFED said:I'm trying to decide if I should just consider this portion as waste. I wonder if there is anything drinkable in there that could be filtered out....
Maybe I could make something out of it. It seems a shame to waste it.
bottlebomber said:Dude did you live through the great depression? Its trub!
Brewing this tonight. Cant wait after reading all the rave reviews. Baked my grains last night, I think 24 hours should be enough time for them to mellow. About to bake my pumpkin now. My local shops didnt have Denny's or Pacman so I am using my harvested 001 Cal Ale. Hopefully this will work fine????
WarrantedFED said:I'm trying to decide if I should just consider this portion as waste. I wonder if there is anything drinkable in there that could be filtered out....
Maybe I could make something out of it. It seems a shame to waste it.
elproducto said:I just checked my hydro sample and it tastes really good, but feels like it needs a little extra flavor.
How much should I add to the keg?
this may have been answered before but with toasting the marris otter, does it matter whether the grains have been crushed already?
CraigT said:i guess i might have to skip this step then since i have no way of crushing them.
okay thanks i never thought of that. this looks like a great recipe and kingbryan, i made your caramel amber a few months ago and it was the best amber i have ever tasted. so im excited to try this one out.
Mine is in secondary now and I have to say I'm not impressed. The spices smelled and tasted better before, but at this point they have kind of blended together into something vaguely cinnamony but not fresh tasting. No "zing" at all. I actually wish I hadn't added the spices at all because it would probably taste decent as a plain beer. My family's pumpkin pie recipe is just cinnamon and cloves, so maybe it's the other spices I'm objecting to. I think I may try to add some cinnamon and clove tea before bottling. Also the vanilla sounds like it might be a good thing. How much vanilla have people been adding to the secondary? Are we talking a teaspoon or so?
What efficiency is this recipe based off?
it looks like about 80% eff to me, as I had to add in some GP (2row) for my eff (70%).
The only problem that I foresee is that my beer is much lighter than the picture posted on the first page of this thread. I think I'm around 9 SRM...which seems much lighter than either the recipe or the picture indicates. I came within one point of the OG, so I'm not sure what's causing the drastic color difference.
WarrantedFED said:I've decided to order the pumpkin ale extract kit from Northern Brewer and to put the wort onto the trub.
I accept that for a variety of reasons that I do so at my own peril, but call it a personality flaw or whatever, I have never overpitched the heck out of a beer before in this manner and I'd like to form my own opinion of the merits of doing so!
Like a butter knife into the electrical outlet, here I go!!
Whoever said they were going to brew this as a Saison, that's a great idea. Its not going to happen this year, but maybe next summer ill brew this mashing a little cooler, and use a saison yeast
ucbedge, I had the same experience of the beer seeming much lighter. When its a full pint glass, and not just a test vial full it may appear as it did in the picture though
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