BrewThruYou
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Southern Tier Pumking Clone??
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NervousDad
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I just picked up two bottles at Wegmans! So far I haven't found a close recipe that matches up to the specs of the bottle? Does anyone have anything that is close? I see the recipe on page 20 comes out to 33 IBUs, but the bottle state that it's only 15.
ErieShores
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My bottles do not list IBU's, can you post a picture of yours?
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integra93ls
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MZRIS said:typo! i meant 2012someone needs to do a taste comparison!!
If someone send me a bottle of the clone on pg 20 ill sample it next to the st pumking.
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skeezerpleezer
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If you send me a bottle of the ST pumking, I will sample it along side my clone attempt....
It should be out soon here, I will post once I do a heads up. I still have some 09/10/11 in the cellar also. May do a little vertical.
hopbrad
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ya that was one expense i lucked out on, my gf happened to have a ton of beans laying around so after reading online how to make extract, it said soak 3-4 beans in a cup of booze for 4-6 months. so since i only had 2 weeks, i doubled the beans. so i put 8 beans chopped in quarters and split in a cup of rum. then put about 4-5 ounces of the liquid in the 5 gallon batch. and let 6 of the chopped beans in(so maybe 1.5-2 beans). along with a teaspoon of graham cracker extract and a tsp of pumpkin pie spice. pretty nervous that is too much vanilla, but hopefully the GC extract and pie spice balances it. i was originally going to let it sit for 2-3 weeks, but now i think ill bottle it after a week so it doesnt keep getting stronger
i would be wiling to maybe do a trade: pumking for clone (if you could throw in another brew from a local brewery that would be cool,cause pumking aint cheap) so we can both compare if that would work... I could throw in a few other beers as well - we have several breweries in jax.
I'm getting a case of Pumking today, and my clone is 3 weeks in bottles but still not quite ready. I'll probably give mine a couple more weeks then do a side by side and report back how it goes.
Awesome chug!! feel free to shoot me a PM if we can work out a trade so i can try your clone attempt!! I had a few bottles of pumking shipped to me so they will be here on the 28th! please post your recipe so we can see what you did!
I shouldn't have said "my clone", sorry. I followed the recipe on page 20. The only thing I did different, for some reason, is add just a few extra drops of the graham cracker extract
which I can tell was a bit of a mistake from the earlier samples I tried. While still quite good, the graham cracker flavor kind of stuck out over the other spices. However, I had one of mine again last night and the other flavors are starting to come through, so I'm thinking (hoping) the graham cracker is fading and it's gonna be very good with a little more time.here is a neat video ST released on pumking behind the scenes - https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151210107102189
SpeedYellow
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Has anyone noticed a chemical or solvent-like nose and/or flavor from this graham cracker extract? I have been experimenting by putting a drop or two in a couple beers, and the nose is unbearable. I'm wondering if it fades after a couple weeks in secondary. If not, this stuff isn't going in my beer! My pumpkin beer just finished fermenting (and tastes wonderful!), so I need to make a decision.
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Man, I'd love a reason to not spend $9 on 13mL of extract...
The flavor ingredients are dissolved in pure ethanol, just like real vanilla extract. Don't drink it and drive!
http://wn.com/woman_gets_dui_for_drinking_vanilla_extract
ErieShores
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TyTanium
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Mashing in my mouth, maybe. Those things are so good. I get them for my daughter and I end up eating most of them.
My son just walked in the house with a bomber of Pumking. That's my boy.
This has been my experience too.
MZRIS said:
I'm on a tight budget so will need to find substitutes for the graham cracker extract and vanilla beans. I was hoping to see if anyone else had experience in mashing the crackers. Putting them in secondary defiantly sounds like a mess. For the vanilla bean substitute, I read online that for each bean you can use 1-2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract so I'll probably use 1 teaspoon for 2.5 gallon.
the extract was cheap - certainly not much more than the crackers it would take to flavor 15gallons, which is about how far the 13mL dropper should stretch
it was under $7 with a random internet coupon code and $2 shipping
it was under $7 with a random internet coupon code and $2 shipping
aknox
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I'm getting ready to bottle Cannondale's recipe on Saturday. I will post with pictures and tasting notes.
I just got the graham cracker extract today and put a few drops in a glass of water...it smells and tastes exactly like the "buttery/vanilla" flavor/aroma that you get off of Pumking - the aroma is maybe a bit harsher (hint of potpurri?!?) initially, but that may mellow with time and the other spices in the beer. I'm curious to see someone who has brewed the clone do a side by side, but it sounds like that's coming soon. I'll stay tuned in...
aknox
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In that Pumking in less than two minutes video, it looks like he is just guestimating how much puree to throw in there. It also looks like it's very watery and uncooked. Anyone else see that?
