Whole Pumpkin Pie in brew

[bigbeergeek]

Standing by for this...

 

[Hamsterbite]

YES!!! This is great.

I'm thinking of other possibilities:

Banana Bread Abbey Ale
Baguette Brown
Twinkie Cream Ale
Chocolate Eclair Stout
Urinal Cake Adjunct Lager

Um, I believe that last one is not a new idea. King of beers...hello?

 

[Hamsterbite]

This does open up a whole new realm of confectionary matchups though.

International series:
Flantastico-Modelo Especial brewed with Flan
Peronolli- Peroni & Canolli
Struedelsteiner


Regional Series:
Clam Adams- Sam Adams and Clam cakes...what? Oyster Stout is legit. Why not clams?

 

[Patro]

This gives some new ideas for the GaP thread. How about making a brew exclusively out of pie or other desserts?
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/gap-grocery-produce-beer-experiment-69313/index30.html

 

[rob4jc]

Had a Cherry Lager last night that had a hint of fresh cherry pie (a little sour) at the end. Was actually pretty good! And ST Creme Brulee Stout is insane!

 

[JeffoC6]

Annnnnnnd....Subscribed.

 

[rob4jc]

Pie mashed...

 

[rob4jc]

Sorry, video won't post from phone app.

 

[Token]

Oh my God, you guys are crackin' me up.

I made a pumpkin ale using real pumpkin a few years ago. Cut up the pumpkin, scrape out the seeds, sprinkle some pumpkin pie spice on it, bake it, put it in a mesh bag, let it steep with specialty grains if using, and allow pumpkin in bag to remain in boil kettle. Make sure you use pellet hops; they will stick to the bag/pumpkin a bit. When you use the pumpkin to make the pie AFTER brewing, it will be the best danged pie you ever ate IN YOUR LIFE!!!

Anyway, good luck with your experiment. And your pie looks delish!

 

[Monstar]

This is AWESOME. Can't wait to see how it finishes.

You are Rambo.

 

[bovineblitz]

Great idea. At Extreme Beer Fest in Boston there were a couple breweries that used whole pies in beers. From what I remember, they were both fruit pies. So, at least there's a precedent that it can work!

Regional Series:
Clam Adams- Sam Adams and Clam cakes...what? Oyster Stout is legit. Why not clams?

There was a beer made with several kinda of seafood as well... I think it was shrimp, oysters, clams, and crab.

 

[rob4jc]

UPDATE...
Transferred to secondary today. It smells and tastes awesome! This was based on Harpoon UFO. Wheat base with light and fresh pumpkin spice with a Graham cracker finish. Was gonna adjust spices and maybe add vanilla and/or lactose. But it is great as is! FG is 5.89 ABV. Est was only 4.9. I guess the pie bumped it up. Extremely happy so far. I will update after secondary and carb.

 

[Token]

Hope it continues to do well. Sounds good!

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

So happy you followed through with it! Thats awesome. I hope it turns out great. Just made a pumpkin brew a few days ago. Its nothing compared to this beast. Nice work! Cheers!

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

UPDATE...
Transferred to secondary today. It smells and tastes awesome! This was based on Harpoon UFO. Wheat base with light and fresh pumpkin spice with a Graham cracker finish. Was gonna adjust spices and maybe add vanilla and/or lactose. But it is great as is! FG is 5.89 ABV. Est was only 4.9. I guess the pie bumped it up. Extremely happy so far. I will update after secondary and carb.

Awesome!! how was primary fermentation? any starter? any lag time? any oil slick? really interesting, always wanted to try fruit pie filling but acually pies!? keep the imagination running!

 

[Hethen57]

FYI - I did something like this in the secondary/keg (awesome smelling pumpkin pie in a dry hop sack) and it ruined my beer....I wanted to get more pumpkin flavor and what I got was slimy, starchy, pumkiny beer...the only batch I have ever tossed. Nothing wrong with experimenting and reporting back so others can learn something!

 

[homebrewhaha]

Someone already did this? Guess that makes sense.

 

[texwake]

pHOTOS?

 

[rob4jc]

Was out of town during primary. But it worked! Noticed minimal oil slick on top. Couldn't really even scoop it out there was so little. No starter. Looks like it started fermenting a little more after I racked to secondary. Out of town. Will post pics soon.

 

[Token]

FYI - I did something like this in the secondary/keg (awesome smelling pumpkin pie in a dry hop sack) and it ruined my beer....I wanted to get more pumpkin flavor and what I got was slimy, starchy, pumkiny beer...the only batch I have ever tossed. Nothing wrong with experimenting and reporting back so others can learn something!

Um, ya. You threw pie into your already fermented beer...

 

[bovineblitz]

FYI - I did something like this in the secondary/keg (awesome smelling pumpkin pie in a dry hop sack) and it ruined my beer....I wanted to get more pumpkin flavor and what I got was slimy, starchy, pumkiny beer...the only batch I have ever tossed. Nothing wrong with experimenting and reporting back so others can learn something!

Lol... of course you have to mash it, gotta break down those starches.

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

Um, ya. You threw pie into your already fermented beer...

Read from the start of the thread. He clearly did not do that.

 

[bovineblitz]

Read from the start of the thread. He clearly did not do that.

/facepalm

Telling someone else to read, when you didn't do it yourself...

 

[Hethen57]

Not the whole pie...I added cooked pie filling with spices like a pie dry hop. I really don't see what the crust would add other than a bunch of trub gunk...

 

[bovineblitz]

Not the whole pie...I added cooked pie filling with spices like a pie dry hop. I really don't see what the crust would add other than a bunch of trub gunk...

A ton of starches.

 

[SoupNazi]

Love this concept.

At this years portland fruit beer festival, breakside brewery did a strawberry rhubarb pie beer with whole pies in the mash. It was fantastic!

I am seriously considering doing this for a pumpkin ale that I'm brewing this weekend.

Thanks for sharing

 

[Token]

/facepalm

Telling someone else to read, when you didn't do it yourself...

heh, heh. Thanks.

 

[mtbfan101]

Dude, I wish you all the prosperity in the world for following through with this idea. You're the man!

 

[rob4jc]

Pumpkin is in keg! Had to add 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice and vanilla. May add more, needs to carb first. But so far so good!

 

[jjeremy]

So, I imagine this is tasted by now? All good?