Your Best Pumpkin Ale Recipe

[katmeefer]

Its that time of year again! Im going to be brewing my first pumpkin ale soon and i wanted to see what everyones favorite recipes are.
I work at a bakery and have plenty of access to pumpkin, brown sugar, and spices, so I'm trying to figure out the best ratios.

 

[enkamania]

The original recipe was from Brewing Classic Styles and I've made my changes to it. The pumpkin pie spice is 1/2 tsp ciinamon, 1/4 tsp ginger, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, 1/8 tsp allspice

Amount Name Type #
11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 1
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 2
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 4
4.0 oz Special Roast (50.0 SRM) Grain 5
1.5 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.0%] - Boil 60 min Hops 6
1.00 Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15 min) Misc 7
1.00 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (Boil 1 min) Misc 8
1 pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 9
1.00 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (Primary 2 weeks) Misc 10
2.50 ml Pumpkin Pie Extract (Bottling 2 weeks) Misc 11
2.00 Vanilla Bean (Bottling 2 weeks) Misc 12

 

[katmeefer]

Interesting that all your spices are secondary. Why didn't you use any purée in the boil?

 

[enkamania]

This year I might put a tiny bit in for this years addition. I don't think pumpkin adds much flavor.

 

[katmeefer]

Yeah thats what i was curious about adding it in the boil seems like a lot of the flavor would be eaten by the yeast given pumpkins sugar content.