Pumpkin Beer

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frutbunn

Pumpkin Beer

Post by frutbunn » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:40 pm

Tis the season!

So, with pumpkins on at ASDA for £1.50! And a weekend looming! Does anyone have a good recipe for Pumpkin beer? :D

BlackBag

Re: Pumpkin Beer

Post by BlackBag » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:53 am

Knew I had this somewhere. I copied from a link (from here I think) with every intention of someday giving it a go. Read your post and a trawl through my documents and PABAAAA!

Pumpkin Beer


(5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains and pumpkin) OG = 1.048 FG = 1.012 IBU = 19 SRM = 6 ABV = 4.6% By modern standards, a pumpkin ale would hardly be considered that wild. But, it was the wildest recipe of 1995 (BYO’s first year). The biggest key to brewing this beer is getting the spice blend right. If you use “supermarket spices,” these amounts should yield a subtly spicy beer. Decrease the amount if you grind your own whole spices. Ingredients 1.25 lbs. (0.57 kg) Muntons Extra Light dried malt extract 3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) Northwestern Gold liquid malt extract 1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) 2-row pale malt 1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) CaraPils malt 5–6 lbs. (2.3–2.7 kg) pumpkin (cubed) 5 AAU Cascade hops (60 mins) (1.0 oz./28 g of 5% alpha acids) 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp. ground cloves 1/4 tsp. ground ginger 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg Dried ale yeast 0.75 cup corn sugar (for priming) Step by Step Boil pumpkin cubes in water for 15 minutes. Heat 0.75 gallons (2.8 L) of water to 163 °F (73 °C). Place crushed grains in steeping bag and steep grains at 152 °F (67 °C) for 45 minutes. When pumpkin is ready, add chunks to grain bag and add cool water (to maintain 152 °F (67 °C) temperature). Combine grain and pumpkin "tea," dried malt extract and water to make 2.5 gallons (9.5 L) of wort. Boil for 60 minutes, adding hops at the start of the boil. Add liquid malt extract and spices with 15 minutes left in the boil. Cool wort and transfer to fermenter. Top up to 5 gallons (19 L) with water. Aerate and pitch yeast. Ferment at 69 °F (21 °C).
http://byo.com/recipe/1337.html

frutbunn

Re: Pumpkin Beer

Post by frutbunn » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:21 am

Cheers!

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