Roasted a pumpkin for an hour or so at 160c, it smelt lovely, kind of wasn't expecting much really as most squashes don't taste of much but this one really smelled like pumpkin pie
Anyway I put in 750g of roast pumpkin, a bit less than the recipe (that Jamil bloke again) suggested, but I've no rice hulls and didn't want a stuck sparge, but definately wanted some pumpkin in the beer, I think the recipe suggestion of 2.26kg would be waaaay too much to be honest.
Bit of a pain measuring out 1/8 tsp (0.13) of spice, a little sceptical that I'll be able to taste them, but the advice is add a little now and then adjust by steeping some spices in vodka and adding them to the keg.
Batch sparge run off was a bit slow, but uneventful, all things went to plan and the only drama was when I got engrossed watching Christopher Walken (he looks old
) and the bucket taking my coolant water from the cfc overflowed, in my desperation I turned the outlet tap off and the cfc then sprung a leak which sprayed water everywhere, thankfully none got in the beer as it was covered but it was a mess to clear up!Anyway, got 1.053 S.G which was 0.003 short for 23l, meant my efficiency was a touch under 70%, no big deal, tasting the wort reminds me of the smell when driving past the Weetabix factory nr kettering on the way to Whicksteed park as an 8 year old, here's the recipe:
BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Ale
Brewer: da flything
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 22.70 L
Boil Size: 26.99 L
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 10.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 24.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 73.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.73 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (2.5 SRM) Grain 84.87 %
0.26 kg Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 4.70 %
0.26 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 25L (25.4 SRM) Grain 4.70 %
0.26 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.9 SRM) Grain 4.70 %
0.06 kg Amber Malt (50.8 SRM) Grain 1.02 %
51.10 gm Goldings, East Kent 4.6 [4.60 %] (60 min)Hops 24.0 IBU
0.13 tsp Allspice (Boil 1.0 min) Misc
0.13 tsp Nutmeg (Boil 1.0 min) Misc
0.25 tsp Ginger Root (Boil 1.0 min) Misc
0.50 tsp Cinnamon (Boil 1.0 min) Misc
0.75 kg Pumpkin (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Broughcliffe Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 5.57 kg
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Broughcliffe Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
90 min Mash In Add 14.52 L of water at 75.1 C 68.0 C