Pumkin ale... Let's hope it's good

[alix101]

I decided to brew a pumkin ale ?don't know why I've never tasted it any way in picture format....

The grain ready to
Hops weighed out Kent goldings 60min and northern brewer 30 min

I then roasted the pumpkin on 180c for about half an hour covered it with light brown sugar first
I'm supprised I didn't eat it when it came out :wink

Then I had a brew for energy

Heated up my strike water i use brew pal on my I phone to work out the temp and amount , it's a great help with brew Day


After an hour in the mash tun after my first runnings I fill my boiler

And now to the boil make sure it doesn't boil over I stir in the hot break
oh I almost..
forgot it ... I added the pumpkin to the boiler for 90 mins

I got a nice boil going although the pumpkin must of made the temp to high and after an hour my boiler cut out, for 5
mins..
I added nutmeg, cinnamon , and all spice to the boil with 10mins to go, I also added whirlfloc, and my chiller
And then chilled it
FV
took my gravity and pitched the yeast what a day ..

I just hope it's good the mess was crazy to clean up but it's bubbling away now so happy days

[mysterio]

I went through a similar thought process as you last year, brewed 10 gallons from brewing classic styles and ended up dumping a keg. I would recommend bottling it. The flavour was not bad but it's an occasional beer.

[alix101]

Bottling sounds like I good idea how long do you think I could keep it..

[mysterio]

Indefinitely ! Good one to hand out to the kids on Halloween.

[alix101]

Haha ... It will be a nice change from White lightening, that the kids dink around here:), the little ones might not think so ...