Monsta Pumpkin Mash
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer • Partial Mash • 5 gal
A tasty fall treat.
August 15, 2011 pm 12:10pm
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5 gal)
- 4 lbs
American 2-row
American 2-row
Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt
- 2 lbs
Special Roast Malt; Briess
Special Roast Malt; Briess
Toasty, biscuity, sour, tangy flavors. Characteristics & Applications: • Excellent for Nut Brown Ales, Porter and other dark beer styles. • Special processing develops unique Toasty, Biscuity, Sour, Tangy flavors distinctive to Special Roast Malt . • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 1.5 lbs
American Caramel 60°L
American Caramel 60°L
Mild caramel,nutty flavor, sweet. adds color
- 3 lbs
Dry Light Extract
Dry Light Extract
White color, mild flavor. Will produce lagers and Pilseners and can also be used to produce darker beers when used in conjunction with colored malts. Made of pale malt.
- 1 oz
Willamette - 5.6 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
- 1 oz
Goldings - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
Goldings
Mild. Slightly flowery.
- 1 oz
Irish Moss - 25 min boil (omitted from calculations)
Irish Moss
A dried red-brown marine algae. Fining agent to remove large proteins. Negatively charged polymer attracts positively charged protein-tannin complexes (extracted from grain husks and hops) during the boil. This action is aided by the clumping of proteins in the boiling process. Irish moss settles to the bottom of the brew kettle with spent hops and hot break material at the end of the boil.
- 2 tsp
Allspice - 25 min boil (omitted from calculations)
Allspice
A spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name.
- 2 tsp
Nutmeg (ground) - 25 min boil (omitted from calculations)
Nutmeg (ground)
Nutmeg is pungent and sweet. Nutmeg is the seed of Myristica fragrans, an evergreen tree native to the Molucca Islands. Interestingly, the tree produces both Nutmeg and mace, and grows up to 60 feet tall. Although the tree takes seven years to bear fruit, it may produce until the 90th year. Both spices come from the trees fruit, which splits into a scarlet outer membrane, mace, and an inner brown seed, Nutmeg.
- 1 ea
Cinnamon (stick) - 25 min boil (omitted from calculations)
Cinnamon (stick)
Cinnamon is the dried bark of various laurel trees in the cinnamomun family. One of the more common trees from which Cinnamon is derived is the cassia. Ground cinnamon is perhaps the most common baking spice. Cinnamon sticks are made from long pieces of bark that are rolled, pressed, and dried.
- 2 ea
Pumpkin (canned) - 25 min boil (omitted from calculations)
Pumpkin (canned)
Mild earth spicy flavor. Pumpkins are fruits from the gourd family.
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale
White Labs WLP001 California Ale
This yeast is famous for its clean flavors, balance and ability to be used in almost any style ale. It accentuates the hop flavors and is extremely versatile.
Notes
Mashed @ 150 for 90 mins. Sparged with 170. 2, 15oz cans of Libbys Pumpkin were spread out on a cookie sheet and baked at 350 for 25min. Pumpkin and spices were added with 25 mins left in boil 1 tbsp of crystallized ginger was also added along with noted spiced.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
Subcategory: A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.062 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 19.2 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.5% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 29.2 IBU | 0 - 100 |
Discussion
A soild spicy pumkpin ale for the colder months
2011-12-05 12:57pm
Love this beer, but in the future I will start to make six gallon batches due to loss of volume from pumpkin.
