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Pumpkin Head

Pumpkin Head

Saison • Extract • 5 gal

beaame

I'll be brewing this weekend and will update when it's finnished

September 29, 2004 am 07:36am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • 7 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 1 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • 0.50 oz Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 2 lb Pumpkin - (omitted from calculations)

    Pumpkin

  • 3.5 tsp Spices (see notes) - (omitted from calculations)

    Spices (see notes)

  • Wyeast 1388 Belgian Strong Ale™

    Wyeast 1388 Belgian Strong Ale™

    Robust flavor yeast with moderate to high alcohol tolerance. Fruity nose and palate, dry, tart finish.

Notes

Add crystal in bag to 1.5 gal cold water. Bring to boil, remove the crystal. Remove from heat and add the malt extract, return to boil. Add the Fuggle hops, begin timing (60 min.). With 10 min. to go, add 1 tsp crushed Nutmeg, 1 tsp crushed Allspice, 3 sticks Cinnamon, 1 oz grated ginger root, and the Northern Brewer hops. Meanwhile, slice the pumpkin into chunks, put on a cookie sheet, and bake at 350^ until soft, about 30 min. Toss the pumpkin into the fermenter with 2 gal cold water or ice, then sparge the boiled wort into the fermenter. Pitch yeast at temp between 70^-75^, let it ferment. Rack to secondary in 5-7 days. Bottle as usual.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: C - Saison

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.060 1.048 - 1.065
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.002 - 1.012
Color: 11.8 SRM 5 - 14
Alcohol: 6.5% ABV 5% - 7%
Bitterness: 23.7 IBU 20 - 35

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