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Headless Horseman's Pumpkin

Headless Horseman's Pumpkin

Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer • Extract • 5.5 gal

friendjosh

Enjoy! For detailed instructions - see the first comment.

July 27, 2005 pm 03:41pm

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Ingredients (Extract5.5 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.

  • 0.5 lbs Caramel Wheat Malt

    Caramel Wheat Malt

    For dark ales, hefeweizen, dunkelweizen, wheat bocks and double bocks.

  • 6 lbs Wheat Liquid; Northwestern

    Wheat Liquid; Northwestern

    Can be used in making Wheat Beer, Bavarian Weizen, Berliner Weiss, and Dunkel Weizen.

  • .5 lbs Malto Dextrin

    Malto Dextrin

    Adds body and mouthfeel. For all extract beers. Does not ferment.

  • 1 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 15 oz Libbys Pure Pumpkin - (omitted from calculations)

    Libbys Pure Pumpkin

  • 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice - (omitted from calculations)

    pumpkin pie spice

  • Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen™

    Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen™

    Unique top-fermenting yeast which produces the unique and spicy weizen character, rich with clove, vanilla and banana. Best results are achieved when fermentations are held around 68F.

Notes

Ingredients - also included 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract. 1. Steep grain with 1 gal water at 150degrees for 30 minutes. 2. Sparge with 1 gal water at 170 degrees. 3. Add water to bring to total 4 gal. Bring to boil. 4. Add in extract, maltodextrin, and hops. 5. Boil 30 minutes. 6. Add in pumpkin. 7. Boil 15 minutes. 8. Add in spices and vanilla extract. 9. Boil 15 minutes. 10. Cool, place in primary with enough water for 5.5 gal, aerate, drop yeast. 11. Wait 1-2 weeks - rack into seconday. 12. Wait 2-3 weeks - bottle with carb drops. 13. Wait until done - Drink! Current Batch Notes: At step 10, SG = 1.050 At step 11, SG = 1.013

Style (BJCP)

Category: 21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer

Subcategory: A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 14.2 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 5.3% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 18.8 IBU 0 - 100

Discussion

friendjosh

Current Batch Notes:

2005-07-27 3:42pm

At step 10, SG = 1.050 At step 11, SG = 1.013 When I tasted it, it was super smooth and slightly malty. Cant wait til halloween to drink!

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