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Great Pumpkin Ale

Great Pumpkin Ale

Specialty Beer • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal

Jonrey

Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2006 pm 04:33pm

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5.5 gal)

  • 1 lbs Belgian Pale

    Belgian Pale

    Fully modified and is easily converted.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Munich

    Belgian Munich

    Used to increase malt aroma and body with slightly more color.

  • 1 lbs German Vienna

    German Vienna

    Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Märzen and Oktoberfest.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

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

  • 5 lbs Pale Liquid; Alexanders

    Pale Liquid; Alexanders

    Reportedly lightest colored malt extract available.

  • 1 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • 2 tsp Cinnamon - (omitted from calculations)

    Cinnamon

  • .5 tsp Nutmeg - (omitted from calculations)

    Nutmeg

  • 1 oz fresh grated ginger - (omitted from calculations)

    fresh grated ginger

  • .5 tbsp allspice - (omitted from calculations)

    allspice

  • .5 tsp cloves - (omitted from calculations)

    cloves

  • White Labs WLP008 East Coast Ale

    White Labs WLP008 East Coast Ale

    Our "Brewer Patriot" strain can be used to reproduce many of the American versions of classic beer styles. Similar neutral character of WLP001, but less attenuation, less accentuation of hop bitterness, increased flocculation, and a little tartness. Very

Notes

Carmalize 44 oz canned organic pumpkin in oven at 350 for 1 hr on cookie sheet. Mash in at 153F for 60 min. Sparge and boil for 60 min. Add pumpkin at start of boil. Add Irish Moss last 15 min of boil. Add spices last 10 min of boil.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 23 - Specialty Beer

Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.048 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 11.1 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 5.1% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 18.1 IBU 0 - 100

Discussion

Jonrey

Getting close!

2006-11-21 11:16am

Moved to secondary after 2 weeks in primary. Pumpkin retained a lot of wort, may wish to increase batch size by .5 gal to yield a full 5 gal batch. Allspice is very strong but expect to mellow with aging...will continue to track progress to see if amount should be decreased.

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