I love pumpkin ales. I LUV LUV LUV them, and so this year I decided to make one. Just a couple weeks ago, on a nice windy morning, I sat out back and brewed this right up.
TEST - (For Seasonal prelim) - PUNK Pumpkin
Brew Type: Extract |
Date: 10/22/2012 |
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Brewer: |
Batch Size: 5.50 gal |
Assistant Brewer: |
Boil Volume: 8.84 gal |
Boil Time: 60 min |
Equipment: Cameron Mathews Brewery: Brew Pot (15 gal) and
Igloo Cooler (10 Gal) |
Taste Rating (50 possible
points): 35.0
Ingredients
Amount |
Item |
Type |
% or IBU |
6.00 lb |
Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) |
Extract |
60.00 % |
1.00 lb |
Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) |
Grain |
10.00 % |
0.50 lb |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5.00 % |
0.50 lb |
Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5.00 % |
1.00 oz |
Mt. Hood [6.00 %] (60 min) |
Hops |
20.9 IBU |
0.50 oz |
Hallertauer [4.80 %] (5 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) |
Hops |
- |
0.25 tsp |
Allspice (Boil 10.0 min) |
Misc |
|
0.25 tsp |
Cloves, ground (Boil 10.0 min) |
Misc |
|
0.25 tsp |
Ginger, powdered (Boil 10.0 min) |
Misc |
|
0.25 tsp |
Nutmeg (Boil 10.0 min) |
Misc |
|
0.50 tsp |
Vanilla Extract (Boil 15.0 min) |
Misc |
|
1.50 tsp |
Cinnamon, powdered (Boil 10.0 min) |
Misc |
|
4.00 lb |
Pumpkin (Roasted Pieces) (Mash 60.0 min) |
Misc |
|
52.80 items |
Bottle Caps - Orange (Bottling 1.0 min) |
Misc |
|
1.00 lb |
Brown Sugar, Light (8.0 SRM) |
Sugar |
10.00 % |
1.00 lb |
Molasses (80.0 SRM) |
Sugar |
10.00 % |
8.84 gal |
Dallas, TX |
Water |
|
1 Pkgs |
American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) |
Yeast-Ale |
|
Beer Profile
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.056 SG (1.030-1.110 SG) |
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG |
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.014 SG (1.005-1.025 SG) |
Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG |
Estimated Color: 16.8 SRM (5.0-50.0 SRM) |
Color [Color] |
Bitterness: 20.9 IBU (0.0-70.0 IBU) |
Alpha Acid Units: 6.0 AAU |
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.48 % (2.50-12.00 %) |
Actual Alcohol by Volume: 0.65 % |
Actual Calories: 43
cal/pint |
Carbonation and Storage
Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar |
Carbonation Volumes: 2.4 (2.0-3.0 vols) |
Estimated Priming Weight: 4.2 oz |
Temperature at Bottling: 60.0 F |
Primer Used: - |
Age for: 3.0 Weeks |
Storage Temperature: 72.0
F |
Notes
Used one and a half 4-5 lb pie
pumpkins, cut into 8ths and peeled and roasted 1 hour at 325 degrees in the oven.
Then added to the water with steeping grains and removed when water reached
boiling temp to add extracts, molasses, etc.
Notes from http://www.thebrewsite.com/pumpkin-ale-recipe/The first thing to say is do
not use canned pumpkin! Real pumpkin is the only way to go here, otherwise
you’ll be dealing with a huge mess. You’ve been warned.
You’ll first need
to roast the pumpkin in the oven, similar to cooking squash. This softens the
pumpkin and begins breaking it down. Cut the pumpkin into manageable pieces
(should be cleaned, of course—old jack-o’lanterns work great), place in a
shallow baking pan and add a bit of water to the pan. Roast in a 325°-ish oven
for about an hour, or until soft. Or check a cookbook .
There’s two ways
you can incorporate the finished pumpkin: a partial mash-style method or simply
a soak with the grains as the water heats. For the soak method, simply add the
pumpkin and the grains to your pot of water, put it on the heat to boil. When it
boils, remove the pumpkin and grains. |
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