11/10/21:
Brewed with Matt and puppies
Start time: 10:45 am
Pumpkin puree was placed on baking sheet lined with aluminum foil baked at 350 for 40 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet until cool enough to add back to mash.
Mashtun preheated with 175 degree water for 5 minutes. Strike target is 169, target rest temp is 156. Doughed in to achieve rest of 156, let rest for 60 minutes stirring every 15.
With 30 minutes left in mash added the pumpkin @110 degrees and stirred to incorporate. Mash temp dropped to 152. Vorlaufed for 13 minutes, and collected 3.5 G first runnings into bucket.
Filled with 170 degree sparge water, let rest and vorlaufed for 10 minutes before collecting all into the kettle for 7.2 G pre boil volume.
Boiled for 60 minutes with heat stick and ultra burner on 5. Heat was cut before adding/stirring the brown sugar at 60 minutes.
Rapidly cooled with copper immersion chiller to 69 deg over 25 minutes. Let rest 30 minutes before transferring hard through spout/hose to fermentor.
Final volume: 6 G
OG: 1.055
Fermenting in 7 G SS Brew Bucket
Notes:
Boil was not intense enough and we ended up with more volume and weaker wort than desired. Pay attention and boil harder.