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Pumpkin Ale

226 calories 23.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Specialty Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.75 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Source: Daniel Langmaid
Calories: 226 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday September 10th 2012
1.068
1.017
6.7%
41.2
13.4
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale9 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 61%
1.25 lb American - Victory1.25 lb Victory 34 28 8.5%
0.75 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 80L0.75 lb Caramel / Crystal 80L 33 80 5.1%
1 lb Turbinado1 lb Turbinado 44 10 6.8%
0.75 lb Flaked Barley0.75 lb Flaked Barley 32 2.2 5.1%
2 lb Rice Hulls2 lb Rice Hulls 0 0 13.6%
14.75 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.75 oz Chinook0.75 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 11.8 Boil 60 min 50%
0.75 oz Columbus0.75 oz Columbus Hops Pellet 15.8 Boil 10 min 50%
1.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
87 oz Pumpkin - Roasted and in mash Flavor Mash 90 min.
2 tbsp Candied Ginger (finely chopped) Spice Boil 5 min.
5 each Cinnamon Stick (1in) Spice Boil 5 min.
0.50 tsp Whole cloves (ground in mortar) Spice Boil 5 min.
0.50 tsp Nutmeg (grated) Spice Boil 5 min.
0.50 tsp Allspice (ground in mortar) Spice Boil 5 min.
20 each Grahm Cracker Extract (drops) Flavor Secondary 0 min.
4 oz Vodka infused with 3 vanilla bean Flavor Secondary 0 min.
8 oz Maltodextrin Other Bottling --
4 oz Lactose Other Bottling --
 
Yeast
White Labs - Burton Ale Yeast WLP023
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
Yes
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
18 1.5q ratio Infusion -- 152 °F 90 min
16 "fly" sparge Sparge -- 168 °F --
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 6.02 24.1  
Mash volume with grains 7.12 28.5  
Grain absorption losses -1.72 -6.9  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.18 g | 12.7 qt) 2.88 11.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.08 0.3  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.31 g | 29.2 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 5.75 23  
Going into fermentor 5.75 23  
Total: 8.89 35.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Strike water should be 15F above desired temp, but not sure how the pumpkin will impact the temp... if it's cold might go with the normal 22/23F temp loss? The vodka infused vanilla bean and the extract will steep for a couple weeks with each other and will be added before bottling. Roasted pumpkin in the oven at 350F for 60min. Mash looked really think for some reason and the temp was way lower than usual. I had to top off so much I just left it at 152F instead of 154. Not sure why, I did just get a new mash paddle so that might be the reason. Sparge was super slow and I had to stir it while I was sparging to prevent it from being stuck. I did a hybrid batch/fly sparge. Next time will probably use a whole pumpkin to prevent this. The OG actually may be lower because of the large amount of pumpkin floating in the wort.

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  • Last Updated: 2012-10-23 17:02 UTC