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Pumpkin Brew

27th October 2011, 09:01 pm

Here is the brew that I made on Tuesday.  It was a rough brew since I was sick as a dog.

 

Pumpkin Brew – Oct 2011
Recipe Pumpkin Brew – Oct 2011 Style Fruit Beer
Brewer Batch 10.50 gal
Partial Mash

   

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity 1.072 OG Estimated FG 1.018 FG
Recipe Bitterness 26 IBU Alcohol by Volume 6.9%
Recipe Color 14° SRM Alcohol by Weight 5.4%

   

Ingredients

Quantity Grain Type Use
17.00 lb American two-row Grain Mashed
2.00 lb American vienna Grain Mashed
2.00 lb Cane sugar Sugar Extract
2.00 lb CaraMunich Grain Mashed
1.00 lb Crystal 40L Grain Mashed
2.00 lb Victory Grain Mashed
2.00 lb Wheat malt Grain Mashed
Quantity Hop Type Time
0.50 oz Amarillo Pellet 30 minutes
0.50 oz Amarillo Pellet 60 minutes
0.50 oz Simcoe Pellet 60 minutes
0.50 oz Simcoe Pellet 30 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit Belgian Ale yeast Yeast Fermenter 2
1.00 unit California Ale yeast Yeast Fermenter 1
1.50 unit Canned Pumpkin Additive Boil (3 lbs)
1.50 unit Canned Pumpkin Additive Mash (3 lbs)
1.00 unit Pumpkin Spice Other 1 tsp

   

Recipe Notes

Three cans of pumpkin. Half in the mash. Half in the boil.

Batch Notes

This batch is thick in the mash and thicker in the boil. Be careful not to get it stuck.

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Brew

25th October 2011, 05:30 pm

Prepared to brew last night.  Started feeling sick around noon.  Came home around 2:30pm.  Gutting through the brew so I can be done around 8pm.  I have meetings tomorrow starting at 10am

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Cleaned the brew kettle

24th October 2011, 09:54 pm

Cleaned some buckets and my mash coolers.  Boiled 15 gallons of a vinegar and water solution to remove the beer stone buildup in my keggle.  Vinegar is nearly as effective as TSP.  It is a lot less caustic.  Shiny clean.

Formulated a pumpkin ale using QBrew.

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Wal-mart Run

24th October 2011, 02:14 pm

Went to Wal-mart at lunch.  Two propane exchanges and green scrubbers.  Need to get the beer stone buildup off my kettle to brew tomorrow.

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