Beer 2014.03

Overview

• Style: Spiced Pumpkin Ale
• Codename: Pilfered Pumpkin
• Tagline: "It's not about the pumpkin. It's about the pumpkin."
• Brewmaster: Justin T. Conroy
• Based on: Beer 2012.03
• Type: All-grain
• Initial Gravity: 1.040 (Measured 1.067 before adding 2 gallons distilled water to 3 gallons of wort)
• Final Gravity: 1.012
• ABV: 3.68%
• Brewed: 2014-10-12
• Kegged: 2014-10-28
• First served: 2014-11-01
• Last served: 2014-11-01 (People really liked it at the Halloween Party)

Brew Participants

Those who stuck through thick and thin:

• Justin
• Eric
• Joseph
• Avner
• Ryan
• Thomas

Brewing

Mash

Grain Bill:

• 6 lbs Cargill 2 Row Pale Malt
• 4 lbs TF&S Pale Crystal Malt
• 4 lbs of roasted pumpkin flesh
• 1 lb Rice Hulls (put in at the end of the mash before sparging to keep it from getting stuck)

Mash Schedule:

• Type: Multiple step in insulated mash tun, no heating
• 13 qt water at 170F
• Target temp: 150F
• Actual temp: 155F
• Time: 90 mins
• End temp: 153F

Sparge

• 20.25 qt, ~175F

Boil

• 90 mins
• At 60 mins add 5.9oz fresh Cascade hops (grown by Joseph. Thanks Joseph!)
• At 80 mins add spices
  • .5 tsp ginger
  • .5 tsp nutmeg
  • .5 tsp cinnamon
  • .5 tsp allspice
• Chill to 78F, rack through pump
• Yield: ~3 gal wort
• Added 2 gallons of distilled water to get the yield up
• Initial gravity: 1.040 (1.067 before adding 2 gallons distilled water)

Fermenting

• Primary ferment: Carboy
• Wyeast Yorkshire Ale

Kegging

• Kegged on 10/28/2014
• Final Gravity 1.012
• Kegged into Keg 3

Tasting Notes

At kegging, it still tasted freakin fantastic. It actually was a bit naturally carbonated coming out of the carboy, a little sweet still, and the flavor profile was right on the money. Tasted like pumpkin pie.