Name

Smashing Pumpkin Ale (LH)

Style

Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Brew Date

2015-09-28

Type

All Grain

Boil Size

12.8 gal

IBU's

22.3

Batch Size

11.0 gal

Color

11.9 SRM

Boil Time

60 min




Estimated

Actual

Pre-Boil OG

1.048


OG

1.054

1.044

FG

1.013

1.012

ABV

5.3%

5.3%

Efficiency

80.0%




Grain

9.5 lbs

Canadian 2-Row
- 2014 Fall

44.3%


5.5 lbs

Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 2014 Fall

25.7%


5.0 lbs

Melanoiden Malt
- 2011 Spring

23.3%


0.9 lbs

Weyermann Caramunich III

4.4%


0.5 lbs

Weyermann Caramunich II

2.3%



Mash

90 mins

154 F

Infusion



Hops

60 mins

2.5 oz

Fuggles (5.6%)

22.3 IBU



Additions

0 min

1.0

Cinnamon Powder


0 min

0.2

Nutmeg


0 min

0.2

Ginger


0 min

0.1

Cloves, Ground


15 min

1.0

Whirlfloc Tablet



Yeast

3.0

Safale US-05



Fermentation

Primary

10 days

68.0 F


Cold Crash

2 days

32.0 F


Bottle/Keg

1 days

32.0 F



Notes

Tweaked this recipe. Change malt bill. 
Also, didn't use any rice hulls although I should have. Probably should have used 2 lbs.

Got a low flow and somewhat stuck sparse. Curious to see what my pre boil Sg is. 

Og: 1044. Not adding rice hills was a bad idea. 

Day 2: Vigorous fermentation. Added blow off tube. 
Day 14: 1015 Odd. Figured it would be all done.
Day 18: 1012 cold crashing now.

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Recipe Notes
Add 2 cans pumpkin to mash and 2 cans to boil. 1 can = 796ml pure pumpkin.
Add pumpkin pie spice to flavor when serving or when kegging.
Add 1tsp of pumpkin spice per 5 gallon.
For 2 tsp of pumpkin spice use:
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp cloves


Perfect pumpkin ale. 2 thumbs up.
I personally would maybe add some more hops to bitter it a bit.
Maybe a bit maltier would be better. Mash higher.


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