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 pumpkin king

Pumpkin Ale 1999

pumpkin ale fit for a king

("here King!")
       
Ingredients:
            
Fermentable 1:
 6.6 lbs Munton's Light Malt Extract Syrup
Fermentable 2:
 1 lb Munton's Plain Extra Light Spray-Dried Malt Extract 2 oz Amarillo hops (7.3% Alpha acid)
Fermentable 3:
 7 3/4 lbs fresh pumpkin
Fermentable 4:
 3/4 cup blackstrap molasses
Flavoring 1:
 4 tsp whole allspice
Flavoring 2:
 5 tsp ground cinnamon
Flavoring 3:
 2 1/2 tsp ground ginger
Flavoring 4:
 1/2 tsp whole cloves
Other 1:
 1/2 tsp irish moss
Hops 1:
 Northern Brewer
Alpha:
 7.8%
Time:
 30 minutes
Yeast:
 1 pkt Edme Active Dried Yeast (11.5g) prehydrated
Process:
  • Cut pumpkin into pieces approximately 1 1/2 inches square and trim off rind.
  • Crush whole spices
  • Roast pumpkin pieces under broiler until toasted
  • Place pumpkin pieces in 3 gallons cold water
  • Bring water to boil
  • Remove water from heat and add malt & molasses
  • At 30 minutes, add hops
  • At 45 minutes, add Irish Moss
  • At 60 minutes, remove wort from heat and add spices
  • Add water to make 5 gallons
  • Cool and pitch yeast
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    Notes:

    This year's pumpkin ale was the best yet - the largest difference was the addition of roasted fresh pumpkin and the result was a better-balanced ale. The Hops, spices and malt flavors all nicely cooperated to produce a flavor in which no part of the flavor dominated.