Pumpkin Spice Beer

[Redman]

I am looking for a great pumpkin spice ale recipe that I can brew soon and have it ready for my birthday if not before - and yes my birthday happens to be on Halloween.
Can anyone help



Thanks
Cheers
Redman

[RedRory]

There was a great one in Zymurgy about a year or two ago, written by Guido on this forum. I made it last fall. I'll look through my brew log and see if I can find it.

[TheDarkSide]

Brewing Classic Styles.

[brewinhard]

There was a great one in Zymurgy about a year or two ago, written by Guido on this forum. I made it last fall. I'll look through my brew log and see if I can find it.

+1 to Guido's recipe out of Zymurgy. I really enjoyed that one although I would mash a bit lower to get my beer to finish out more, but that is probably my own issue and not his.

[straight cash homey]

i would suggest ditching the pumpkins and use yams. i listened to the session episode where patrick rue from the bruery talked about his beer 'autumn maple' that used yams, molasses, maple syrup, spices... and he said it gave a better pumpkiny flavor than real pumpkin. i brewed a semi clone with his help and it was awesome. i have some notes from emails so if you're interested pm me. now that you mention it, i'm brewing that beer again for thanksgiving.

[mediumsk]

i would suggest ditching the pumpkins and use yams. i listened to the session episode where patrick rue from the bruery talked about his beer 'autumn maple' that used yams, molasses, maple syrup, spices... and he said it gave a better pumpkiny flavor than real pumpkin. i brewed a semi clone with his help and it was awesome. i have some notes from emails so if you're interested pm me. now that you mention it, i'm brewing that beer again for thanksgiving.

I for one would love to see that recipe

[brewinhard]

i would suggest ditching the pumpkins and use yams. i listened to the session episode where patrick rue from the bruery talked about his beer 'autumn maple' that used yams, molasses, maple syrup, spices... and he said it gave a better pumpkiny flavor than real pumpkin. i brewed a semi clone with his help and it was awesome. i have some notes from emails so if you're interested pm me. now that you mention it, i'm brewing that beer again for thanksgiving.

I for one would love to see that recipe

Me too! Please share...

[Broners&Brewbies]

I brewed this one up last year and everyone loved it...

I made the extract version but this year I will try the all-grain (not my recipe btw)


Recipe Type: Extract
Yeast: WLP002 English Ale
Yeast Starter: Yes - at least 1L
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.053
Final Gravity: 1.015
IBU: 32.1
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 14.3
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 - rack off of trub to clear

EDIT: This recipe has been changed to reflect improvements over the years. The original recipe was way too aggressively hopped.

Thunderstruck Pumpkin Ale

6.25 lbs light DME
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
8.0 oz Biscuit Malt
4.0 oz Wheat, Flaked
60.00 oz Pumpkin, Canned (Boil 60.0 min)
.75 oz Goldings (5.0% AA 60.0 min) 13 IBU
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min)
1 Pkgs English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) or Fermentis S-04

Spread the pumpkin on a cookie sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees F before adding to the brew.

Steep the grains for 20-30 minutes at about 155°F.

During clearing stage, add a spice tea of 1-1/2 tsp "Pumpkin Pie Spice" or Pampered Chef "Cinnamon Plus." Steep spices in 1 cup hot water for 10-15 minutes, cool then add. Consider adding the spice tea a little at a time to achieve the desired flavor profile.

There will be several inches of trub almost regardless of how you try to contain the pumpkin. Your yield may be slightly less than 5 gallons.

And All grain

I'm going to mash the pumpkin like my friend at Alt Platz Brewery does. I may also use a dry yeast like S-04 instead of the WLP002. Here's the recipe:

21.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row)
5.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
2.50 lb Biscuit Malt
1.00 lb Wheat, Flaked
180.00 oz Pumpkin, Canned (a dozen 15oz cans)

2.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min)

0.75 oz Ginger Root (Boil 12.0 min)
3 Tablets Whirlfloc (Boil 10.0 min)
1.50 tsp Cloves, Crushed (Boil 5.0 min)
1.50 tsp Nutmeg (Boil 5.0 min)
3.00 tsp Allspice (Boil 5.0 min)
3.00 tsp Cinnamon (Ground) (Boil 5.0 min)

Yeast - English Ale (White Labs #WLP002)

Single infusion mash at 158° F for 45-60 mins
Mash out at 168°F
Sparge with 178°F water to collect 17.5g of wort
Boil 60 mins

Est OG: 1.057
Est FG: 1.018
Est ABV: 4.99 %
Bitterness: 13.0 IBU
Est Color: 14.2 SRM

Consider omitting the spices on brew day and adding them as a "tea" during clearing. See the extract version above for notes.