Brewing with pumpkin

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  1. pk18

    pk18 Zealot (572) Jun 12, 2012 Wisconsin
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    I'll be brewing a pumpkin stout next weekend with some friends and have never brewed with it before. This is open ended, but I'm looking for any tips/things to avoid. Thanks!
     
    #1 pk18, Aug 1, 2012
  2. dgs

    dgs Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2005 Pennsylvania

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  3. pk18

    pk18 Zealot (572) Jun 12, 2012 Wisconsin
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    Didn't even see that. TY.
     
    #3 pk18, Aug 1, 2012
  4. pk18

    pk18 Zealot (572) Jun 12, 2012 Wisconsin
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    Just looking for feedback on a Pumpkin Stout I'm doing with some friends next weekend. I know there's another thread out there already, but I didn't want to thread jack. Thanks!

    12 LB 2 Row Pale - US
    1.25 LB 60L Crystal - US
    12 oz 80L Crystal - US
    12oz Chocolate - US
    4 oz Roasted Barley - UK
    8 oz Molasses
    12 oz Flaked Barley
    12 oz Flaked Oats
    1 can 29oz Pumpkin

    Protein Rest at 122 for 20 Min - No Pumpkin/Molasses
    Mash at 154 for 60 Min - Add Pumpkin
    Sparge at 175

    Boil for 60 Min - Add: Molasses

    1oz Northern Brewer - Bittering
    0.5 oz Amarillo - Flavor
    0.5 oz Amarillo - Aroma

    1T and 1t Cinnamon, 1t nutmeg, 0.5t cloves at Bittering
    1T and 1t Cinnamon, 2t nutmeg, 0.5t cloves at Flavor

    WLP001 Yeast

    2 Vanilla beans split and quartered, sanitized, added to secondary

    Batch Size: 8.75
    Boil Size: 7.25
    OG: 1.056
    FG: 1.014
    ABV: 5.5%
    IBU: 18
    SRM: 28
     
    #4 pk18, Aug 2, 2012
  5. nathanjohnson

    nathanjohnson Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2007 Vermont

    Yikes, way way way too much going on. This seems like a textbook example of inexperienced recipe-development. Kitchen sink approach is almost never good.

    Drop the 80 crystal, drop the molasses, pick either flaked barley or oats. Drop the Amarillo, the peachy/apricot notes seem to clash heavily with roast of the stout and the spices. Don't add any spices at bittering, they aren't hops. Flavor addition seems ok, but I don't have my brewing notes in front of me, so tough to say on the amounts, but too little spice is always better than too much.
     
    #5 nathanjohnson, Aug 2, 2012
  6. pk18

    pk18 Zealot (572) Jun 12, 2012 Wisconsin
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    Thanks for the feedback.
     
    #6 pk18, Aug 2, 2012
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