Beer 2014.03

Overview

• Style: Spiced Pumpkin Ale
• Codename: Pilfered Pumpkin
• Brewmaster: Justin T. Conroy
• Based on: Beer 2012.03
• Type: All-grain
• Initial Gravity: ??
• Final Gravity: ??
• ABV: ??
• Brewed: 2014-10-12
• Kegged: 2014-10-??
• First served: ?/?/?
• Last served: ?/?/?

Brew Participants

Those who stuck through thick and thin:

Brewing

Mash

Grain Bill:

• 1 lb Rice Hulls (to keep the sparge from getting stuck)
• 10-12 lbs Pale Malts all around
• 3-5 lbs of roasted pumpkin flesh

Mash Schedule:

• Type: Multiple step in insulated mash tun, no heating
• 13 qt water at 160F (intended)
• 15 qt of water at various temperatures at start (actual)
• Target temp: 150F
• Actual temp: ???
• Start pH: ???
• Time: 105 mins
• End temp: ??F

Sparge

• 14 qt, target: 170F

Boil

• 90 mins
• At 75 mins, add 1 oz hops
• Chill to 78F, rack through pump
• After racking - gravity was ???
• Yield: ~5 gal wort
• Initial gravity: ???

Fermenting

• Primary ferment: Carboy
• Some sort of Pale Ale yeast

Kegging

• Kegged on ?/?/?
• Final Gravity ?.???
• Kegged into Keg ?