Beer 2014.03
From Pumping Station One
Overview
- Style: Spiced Pumpkin Ale
- Codename: Pilfered Pumpkin
- Tagline: "It's not about the pumpkin. It's about the pumpkin."
- Brewmaster: Justin T. Conroy
- Based on: Beer 2012.03
- Type: All-grain
- Initial Gravity: 1.040 (Measured 1.067 before adding 2 gallons distilled water to 3 gallons of wort)
- Final Gravity: 1.012
- ABV: 3.68%
- Brewed: 2014-10-12
- Kegged: 2014-10-28
- First served: 2014-11-01
- Last served: 2014-11-01 (People really liked it at the Halloween Party)
Brew Participants
Those who stuck through thick and thin:
- Justin
- Eric
- Joseph
- Avner
- Ryan
- Thomas
Brewing
Mash
Grain Bill:
- 6 lbs Cargill 2 Row Pale Malt
- 4 lbs TF&S Pale Crystal Malt
- 4 lbs of roasted pumpkin flesh
- 1 lb Rice Hulls (put in at the end of the mash before sparging to keep it from getting stuck)
Mash Schedule:
- Type: Multiple step in insulated mash tun, no heating
- 13 qt water at 170F
- Target temp: 150F
- Actual temp: 155F
- Time: 90 mins
- End temp: 153F
Sparge
- 20.25 qt, ~175F
Boil
- 90 mins
- At 60 mins add 5.9oz fresh Cascade hops (grown by Joseph. Thanks Joseph!)
- At 80 mins add spices
- .5 tsp ginger
- .5 tsp nutmeg
- .5 tsp cinnamon
- .5 tsp allspice
- Chill to 78F, rack through pump
- Yield: ~3 gal wort
- Added 2 gallons of distilled water to get the yield up
- Initial gravity: 1.040 (1.067 before adding 2 gallons distilled water)
Fermenting
- Primary ferment: Carboy
- Wyeast Yorkshire Ale
Kegging
- Kegged on 10/28/2014
- Final Gravity 1.012
- Kegged into Keg 3
Tasting Notes
At kegging, it still tasted freakin fantastic. It actually was a bit naturally carbonated coming out of the carboy, a little sweet still, and the flavor profile was right on the money. Tasted like pumpkin pie.
