Okay ladies and gents it's been a while since I have posted because I am back to brewing! It being fall I decided that I needed a beer that represented everything I love about this season. So I took cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and allspice in order to replicate the smell and taste of pumpkin pie. Then I thought, "well if I am going to replicate the taste of pumpkin pie then I need a freak-in pumpkin"! So I added two pounds of pumpkin right into the mash, I know what your thinking "What crazy Jack o'lantern brewer would put two pounds of a gourd into a beer"? I will tell you which one this guy! Then at the boil when it came down to putting in the spices I thought "why add only one cinnamon stick when I could add TWO WHOLE STICKS! The end result was a complex autumn beer with a slight pumpkin profile, a strong cinnamon bite, settling out with a hint of nutmeg and a dry hop finish. The is honestly the most complex tasting beer I have ever brewed and couldn't be happier with it. You can't have a sip of it with out thinking of the changing colors in the trees or the crisp autumn air. Here is the recipe below brew and enjoy:
10lbs 2 row brewers malt
.5 lbs malted barley
.5 lbs American Vienna
.2 lbs candi sugar dark
2 lbs pumpkin
2 oz pumpkin spice mix
1 oz East Kent Goldings (.5 oz 60min, .5 oz 30 min)
1 oz Fuggle
Original Gravity 1.052
Final Gravity 1.010
Next week I will be brewing an Oatmeal Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout, this beer will be my winter beer and getting the peanut butter in there will be a challenge for sure!
Happy Brewing
