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Primary for a month and then keg for a week and a half. The bottles I'm going to age a bit longer. Keg will be ready for halloween.

So I finally kegged and bottled the batch. It tastes great. There's a semi sweet spice flavor with a little bite at the end. The extra spice was worth it if your a fan of true spice flavored pumpkin beer. Great color as well. Can't wait to drink more!

Kinda from what I could tell. I'll know more on Wednesday.

I added a full extra tsp of pumpkin spice. Kegging an bottling this week, I'm excited.

I did extra spice but I am hoping that all the extra grain and real pumpkin will mellow it out. Haven't tried it yet tho. Kegging in a week or so.

Well so far everything looks and smells amazing. The beer is bubbling, after I got another yeast pack because I didn't trust the already smacked one from NB. I did add an extra tsp of pumpkin spice in addition to the NB spice in the kit. My only issue is that I messed up on the directions...

After reading a few things about the spices, I think ill try adding a little bit more. Most people say the spice was not enough and recorded adding another 1/2 - 1 tsp of pumpkin spice. Another question, this is my first time using liquid yeast. When the kit arrived, the activator pack was...

Just what I was looking for!!! Ill be brewing this tomorrow, Thank you!!

Hello, I am going to try my first pumpkin ale and went with the NB extract kit. They recommended that i get an extra 3lb of grain and mix that in with the kit grains and pumpkin flesh. My questions are, do I just add everything to the bag (flesh, kit grain, and extra grain) and steep...

I use dry yeast in all of the beers I brewed, and all except one were just thrown straight in to the wort and mixed. As for the primary, Ill try my next batch with no secondary and a 3 week primary if I am not dry hopping. If I am dry hopping or transferring to a secondary, are you supposed...

Ill also try getting the reverse osmosis water for my next batch and see if that makes a difference. Also, would it help to test the pH of the water and beer to see if maybe something is off or do I have the wrong idea about that? Another question, Im going to purchase my next brew tonight...

Good suggestion, but I currently don't have anywhere else to ferment that will keep it cool. I also keep an eye on it the fermometer which is fixed to the bucket. It stays pretty constant but I am not sure if that's reading the air or the beer. I may need to look into getting some kind of...

Thats another possibility but I ferment in my basement where the temp is a constant 62-64 degrees. I also secondary ferment, which prevents me from leaving the beer in the primary for longer than a week. Should I just skip secondary and leave it in the primary? I am also going to try a...

I dont have the recipes right in front of me at the moment (ill try to post them later) but the beers I have brewed are as follows. Also I do enjoy bitter beers, and IPA is my favorite by far. Extra hoppy beers I love, but the bitter I am getting is completely different. I can still taste...

I do steep the grains and am very careful not to exceed the max temp. I usually bring the water up to temp, steep grain for 20 mins, then remove grain and full boil. Should I be doing something differently, I try to follow the instructions exactly.