Hey guys,
I was aiming for a brownish Halloween Pumpkin Ale to drink tonight but couldn't resist and cracked open my bottles yesterday.
It was a small 1-gallon batch with a OG of 1.048. The beer was just fine and I felt the alcool buzz. The problem was the color. I wanted a brownish ale but it turned out as a blonde. The recipe was;
Type: All Grain
Yeast: 7 g of dry Cooper's yeast
Batch: 1 Gal
OG: 1.048
35 mins boil
Malt Profile:
2.4 lbs of Pale Malt
2.4 lbs of Munich Malt
60 mins @ 156 F
Additions:
0.3 oz Centennial (8.5%) after 10 mins (Pellets)
1 sliced pumpkin after 15 mins
Irish Moss after 15 mins
0.3 oz Centennial (8.5%) after 20 mins (Pellets)
2 teaspoons cinnamon after 35 mins
1 teaspoon ginger after 35 mins
half a cup of table sugar after 35 mins
Fermentation was 2 weeks in primary and 1 week in bottle.
I thought the Munich malt would bring out a brownish color ? Was it the short boil ?
I was aiming for a brownish Halloween Pumpkin Ale to drink tonight but couldn't resist and cracked open my bottles yesterday.
It was a small 1-gallon batch with a OG of 1.048. The beer was just fine and I felt the alcool buzz. The problem was the color. I wanted a brownish ale but it turned out as a blonde. The recipe was;
Type: All Grain
Yeast: 7 g of dry Cooper's yeast
Batch: 1 Gal
OG: 1.048
35 mins boil
Malt Profile:
2.4 lbs of Pale Malt
2.4 lbs of Munich Malt
60 mins @ 156 F
Additions:
0.3 oz Centennial (8.5%) after 10 mins (Pellets)
1 sliced pumpkin after 15 mins
Irish Moss after 15 mins
0.3 oz Centennial (8.5%) after 20 mins (Pellets)
2 teaspoons cinnamon after 35 mins
1 teaspoon ginger after 35 mins
half a cup of table sugar after 35 mins
Fermentation was 2 weeks in primary and 1 week in bottle.
I thought the Munich malt would bring out a brownish color ? Was it the short boil ?