Pumpkin chaos

[MotoGP1000]

It seems everyday I read something crazy another brewery is doing.

I bring this up as I’m getting ready to do my first pumpkin recipe. So I ask? What’s to say we could “purée” a pumpkin pie and just put it in the mash?

Wonder if this has ever been tried..

 

[BrewingAroundtheRrealm]

I have certainly used all of the ingredients that go in to a pumpkin pie in a beer. Minus the flour, eggs and milk. I don't see any reason you couldn't put the whole pie in. I don't think that is going to have the desired effect though. You would probably need 3 or 4 pies.

 

[RPh_Guy]

Add 4 pumpkin pies, 2 cheesecakes for body, 2 cans of cranberry sauce for a little fruitiness, and a blended roasted turkey complete with stuffing.
Great fall beer.

 

[jready]

Add 4 pumpkin pies, 2 cheesecakes for body, 2 cans of cranberry sauce for a little fruitiness, and a blended roasted turkey complete with stuffing.
Great fall beer.

Probably should add an annoying relative who always brings up politics or religion.

Seriously I have made and had quite a few pumpkin beers. The spices shine through very few have much else. It is worth a try just know it’ll be a sticky mess.

 

[Hayden123982]

Check out the recent AHA presentation from 2019. Audio is available online for members. Good talk on pumpkin beers

 

[sicktght311]

I use roasted pumpkin purée in the mash for my pumpkin beer. I add a little brown sugar on top of the purée before I roast it

 

[Jag75]

I use roasted pumpkin purée in the mash for my pumpkin beer. I add a little brown sugar on top of the purée before I roast it

Exactly what I did . This beer is as dry as an Afghans thong.

 

[sicktght311]

Exactly what I did . This beer is as dry as an Afghans thong.

Hahaha accurate. I mash a little bit higher to give a little more body, but its certainly fighting to not completely go bone dry. Reminds me its time for me to revise my recipe for 2019 now that i am brewing on a different system. Mid September is Pumpkin Beer brewing season!

 

[MotoGP1000]

Add 4 pumpkin pies, 2 cheesecakes for body, 2 cans of cranberry sauce for a little fruitiness, and a blended roasted turkey complete with stuffing.
Great fall beer.

Great suggestion. Might also add Gravy for Smokey flavor

 

[MotoGP1000]

Update. Just used pumpkin purée.

Along with other spices, this beer turned out great as a blonde pumpkin pie. I used 2 tablespoons of vanilla extract for 5gallons. Next time I would double that I think. But all in all a great brew for the season

 

[Jag75]

@MotoGP1000 . Is your beer dry? If not I think my problem of dryness was due to the 1# brown sugar late in my boil.

 

[MotoGP1000]

@MotoGP1000 . Is your beer dry? If not I think my problem of dryness was due to the 1# brown sugar late in my boil.

Beer didn’t turn out too dry. There is a lot of spice and sweetener doing on so that probably helped. My final gravity was 1.004

 

[sicktght311]

Beer didn’t turn out too dry. There is a lot of spice and sweetener doing on so that probably helped. My final gravity was 1.004

1.004 is the opposite of "Not Dry", in fact its pretty much the definition. A beer that i'd define as sweeter and not dry would end somewhere between 1.015 and 1.025.

1.004 is about as dry as it comes

 

[sicktght311]

Also update on mine. Brewed my 2019 version and it came out even better than last year. Its Pumpkin Pie in a glass. Starting gravity was 1.061 and i ended at 1.014, right on target

I used about 2.5lbs of pumpkin puree roasted with brown sugar in the mash, and then a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for good measure

 

[MotoGP1000]

1.004 is the opposite of "Not Dry", in fact its pretty much the definition. A beer that i'd define as sweeter and not dry would end somewhere between 1.015 and 1.025

1.004 is about as dry as it comes

I guess with the additions it didn’t come across that way. I’ve brewed very dry ipas. This did not have the same effect

 

[Jag75]

Also update on mine. Brewed my 2019 version and it came out even better than last year. Its Pumpkin Pie in a glass. Starting gravity was 1.061 and i ended at 1.014, right on target

I used about 2.5lbs of pumpkin puree roasted with brown sugar in the mash, and then a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for good measure

This sounds like what I was going for . Sounds delish

 

[WestMichBrewer]

For my 3.5 gallon batch, I roasted two butternut squash, probably came to between 3 and 4 lbs, scooped and puree'd, then added to my mash via the mash water.
I had some brown sugar but also a high dosage of crystal to offset the dryness.
Came out pretty good. I can taste the squash but it is somewhat subtle.
I used a tincture in Captain for the spices and think I under-dosed a bit, but I really didn't want it to dominate so I am happy with this first attempt.