The Pumpkin Beer for Hallowmas

The Pumpkin Beer for Hallowmas

1. Specification:
Brewing way: Whole Malt
Style: Spicy Beer Special for Holiday/Winter
Boiling Time : 60 min
Target Volume: 20.8 L
Water Volume: 24.60 L
Initial Specific Gravity: 1.070 (Estimating according to the Recipe)
Syrup Yield: 70% (For small scale brewing)
Initial Specific Gravity: 1.083
Termination Specific Gravity: 1.021
Alcohol Content: 8.16%
Bitterness (IBU): 50.22
SRM (morey)Color:15.64

2. List for Material

Weight	Material	EBC	Proportion(%)
6.8kg	American two-rowed barley	1.8	75.9
0.91kg	American victory Malt	28	10.1
0.34kg	Caramel/Crystal Malt	30	3.8
0.91kg	Pumpkin	13	10.1
19.75Ib	Total

3. List for Hop

second	Variety	AA	Time
28.36g	Magnum	15	50min
28.36g	Sterling	8.7	10min

4. Other Material

Dosage	Name	Time
0.34kg	demerara sugar/yellow sucrose	60min
0.11kg	dark brown suger	60min
0.75 teaspoon	fresh ginger powder	5min
3 each	Sri Lanka cinnamon stick	5min
0.5 teaspoon	whole clove	5min
0.5 teaspoon	nutmeg	5min
0.5 teaspoon	allspice	5min
1 each	Vanilla bean vodka solution	second fermentation
1 teaspoon	pumpkin pie spice	second fermentation
1 teaspoon	Capella water-soluble whole-grain crackers concentrate	second fermentation

5. Yeast

Wyeast_American Ale 1056
Degree of fermentation	75%	settleability:below the average
Temperature of fermentation	15.5-22.2 ℃	activation: yes

6. Note for brewing
1. Cut pumpkin into small pieces after cleaning, bake in the oven 180 ℃ 45 minutes,
then take out to smashed and coated with honey,
and then continue to bake in the oven 180 ℃ 45 minutes.
Also pumpkin can be baked monoblock instead of smashing,
but the amount of pumpkin need to add according to need.
2. Smashed pumpkin will lead wort filtration difficulties and loss more water during boiling more water,
but they can provide more flavor.
3. Baking can dissolve out the sugar in the pumpkin and form caramel in the local high temperature,
which provided the important flavor substances.
4. Pumpkin can use foil to wrap roast to avoid excessive burned.
5. This kind beer does not emphasize the aroma of hop ,
other bitter hops can be considered if there is no recipe of hops.
6. Preparation of vanilla solution: split two vanilla pod, scrape out the seeds ,
soak into 100g vodka for two weeks.
7. Pumpkin pie spice: it is for optional, the main ingredients are four spices
( Sri Lanka cinnamon stick, whole clove, nutmeg, allspice),
personally feel that Pumpkin pie spice can be ignored by increasing the amount of spices
if Pumpkin pie spice is not available.
8. Capella water soluble concentrate whole-wheat crackers concentrate:
It thing belongs to the fragrance products, very common used as a flavoring agent for electronic cigarettes.
9. Dry adding for material in second fermentation may cause the risk for contamination and oxidation.
It is recommended caution, and spices and a concentrated liquid is suggested
to add after dissolving small amount of water to boil.