A rich, smooth pumpkin ale with a nice sweetness and spiciness...
Ingredients:
5 gal water
6.6 lbs amber Dme
1 lb. crystal malt,
40° to 60° Lovibond
1 oz. Willamette pellets
1 oz. Styrian Goldings hop pellets
2 lbs. canned Libby's all-natural pumpkin
3 cinnamon sticks
1.5 lb. honey
Safale s-40 English Ale Yeast
3/4 cup sugar for priming
Step by Step:
* Add crystal malt (in bag) to 2 gals. cold water.
* Slowly bring to 170° F.
* Remove grains
* Bring liquid to boil
* Add extract and pumpkin
* Add Willamette hops
* Boil for 30 minutes*
* Add Styrian Goldings hops.
* Add Honey
* Boil for 15 more minutes
* Add all 3 cinnamon sticks
* Total boil is 45 minutes.
* Remove from heat and cool.
* Add water to make 5 gals.
* Pitch yeast.
* Prime with corn sugar.
* Primary ferment 18 days
*Secondary 3 days
