A couple recipes to mark the pumpkin harvest.

This may be the pumpkin beer recipe that I don’t mess with again. But then, where’s the fun in that?

Mmmm….pumpkin.

A couple weeks ago, I made my first pumpkin beer. I’ve wanted to make one for years, but it’s not a style that lends itself to extract brewing. So now that I’ve stepped up to the big time, I decided to try a recipe that someone sent out to the AHA listerv. There are a few modifications, but here are the details:
11 lbs. pale malt
1 lb. victory malt 20L
1 lb crystal 20L
8 oz. crystal 60L
2 pie pumpkins
1 lb. light brown sugar
2 oz. super styrian hop pellets
1 oz. liberty hop pellets
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