Sunday, October 3, 2010

ELF Gardens Pumpkin Ale


I spent Sunday afternoon at a friend's place that we like to call ELF Gardens brewing up a pumpkin ale for Halloween. While sparge was slow and I was shooting to mash a few degrees hotter, all went well. Here's the recipe, it's based off an ESB, a favorite style of mine. I figure I'll add a tsp pumpkin pie spice at bottling and pull off a plain growler for myself.

10# Marris Otter Pale Malt
1.5# CaraMunich 10L
.5# 120L
7 lb pumpkin, cubed and baked at 375F for 60 min, added to mash
4 lb acorn squash, cubed and baked at 375F for 60 min, added to mash

Mash for 60 min at 151F
Efficiency 80% (not including converted starch from the pumpkin/squash)

1 oz. Liberty Hops at 60 min
1 oz. Liberty Hops at 30 min
1 oz. Liberty Hops at 1 min

Wyeast London Ale Yeast

SRM Color: 12 (medium amber)
IBU: 29
OG: 1.066
FG: 1.008
ABV: 7.6

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