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Pumpkin Ale  / Partial / 5 Gallon Batch

O.G. 1.061 – 1.063  - Hop IBU's 18 - 22

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6-# Light malt extract

1-# Honey

1- Lb. Crushed crystal 120L.

1- Lb. Crushed Melanoidin Malt

1/2 Lb. Crushed Honey Malt

1/4 Lb. Crushed Victory Malt

1- oz. East Kent Golding (bittering hops)

1- oz. Fuggles Hops (flavor hops)

1 ea. White Lab East Coast Yeast or 2 ea. / Packs Nottingham Yeast

8 Lb. Cooking Pumpkin, 4 ea. Cinnamon Sticks, 4 Tablespoons Pumpkin Spice  (2 used on pumpkin Meat)

  1- cup Dry Malt Blend  (For Priming)

Pre-clean pumpkin and cut in half. Cut halves again into fourths. Skin meat from rind and cut into one inch pieces leaving the meat sitting on the rind. Place on a baking sheet and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the pumpkin pie spice. Bake for 60-75 minutes or until completely cooked. Mash grains in 1 gallon water @ 150 degrees for 30 minutes, sparge with 1 gallon water @ 170 degrees. Add water to pot for 2 gallons volume. Add malt extract. and bring to a boil. Add the pumpkin meat and bittering hops, boil for 55 minutes. Add flavor hops, honey, Cinnamon sticks with remaining spice, boil for 5 minutes.  Cool and Strain well before adding into the fermenter. Bottle with Dry Malt Blend, age for 8-12 weeks. Set some aside, it just keeps getting better.

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