Brewing an Imperial Pumpkin Brown Ale | Grain to Glass | How to Brew with Pumpkin

In this video, I brewed a pumpkin beer in the style of an Imperial Brown. The idea was to create a strong, substantial beer with a lot of biscuity, bready and "pie-like" qualities to support the addition of spices and pumpkin to the beer. The beer took about a month to reach a good level of drinkability and was pretty tasty overall. The spices were a bit strong at first but later turned into a very nice, complex beer which will do well during both the fall season and the holiday season. If you're not into brewing with spices or pumpkin, the base beer makes a solid Imperial Brown Ale!

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Recipe for 5.5 gallons, your efficiency may vary:

"Plastered Pilgrim"

7.6% ABV 24 IBU

12 lb Maris Otter (59.3%)
2.5 lb Munich Malt (12.3%)
1.5 lb Brown Malt (7.4%)
1 lb Biscuit Malt (4.9%)
0.5 lb Caramunich (2.5%)
0.25 lb Carafa II (1.2%)
0.5 lb Brown Sugar (2.5%)
2.5 lb Cooked Canned Pumpkin (9.9%)

Cook pumpkin at 350 F (176 C) for 30 min
Mash at 152 F (67 C) for 90 min with the pumpkin added

Water (ppm): Ca: 54, Mg: 10, Na: 78, SO4: 105 Cl: 123, HCO3: 70

90 minute boil
60 min - 0.5 oz (14g) Warrior (17.6% AA)

OG: 1.073

2 packets or 1 starter of Wyeast 1187 Ringwood Ale

Ferment at 65-68 F (18-20 C) for 2-3 weeks

FG: 1.016

0:00 Introduction and welcome
1:24 Style description and approach
5:38 Recipe
10:38 Mash
13:33 Boil
16:52 Fermentation plan and yeast pitch
20:04 Fermentation follow up
21:41 Pour and tasting

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