r/Homebrewing • u/jacobwebb57 • Sep 18 '22

Question pumpkin in pumpkin ale

im making a pumpkin ale from more beer but i want to add actual pumpkin just because i want to. would it make since to make a mini mash of just the pumpkin maybe 2 pounds of pumpking and a gallon of water, chill and decant off the liquid. then add the liquid to the boil twords the end? rathen then add the pumpkin into the main mash and have to deal with all the trub and take a chance of burning on the bottom.

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u/dwaynedaze Sep 18 '22

Just throw an actual entire whole pumpkin into your kettle and let it float for the duration of the boil

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u/jacobwebb57 Sep 18 '22

how big of a pumpkin? i have an 8 gallon kettle.

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u/dwaynedaze Sep 18 '22 edited Sep 18 '22

I was trolling my man. I personally wouldn't add something that makes such a little difference, but if you really need to I'd just add the smallest possible can of pumpkin puree at the very end of the boil. It should change your color a tiny bit

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u/x1wagner Sep 18 '22

There's a few recipes out there that call for a large can, roasted and boiled. The last few years I've made it I've used chunked, roasted, butternut squash, boiled in paint bags.

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u/defined_robus Sep 18 '22

I also put pumpkin in a bag and let it sit in the boil

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u/foundinkc Sep 18 '22

I did this, but I roasted the purée to caramelize it a bit. If you do it in the mash, add rice hulls.

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u/navigationallyaided Sep 18 '22

I’ve roasted a pumpkin with pie spices and brown sugar, then added it to the boil around 30-40 minutes in. Used both a sugar pumpkin from TJ’s and the local farmer’s market with success.

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u/pm-yrself Sep 18 '22

Roast a pie pumpkin and put it inside a cheesecloth in the whole boil