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Drunken Pumpkin #1

My first stab at a pumpkin beer -- it's a borderline "imperial pumpkin".

Brewer: Matthew R. Email: mathstew@gmail.com
Beer: Drunken Pumpkin #1 Style: American Amber Ale
Type: All grain Size: 5.5 gallons
Color:
17 HCU (~10 SRM)
Bitterness: 28 IBU
OG: 1.069 FG: 1.013
Alcohol: 7.3% v/v (5.7% w/w)
Water: RO water, gypsum added (if necessary) to achieve mash pH of 5.2.
Grain: 7 lb. American 2-row
2.30 lb. German Munich
16.4 oz. Belgian aromatic
12 oz. Melanoidin Malt
3.7 oz. Special Roast
5.5 oz. Flaked rye
58 oz. Canned Pumpkin, baked
Mash: 85% efficiency
Bake two 29 ounce cans worth of pumpkin in a uncovered dish at 350 for one hour and add to mash with strike water. Mash at 152 for 60 minutes. Decoction mashout.
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.051 7.5 gallons
8 oz. Molasses
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice at flameout. 1 whirlfloc tab 15 mins prior to flameout. Yeast nutrients 5 mins prior to flameout.
Hops: .75 oz. Nugget (12% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast: US05, rehydrated.
Carbonation: Keg and slow carb to 2.2 volumes.

Recipe posted 09/24/12.