Notes: (Night Before Brew day)Prepare Spices and place them in a fine mesh bag. Prepare Pumpkin: Spread puree into a large baking dish. Roast at 400 degrees F (204 C)for about an hour, stirring every 15 minutes, until fairly dry and caramelized but not burned. Put in a fine mesh bag.Cool cover and refrigerate until brew day. On brew day remove from refrigerator and bring to room temp before using.
Brew Day: Bring 6 gal(23L)water up to 158 degrees(70C)Place Pumpkin (still in mesh bag) and the CaraVienne, brown, and chocolate malts in another mesh bag, and steep in hot water for 30 minutes. Remove the mesh bags,(do not throw away) then turn off heat. Add the liquid Malt extract and stir thoroughly to dissolve extract completely, making sure not to burn it. Put the pumpkin mesh bag back in, turn the heat back on and bring to a boil. Once boiling , remove the pumpkin, allowing liquid to drip back into the kettle. Boil the wort for 60 minutes, adding the hops, sugar and molasses at the times indicated in the recipe. |
