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Last week, when transferring to secondary, I tasted my pumpkin ale. When I brewed it, I used what came with the kit, a small baggy, 1tsp is what the kit said it was. So... was a little dissapointed that didn't really get any pumpkin spice taste last week. Today, I'm going to put a clarifying agent in and thought I'd taste it again. If I don't get any pumpkin spice taste, thought it might be ok to add it now; this is going to sit one more week, planning to bottle on November 3. Should be ok to add some more spice at this point? It's a five gallon batch, I'm guessing there is 4-1/2 gallons in the carboy. I was thinking something like 1tsp cinammon, 1/2 tsp each ginger, nutmeg and clove (I don't have any allspice in the cupboard).
The kit instructions said to add at the end of the boil, so this is what I did, but did before running the wort chiller, perhaps this was a mistake? Temp too high and just boiled off the spice?
The kit instructions said to add at the end of the boil, so this is what I did, but did before running the wort chiller, perhaps this was a mistake? Temp too high and just boiled off the spice?
