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Big Boys Pumpkin

240 calories 20.2 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Holiday/Winter Special Spiced Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 40 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 45 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.065 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 240 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.2 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday September 1st 2016
1.073
1.012
8.0%
30.5
15.4
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
55 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale55 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 50.5%
35 lb American - Pale 2-Row35 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 32.1%
10 lb American - CaraBrown10 lb CaraBrown 34 55 9.2%
4.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 80L4.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 80L 33 80 4.1%
4.40 lb Piloncillo4.4 lb Piloncillo 45 4.95 4%
108.90 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
5 oz Millenium5 oz Millenium Hops Pellet 11.8 Boil 50 min 23.37 41.7%
2 oz East Kent Goldings2 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 3.4 Boil 60 min 2.83 16.7%
5 oz East Kent Goldings5 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 3.4 Boil 20 min 4.29 41.7%
12 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
18 lb Baked Pumpkin Other Boil 5 min.
4 each 5 inch cinnamon sticks Spice Boil 5 min.
3 each Whole Dried Ginger Pieces Spice Boil 5 min.
1 tsp Whole cloves Spice Boil 5 min.
3 each Whole Nutmeg Spice Boil 5 min.
1 tsp Capella Graham Cracker Extract Spice Secondary --
6 tsp Pumpkin pie spice Spice Secondary --
6 each Vanilla Bean Spice Secondary --
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
85%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Temperature -- 155 °F 90 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.2 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 41.95 gal (167.8 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 29.95 gal (119.8 qt) sparge/top-off.    
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 39.71 gal (158.84 qt). Suggest reducing strike water volume to 3.64 gal (14.56 qt) and adding 27.71 gal (110.84 qt) sparge/top-off. 31.35 125.4  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.2 qt/lb 31.35 125.4  
Mash volume with grains 39.71 158.8  
Grain absorption losses -13.06 -52.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 23.58 g | 94.3 qt) 26.63 106.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.33 1.3  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 41.95 g | 167.8 qt) 45 180  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.45 -1.8  
Post boil Volume 40 160  
Going into fermentor 40 160  
Total: 57.98 231.9
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

After cleaning out seeds, cube pumpkin and bake at 350F for one hour until flesh is slightly softened. remove skins and mash. spread 2.2lbs piloncillo over top. Bake at 450F for one hour. refrigerate and add 8.5 lbs in a large bag to boil in last 5 minutes. Save the rest for secondary.

Slightly break apart dried ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. Add all spices along with whole cloves in a bag last 5 minutes of boil.

Add 8.5lb Baked pumpkin and additional spices in secondary

Soak vanilla beans in vodka and add to taste when packaging.

Add graham cracker exctract to taste when packaging

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  • Last Updated: 2016-09-09 16:08 UTC