Took a day off of work to brew a Pumpkin Ale for Thanksgiving.
First I got a couple of pie pumpkins to put in the mash. Cooked them Sunday to get them ready for mashing today.
Then I mashed to malted barley and prepared pumpkins to make wort.
When the conversion as complete I sparged to collect the sweet liquid that will become beer.
Boiled the wort with hops and spices then cooled and added to a fermentor.
Added the yeast and in a couple of weeks we should have Pumpkin Ale.
I did taste the gravity sample and it has a nice taste.
Looking forward to Thanksgiving.
I also love making beer. It is a very wonderful to change malted barley into very good beer.
Next batch will be Oatmeal Stout. Need to do something heart healthy.
4 responses to “Skipped work today to brew”
Looks like your website is coming together! We will totally be there for Thanksgiving and can’t wait to try the beer!
Smelled as good as it looked at the end. Can’t wait for Thanksgiving. I might have to try some at the taste test to see how it’s going.
Looks delicious! Too bad you can’t ship any out to Washington for some taste-testing!
Where are you able to buy fresh hops like that? I’ve never seen it before except in a Sam Adam’s commercial. It looks like it would smell good. I probably won’t sample any on Thanksgiving but if you do any bottles I would love to take one home.