ERIC'S IPA Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Name: ERIC'S IPA Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Total time: 120 s
Yield: 52 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 gallon spring water; 6 lb light DME; 3 lb light amber LME; 2 lb crushed Rarr 6 row; 1/4 lb carapils; 1 lb whole Rarr 6 row; 1 oz cluster hops; 2 can big cans of pumpkin; 2 lb light brown sugar; 1/3 tbsp ground nutmeg; 1/3 tbsp ground cinnamon; 1/3 tbsp ground cloves; 1/3 tbsp ground ginger; 5 oz corn sugar; 4 packs 05 yeast

mrefue @mrefue888

Arlington, Texas

I came up with this beer looking for a real fall/thanksgiving vibe to it without Bing a light let down like most of the $8.99 pumpkin bombers out there. 10.6% ABV so be careful it's definitely a beer to share with friends

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Ingredients

2 mins

52 servings

6 gallonspring water
6 lblight DME
3 lblight amber LME
2 lbcrushed Rarr 6 row
1/4 lbcarapils
1 lbwhole Rarr 6 row
1 ozcluster hops
2 canbig cans of pumpkin
2 lblight brown sugar
1/3 tbspground nutmeg
1/3 tbspground cinnamon
1/3 tbspground cloves
1/3 tbspground ginger
5 ozcorn sugar
4 packs05 yeast

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Steps

2 mins

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Roast pumpkin on a baking sheet for an hour at 350, stir every so often
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Toast whole grains for 15 mins at 350
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Bring spring water up to 170-172 and steep all your grains for 1 hour
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Dump grains, add DME and pumpkin and bring to a boil, after hot break add hops and start. The hour timer
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At 45 mins add the LME
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At 55 mins add the brown sugar and spices
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At the end of the boil cool your wort down to 80-90, strain through a fine mesh
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Add 4 gals of cold spring water to a fermenting bucket and aerate the wort
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Sprinkle your yeast on top of your wort and cover your bucket
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This is a big beer, 10+ ABV so you should use a blow off hose, unless you want your whole house to be repainted with beer
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Og 1.100
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FG 1.020 in 2-3 weeks, just keep an eye on it.
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Move to secondary for a week or 2, till clear
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Prime with corn sugar
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Bottle condition for a month then in the frig for a few weeks.
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Enjoy and plz message me if you need help and let's see them pics