Mar 4, 2015

Brew Batch #65 La Gran Calabaza...Pastel

I've wanted to try my hand at a true pumpkin beer since the pumpkin porter. So I wrangled up an old recipe from 55 batches ago (see #10) and did some good research on mashing in with gourds and the use of pumpkin pie spices. It was a little more labor intensive but as Junk would say, "I'd drink pumpkin beer year round if it were available". True Story, so would I. Had to use some 6-row and picked up spices from Penzey's and with some guidance from Andy Mc on roasting, we now have The Great Pumpkin....Pie in the fermenter. OG 1.062+0.001 @66F. A little higher than I would have liked but let's see where she ends up.