Greetings, denizens of the Intertrons. I spent the better part of my afternoon brewing what I hope will be an appropriate addition to the coming holiday season: pumpkin ale.

For those of you who are so inclined, today’s concoction consists of:

  • 10lbs pale malt
  • 12oz. Crystal malt, 60L
  • 8oz. Caramunich 40
  • 8oz. Biscuit malt
  • 6oz. Carapils
  • 0.4oz Nugget 12.5% at 60 minutes (boiling hops)
  • 0.75oz Liberty 4.5% at 10 minutes (finishing hops)
  • Spices at 5 minutes—3tsp cinnamon, 0.5tsp ginger, 0.5tsp nutmeg, 0.5 tsp cloves, 0.25tsp allspice, and 0.25tsp vanilla extract (faux pumpkin taste)
  • Pitch 1272 for fermentation

The success or failure of this batch should be known by the end of the month. Stay tuned!