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beninak

beninak

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I want to make a seasonal brew, and maybe I should have thought about this a few months ago, but would a pumpkin lager turn out too much worse than a pumpkin ale? I know the spicyness of a pumpkin brew would lend itself more toward an ale, but maybe one that uses more pumpkin and less spice for a lager?

The thing is, temps are already down into the 20s here and indoor temps are around 55F so for this brew I'm not sure if I should go with a spicy ale fermented at lager temps or just a straight up amber-pumpkin lager with mild spice. Any suggestions?
 
Funny, but I just responded on a similar thread earlier about a pumpkin mead.

Here's my thoughts: You need a good base to balance the pumpkin and the spices against. If we are talking beer, it's easy. Make it malty. It doesn't matter if it's an ale or a lager. Lagers actually have a greater potential for making it work more cleanly. But you have to be patient. In any case, keep both flavors subtle to where they don't overpower the base flavor.

I still haven't envisioned the proper backdrop to make a pumpkin work with mead. The pumpkin and the spices need something to work against and I don't think honey, by itself, will work. But then again, I haven't tried it. I'd love to be proven wrong!
 
OK guys, don't forget to use the search tool :cheers:

Here's a link to some of my old posts, that I linked to some older posts about pumpkin mead, but there are pumpkin ale recipes and others out there as well. See the seach tool . . . be the search tool!

Hope this helps,

Oskaar
 
I think I would make something along the lines of a marzen style lager. They are great beers and I think their flavor would match well with pumpkin.

Just my $.02
 
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