The Funky Pumpkin Ale

A Fan favorite makes it haunting return in time for Halloween. The Funky Pumpkin Ale from the MCBA.

Brewer:	Maple City Brewing Athourity		Email:	maplecitybrewing@yahoo.com
Beer:	The Funky Pumpkin Ale		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	12 gallons
Color:	19 HCU (~11 SRM)		Bitterness:	28 IBU
OG:	1.061		FG:	1.014
Alcohol:	6.1% v/v (4.7% w/w)
Water:	Used PH 5.2 stablizer to hit target PH levels
Grain:	24 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. 8 oz. Belgian aromatic 1 lb. 8 oz. American crystal 60L 1 lb. 8 oz. Melanoidin
Mash:	70% efficiency
	Mashed grains for 75 mins at 154 ° Sparged with 170 ° water.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.056	13 gallons
	Used 2 medium size pie pumkins, cut into cubes and baked at 375 ° for an hour, then added to boil at 30 mins. Added 4 cinnamon sticks to wort at start of boil, and two more at 45 mins into boil. Also added 2 tbl spoons pumpkin spice mix and 1 cup of molassas at 45 mins into boil.
Hops:	2 oz. Styrian Goldings (5.5% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker (5% AA, 30 min.) 2 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker (aroma)
Yeast:	White Labs WL001, 2 vials pitched into wort. Added yeast nutrient and areated with oxygen.
Log:	Brewed on 9-18, moved to secondary on 9-27 cooled to 45°. Warmed to room temp on 10-8 and bottled on 10-9.
Carbonation:	Corn sugar added to bottling bucket, then bottled.
Tasting:	Beer has good pumpkin and spice flavor, and nice orange color. SG: 1070 FG: 1.016 ABV 7.1%

Recipe posted 10/16/06.