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Offline snowtiger87

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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2015, 04:37:11 pm »
Or you could just look up my article in the SEP/OCT 2013 edition of Zymurgy  ;)
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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2015, 06:07:23 pm »
So, have you done a triangle tasting with the beer brewed with and without pumpkin?

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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2015, 08:12:39 pm »
So, have you done a triangle tasting with the beer brewed with and without pumpkin?

This needs to be done if it hasn't yet. I am drinking uinta's punk'n right now and I feel that pumpkin is detectable in flavor and mouthfeel.

I am not sure if anyone brews a pumpkin beer without spices but it would be nice to see a comparison to see if there is any difference in an unspiced beer.
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How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2015, 08:43:50 pm »


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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #20 on: September 10, 2015, 08:48:33 pm »
Honestly, the wife loves the pumpkin beer. I'd say I've tried well over 20 in the last few years and like maybe 2.

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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2015, 10:03:34 pm »
You may note that I acknowledged Steve's position in the intro of the article.  :)

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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2015, 08:15:09 am »
Thanks, homebrewdad7. Every year I look forward pumpkin and other winter spiced ales.

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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2015, 08:20:29 am »
Glad you found it to be useful!

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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2015, 09:01:34 am »
I think my aversion to seeing all the shelf space in my little local markets being taken up by pumpkin beers starting in July, in addition to many bad examples and my own snobbery, has led me to view this style unfairly.
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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2015, 09:03:06 am »
I can totally see that.  I love Oktoberfests, but seeing them in July makes me irrationally angry. 

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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #26 on: September 11, 2015, 09:19:35 am »
So, have you done a triangle tasting with the beer brewed with and without pumpkin?

I have.
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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #27 on: September 11, 2015, 05:20:16 pm »
So, have you done a triangle tasting with the beer brewed with and without pumpkin?

I have.

Okay...I'll bite.  What were your findings?

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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #28 on: September 11, 2015, 05:21:54 pm »
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To me, RIS tastes like licking a burned tree stump.

This is hilarious! 


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Re: How to brew an excellent pumpkin ale - tried and true tips
« Reply #29 on: September 11, 2015, 05:22:52 pm »
I only drink RIS out of burnt tree stumps.

Glassware matters.

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