Smashing Pumpkin Ale Extract Beer Recipe Kit

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Autumn comes, and a homebrewer's thoughts turn to capturing the sensory experience of the season...crisp nights, colorful leaves, and ripe gourds ready for pie-making. Pumpkin beer recipes are always a hit every fall, and it's easy to understand why this one's our favorite. Sipping this spiced amber ale is like drinking a slice of pie.

Delight and impress your friends with this perfect brew for fall. Smashing Pumpkin Ale recipe is clean and sweetly malty, with just enough hop bitterness to balance. A dose of select spices at the end of the boil imbues the beer with a complex, lingering spice profile full of nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger that persists from the first pour to the last swish in the glass.

Learn how to incorporate actual vegetables in this pumpkin beer recipe. You'll need to purchase an additional 2 or 3 pounds of Rahr 6-row and provide your own 8 to 10 pound pumpkin (winter squash like butternut or acorn will work if pumpkin is out of season). Cut up the gourd, discard the innards, and roast or microwave the pieces until soft and cooked through, then peel. Mash the peeled, cooked pumpkin flesh with the 6-row and the included grains at 152°F for 1 hour before sparging and proceeding with the boil.

 

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SKU

0130

Beer Color Amber
Original Gravity

1054

Total Time to Make 6 weeks
Regional Style USA
Alcohol Content Medium
Yield 5 Gallons
Beer Style Amber Ale,Spice or Fruit Beer
Fermentation Type Ale
Beer Recipe Kit Instructions Click here for recipe kit instructions

Customer Reviews

Based on 412 reviews
72%
(298)
19%
(80)
7%
(28)
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Stephen D.
Pumpkin Ale

Great beer i cut up a fresh pumpkin covered with brown sugar and baked put in bag and boiled came out great!

T
Tom H.
My 1st real fruit brew

I’ve been brewing (extract) for 20+ years and finally took a shot with real fruit in the brew. Pumpkin ale is so distinct and a holiday favorite I thought this would be a good one to start with. I’m happy I did it turned out great!

A couple of tips.
Get a large ( brew-in-a-bag type ) filter bag. You need it, if you don’t already have one.
Like other brewers recommend, extra spice is needed.
I used canned fruit my 1st time, I’ll try real fruit next time.
Brew the fruit & grains in the same pot you brew in. Then lift the large filter bag out and brew as normal.
Watch your water level as you go.

I hope you enjoy brewing this and sharing it as much as I have.

C
Cory V.
SPA -> Pumpkin Pie Pastry Stout

I purchased the add-ons for making a pumpkin pie pastry stout. Great choice by the way. I followed the instructions almost to a T, minus a spill I had with some chocolate rye. Oops. First fermentation was approximately 10 days in vessel. Moved over to secondary then added the cocoa nibs and vanilla. Didn’t use the vanilla beans, but used extract in lieu of. 2 Tbsp per bean. Then added one more Tbsp because I love vanilla. Stayed in secondary for 2 weeks with SG readings every 4 days. Last 2 readings were same at 1.026. Bingo. Half went to keg and half went to bottles. Force carbonated the keg to 2.1 CO² for stouts. After the first sip it was very delicious. Light on the pumpkin pie spice taste, which is good due to friends not like spice flavor so much. But if you like pumpkin pie spice, I recommend adding double what it calls for. Then some cocoa and vanilla on the end with a nice sweet taste, not too sweet. Still waiting for bottles to condition. My OG came out to 1.097. So the ABV was slightly higher than what instructions showed, but I was not unhappy about it. It doesn’t even taste boozy either. Highly recommend.

S
Steven A.
More pumpkin

Just needs some more pumpkin flavor to put it over the top.

A
Alex H.
Yummy!

This has to be one of the best pumpkin beers I’ve had. My friends and family love it. I used 2 cans of pumpkin purée and added extra pumpkin pie seasoning. Came out tasting perfect!

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Customer Reviews

Based on 412 reviews
72%
(298)
19%
(80)
7%
(28)
1%
(5)
0%
(1)
S
Stephen D.
Pumpkin Ale

Great beer i cut up a fresh pumpkin covered with brown sugar and baked put in bag and boiled came out great!

T
Tom H.
My 1st real fruit brew

I’ve been brewing (extract) for 20+ years and finally took a shot with real fruit in the brew. Pumpkin ale is so distinct and a holiday favorite I thought this would be a good one to start with. I’m happy I did it turned out great!

A couple of tips.
Get a large ( brew-in-a-bag type ) filter bag. You need it, if you don’t already have one.
Like other brewers recommend, extra spice is needed.
I used canned fruit my 1st time, I’ll try real fruit next time.
Brew the fruit & grains in the same pot you brew in. Then lift the large filter bag out and brew as normal.
Watch your water level as you go.

I hope you enjoy brewing this and sharing it as much as I have.

C
Cory V.
SPA -> Pumpkin Pie Pastry Stout

I purchased the add-ons for making a pumpkin pie pastry stout. Great choice by the way. I followed the instructions almost to a T, minus a spill I had with some chocolate rye. Oops. First fermentation was approximately 10 days in vessel. Moved over to secondary then added the cocoa nibs and vanilla. Didn’t use the vanilla beans, but used extract in lieu of. 2 Tbsp per bean. Then added one more Tbsp because I love vanilla. Stayed in secondary for 2 weeks with SG readings every 4 days. Last 2 readings were same at 1.026. Bingo. Half went to keg and half went to bottles. Force carbonated the keg to 2.1 CO² for stouts. After the first sip it was very delicious. Light on the pumpkin pie spice taste, which is good due to friends not like spice flavor so much. But if you like pumpkin pie spice, I recommend adding double what it calls for. Then some cocoa and vanilla on the end with a nice sweet taste, not too sweet. Still waiting for bottles to condition. My OG came out to 1.097. So the ABV was slightly higher than what instructions showed, but I was not unhappy about it. It doesn’t even taste boozy either. Highly recommend.

S
Steven A.
More pumpkin

Just needs some more pumpkin flavor to put it over the top.

A
Alex H.
Yummy!

This has to be one of the best pumpkin beers I’ve had. My friends and family love it. I used 2 cans of pumpkin purée and added extra pumpkin pie seasoning. Came out tasting perfect!