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[DaBearSox]

So i got my score sheets back today for the comp I was just in. I am looking at my spice/herb/vegetable entry (pumpkin beer) I ended up with a 35 and third place. I guess I just over looked that I had to pick a style of beer this was other than a pumpkin beer...both judges wrote in the notes section that I would have been in the 40s if I would have given them a style. So here is the recipe i formulated....When I made it i thought pumpkin beer not lets make this type of beer then add spices and pumpkin....so for the future when I make this beer again and maybe enter it in a comp I would love to add a style this time and not get docked points...5 gallons6 lbs Rahr 2-row2 lbs Global Dark Munich1 lb Belgium Biscuit 1 lb Light Crystal 4 oz Special BMash everything around 154 for an hourBoil:.75 oz Perle 7 AA 60 min.25 oz Perle 30 minS-04 yeast (whitbread dry version)OG: 1.056 FG: 1.013What do you guys think....one of the judges wrote maybe a blonde ale but I have to think the color/flavor is a little off for a blonde.

[tag]

Is it dark enough to be a Scottish ale?I think a pumpkin beer is good with a moderate gravity, malty ale with not much hops.

[DaBearSox]

Is it dark enough to be a Scottish ale?I think a pumpkin beer is good with a moderate gravity, malty ale with not much hops.

not quite dark enough....This was a pumpkin ale with moderate gravity, malty and not too much hop...but they wanted me to also say what style i turned into the pumpkin...and I gotdocked points b/c i didn't.

[TimE]

English bitter or American amber ale

[SchwanzBrewer]

not quite dark enough....This was a pumpkin ale with moderate gravity, malty and not too much hop...but they wanted me to also say what style i turned into the pumpkin...and I gotdocked points b/c i didn't.

How do it taste like pumpkin? The hops? I don't know much about flavor for hops or Special B and I'm too lazy to look it up. Cheers,Rich

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

How do it taste like pumpkin? The hops? I don't know much about flavor for hops or Special B and I'm too lazy to look it up. Cheers,Rich

usually the pumpkin flavor is actually just pumpkin pie spice mixtures which most people associate with pumpkin. Some people also add in pumpkin pie filling (from the can). I don't think there are any hops that taste like pumpkin. Special B tastes like dark crystal with some flavors that I can only describe as slightly raisin-like mixed in.

[DaBearSox]

usually the pumpkin flavor is actually just pumpkin pie spice mixtures which most people associate with pumpkin. Some people also add in pumpkin pie filling (from the can). I don't think there are any hops that taste like pumpkin. Special B tastes like dark crystal with some flavors that I can only describe as slightly raisin-like mixed in.

Exactly, this recipe and how I added the pumpkin actually did come through in the beer. I was pretty happy with the result because I tried a different way to do it than I had read or done before. I guess if I submit this to a comp again I'll have to write down a style so they can judge of of that....I will probably use blonde or Bitter as the style, one of the judges said "maybe blonde?" on the notes, i just dont see it.