Comments on: Nightmare Stout http://firststatebrewers.com/2006/09/24/nightmare-stout/ Homebrewing club for the Delaware area Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: GDSever http://firststatebrewers.com/2006/09/24/nightmare-stout/comment-page-1/#comment-229 GDSever Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:56:00 +0000 http://firststatebrewers.com/blog/?p=256#comment-229 I can honestly say that I will NEVER mash pumpkin in with the bulk of my fermentables again. I think at best I will do a separate mash of the pumpkin, a pound or two of 2-row, and a couple pounds of rice hulls, and sparge it independent from the other grain... or just take the whole seperate mess, put it in a fine nylon mesh bag, and dunk it in the heating wort as it warms to a boil. That way if the pumpkin piece is a disaster I still end up with good beer, even if the pumpkin isn't included. A pumpkin minimash that is then sparged with a teabag method in the kettle... now THAT sounds like a potential winner. Too bad I didn't have that epiphany on Sunday morning... I can honestly say that I will NEVER mash pumpkin in with the bulk of my fermentables again. I think at best I will do a separate mash of the pumpkin, a pound or two of 2-row, and a couple pounds of rice hulls, and sparge it independent from the other grain… or just take the whole seperate mess, put it in a fine nylon mesh bag, and dunk it in the heating wort as it warms to a boil. That way if the pumpkin piece is a disaster I still end up with good beer, even if the pumpkin isn’t included.

A pumpkin minimash that is then sparged with a teabag method in the kettle… now THAT sounds like a potential winner. Too bad I didn’t have that epiphany on Sunday morning…

]]> By: Anonymous http://firststatebrewers.com/2006/09/24/nightmare-stout/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Anonymous Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:58:00 +0000 http://firststatebrewers.com/blog/?p=256#comment-228 Consider it a character building experience. Ultimately I'd predict no worries with the beer as it is dark (clarity issues) and it is spiced and has significant roasted flavor (potential astringency from the particulate in the boil will be masked). A stuck mash is similar to having to be outside during a rain... Who are you going to be angry with and what good does it do you? The brewing gods wryly smile at our folly. But when you enjoy drinking the beer your worries will seem distant. Louis Glick Consider it a character building experience. Ultimately I’d predict no worries with the beer as it is dark (clarity issues) and it is spiced and has significant roasted flavor (potential astringency from the particulate in the boil will be masked). A stuck mash is similar to having to be outside during a rain… Who are you going to be angry with and what good does it do you? The brewing gods wryly smile at our folly. But when you enjoy drinking the beer your worries will seem distant. Louis Glick

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