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Thanksgiving Pumpkin Ale | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Ale | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

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Description

Due to high demand, the dried malt kit is currently out of stock. Be the first to receive your items by placing a pre-order today. We will automatically ship this to you when we receive more inventory.

  • A festive pumpkin beer recipe that is malt-forward with a mild hop finish and subtle flavor of pumpkin spice
  • Includes Northern Brewer and Cascade hops
  • Estimated ABV: 4.5%
  • Estimated IBUs: 28-32
  • Makes 5 gallons of finished beer

Our famous Thanksgiving Ale is based on an Amber Ale with modest bittering, a mild hop finish, and of course the subtle flavor of pumpkin spice. Not overpowering in the spice, it is a great beer to share with both experienced and novice beer lovers. Show up at Thanksgiving with a case of your own pumpkin spiced beer and your in-laws may just change their mind about you... normally you can't buy that kind of love.

This recipe kit includes (2) 1 tsp packets of pumpkin spice. The recipe sheet only lists a single packet to be boiled in the last 5 minutes, but both packets should be added at this time.

  • Makes 5 gallons
  • Estimated Original Gravity: 1.045-50
  • SRM (Color Range): 14
  • IBUs: 28-32
  • Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 4.5%

Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”.  For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.

 
 

 

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Holiday beer
Gary N on Dec 2, 2022
Gift for my boyfriend
Crystal C on Oct 17, 2022
Holiday beer
Gary N on Dec 2, 2022
Curious about trying a flavored beer and it’s thanksgiving
Andrew Stuart B on Nov 15, 2022
Gift for my boyfriend
Crystal C on Oct 17, 2022
Made it a month ago and it was amazing
Taylor E on Oct 7, 2022
Part of a promotional deal and desire to brew a pumpkin ale
Mark C on Oct 4, 2022
The wife loves pumpkin ale and it was a 50% off deal
John on Oct 3, 2022
Looked good
Lee M D on Oct 1, 2022
Experimenting with something new ... part of the fall ABCDEAL2
Deal
Carl S on Sep 28, 2022
Holidays
Jaime Q on Sep 6, 2022
Halloween
Jeffrey B on Aug 25, 2022
That time of year
Greg L on Aug 23, 2022
Trying a new pumpkin ale recipe
Taylor E on Aug 18, 2022
Love pumpkin beer
Kenneth D on May 25, 2022
Recommend by a friend
Curtis M on Oct 28, 2021
People like it.
Dave H on Sep 29, 2021
For Halloween
Aaron S on Sep 7, 2021
time for the holidays
Erica C on Aug 18, 2021
I was thirsty
Joseph W Voelker III on Dec 31, 2020
Holiday beer time
rideordie007 on Nov 17, 2020
Want a nice pumpkin beer for thanksgiving
robert l on Sep 26, 2020
It's Fall and time for Pumpkin beers.
Scott H A on Aug 27, 2020
wife likes pumpkin everything
Michael F on Aug 21, 2020
Looks really tasty
Ryland M on Aug 18, 2020
Liked in past
David W on Mar 26, 2020
because its FABULOUS!
Brent W on Nov 27, 2019
Wanted a seasonal beer for Thanksgiving
Gregory W. L on Oct 25, 2019
Who doesn't like pumpkin
Chuck Edenburn on Oct 24, 2019
Pumpkin beer for the holidays!
Brian B on Sep 11, 2019
Seasonal
Scott S S on Nov 17, 2018
Turkey day beer!
David J on Nov 17, 2018
have a pumpkin beer tasting coming up, want to impress people with a homebrew
Charles Roy T on Sep 18, 2018
Seasonal favorite of friends and family
Eric S on Sep 10, 2018
Good Holiday beer
Timothy J G on Sep 6, 2018
Morebeer grain kits have always produced excellent brews!
Mike on Jul 10, 2018
Curious about trying a flavored beer and it’s thanksgiving
Andrew Stuart B on Nov 15, 2022
Made it a month ago and it was amazing
Taylor E on Oct 7, 2022
What pumpkin spice was used in this kit and how much? The showroom was out of stock so I built it from scratch however I couldn't find a pumpkin spice for sale and the person helping wasn't sure of the brand/type/quantity. Thanks!
Eric W on Sep 24, 2019
Best way to raise the ABV on this recipe?
Eric D on Aug 23, 2024
BEST ANSWER: So to raise the abv you would want to add some dried malt extract (DME). What you want to do is raise the original gravity. The formula for ABV is (OG-FG)*131.25. This kit with a abv of 4.5 implies a fg of about 1.013, so manipulating it around, og = (ABV/131.25)+1.013(fg). Say you wanted to raise the abv to 5%, then you'd want a OG of 1.051. One pound of light DME will produce a wert of 1.048. so you take your desired OG - your measured OG and divide that by .048 (the DME points minus the one) to come up with the pounds of DME you need to add. In this example you have (1.051-1.0475)/.048 = .073 lbs of DME. By the way, I really enjoy this kit.
Reviews

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Rated 4 out of 5
A good one for the season
Whether it is for the fall or early winter, this spiced beer is easy drinking and not too sweet or strong for more than one.
December 14, 2020
Purchased
over 4 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Very good. Added some stuff myself to it and it came out great. Wife is a fan.
September 12, 2019
Purchased
over 5 years ago
Rated 2 out of 5
Bad Milling
So, let me start by saying that I've been AG brewing for a while. I ordered 4 kits from MB because they were on sale. This was the first of the kits that I brewed. Everything appeared normal, but I noticed that the grain was not milled to the level that other HBS shops do. I typically average around 76% brewhouse efficiency. With this kit, I hit 62%. Then I brewed the Sunset Pale Ale and hit 60% efficiency. Thanks Morebeer for making me question my process. I then went back to my basics and ensured that I was following my process precisely. I brewed the Hefeweizen and hit 59%. At first, I thought that maybe Morebeer had let this grain sit around for a long time, but a quick internet search reveals that this has been going on for a long time. Morebeer is more worried about stuck sparges than they are about having customers actually be able to brew their kits effectively. Frustrated, I went to my LHBS shop and picked up some grain for a big beer. I hit 72% on a 1.084 OG beer. So, I guess that I will need to run up to the LHBS and see if they will run this last kit through their mill so that I can at least come close to expected recipe. Needless to say, I will not order another kit from Morebeer until I own my own mill. Lesson learned.
November 27, 2018
Purchased
over 6 years ago
Response from MoreFlavor
Hi Joseph - You have valid points and your words have no fallen on deaf ears. This is something we will definitely look into. Please give us a call at 1-800-600-0033 or email us at info@moreflavor.com so that we can assist you. We are here to help. Cheers!
November 27, 2018
Zach R Staff
Rated 5 out of 5
It is a good kit.
I ad a 28 oz can of Libby's pumpkin purée to the mash and stir well.
I only use one teaspoon which is half of the pumpkin spice mix that comes with kit.
You end up with a subtle pumpkin beer .
Which is my personal preference. Everyone loves it so give it a try.
February 4, 2018
Purchased
over 6 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Delicious!
Awesome brew. By far the best pumpkin beer my friends or myself have tasted. In addition to the instructions, I added 1 can of pumpkin puree to the mash and kept it at about 152. then during the boil I added 2lbs of brown sugar and a little bit more cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice for kicks. the rest followed the instructions. during the secondary I added another can of pumpkin puree and let it sort out for about 1-2 weeks. I then bottled it. As you would expect, initially the beer was sweet, but given time to mature in the bottle, mmmmm it is awesome. delicious. despite brewing it at only two months ago, I'm nearly out!
November 30, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5
Delicious with time
I brewed this several weeks ago. Primary for two weeks, bottled. Waited about a week before bottling to sample and there was a strong yeast flavor. Waited another three weeks and this stuff is so excellent. I really love it. Proudly bringing to Thanksgiving for the family to share next week. Brew it, but let it properly age before serving!
November 16, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5
Good pumkin beer
I modified my kit adding 10 poundes of rosted pumkin in the mash at boil added a pound of brown suger and also adding two cinimmon sticks with the spices I also put one cinimmon stick in the keg beer came out very good taped and finished on thanksgiving everyone couldnt get enouph
December 5, 2012