Pumpkin and Scottish Ale tasting

The Scottish Ale is well carbonated and forms a good head when poured. Tastes like beer, nothing special or amazing, but decent.

The Pumpkin Ale only has a hint of pumpkin to it, is not as carbonated, and has an almost syrupy texture, but is not syrupy tasting (it's dry like a beer should be, not sweet) Almost like unsweet, super-light pumpkin flavored pancake syrup (if anyone ever makes such a god awful beast).

But it does have a bit of a kick to it. Not so much in the mouth, but in the head. I had about half a liter and was a bit tipsy.

Pumpkin Ale bottling

Pat and I bottled the Pumpkin and Scottish Ale's.

We racked from secondary to the bucket because the spigot on the bucket made bottling SOOO easy. Added priming sugar to the bucket to induce carbonation in the bottles.

Stirring

Stirred all three gallon jugs (Maple Cinnamon Mead and the two pineapple experiments) by circleing jugs on flat surface. Moved ALL fermenters onto table in corner of basement.

I've noticed that the two Pineapple ones aren't super active. The straight pineapple's balloon has some size to it, but the pineapple / apple / raisin one blew up a little bit, and then died back off. Both are still producing visible bubbles at the surface, just not much.

Pulled-a-Recipie-Outta-My-Ass Maple Cinnamon Mead

For Paul and Leigh!

1.5 lbs Fischer's Natural Pure Raw Honey (Walmart) (Darker in color than most)
12.5 fl oz Maple Grove Farms pure maple syrup (Walmart)
approx 1/2 cup Dextrose Corn Sugar
1/2 oz chopped raisins
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 packet bread yeast

Brought honey, syrup, and raisins with three jars of water (one syrup and two honey to wash them out) to a boil.
Broke up cinnamon stick and added at end of boil
Cooled with ice

prepped yeast with a pinch of corn sugar in half a cup of water

Poured yeast and must into gallon jug. Topped up to a gallon with water. Very dark colored.

approx 1.125 Specific gravity