Pumpkin weight in water/grain calculation?

Brewing Processes
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When I calculate the amount of strike water for a pumpkin ale, do I use the weight of the pumpkin in my calculation?

So if I have a 10 gallon grain bill and 4 pounds of pumpkins do I do (14 * 1.25) or (10*1.25).

Maybe I am thinking about it all wrong.  I think canned pumpkin is something like 90% water, so maybe I should not be including it in my grain weight but rather including it in the volume of strike water.

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I would use it in the calculation for strike temp, but not the calculation for volume. From there adjust with boiling water or ice. If you do lose some volume, it’s easily replaced by sparging a bit more.

Either way, I doubt it will make a huge difference.

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Agree