DIY Pumpkin Kegs & Apple Cider Iced Tea

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DIY Pumpkin Kegs 7 Apple Cider Iced Tea

Level:

Intermediate

How-To:

Home Decor

Seasonal Event:

Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving

Supplies:

One large pumpkin
Marker or pencil
Carving kit
Plastic or metal spigot(aka tap): *you can get these online, or at hardware stores or beverage supply/distributor businesses. Can be as inexpensive as $15.00 each. They sell nice chrome ones on glassbeveragedispenser.com
Fall beer, or apple cider iced tea
Fall/Halloween decorations of your choice to decorate your pumpkin

Draw a ring around the top of the pumpkin as a guide to carve the lid. Keep this close to the top of the pumpkin so you optimize the hollowed out space that will hold the beverage.
Carve the pumpkin with a carving kit or carving kit or serrated knife.
Remove the lid and clean out the pumpkin, removing all seeds out and most of the pulp. It's ok if some pulp remains – it flavors the beverage.
Place your spigot. Using your pencil or marker, trace a circle and cut the hole with a fine serrated knife – carving kit works best.
Make the hole clean, then pop in your spigot. If your pumpkin is thick, you'll have to thin out the pumpkin's inner wall to fit the spigot properly.
Decorate you pumpkin with a fall or Halloween theme.
Making sure your spigot is secured, Pour in your Pumpkin Ale or Harvest beer, or a non-alcoholic option such as *apple cider iced tea. Replace pumpkin lid.

If filling with beer, chill the beer and pour right before serving to keep it cold. You can also set the pumpkin on ice to help keep it cold.
When using Cider Iced Tea, you can fill pumpkin with ice. • Keep in mind that whatever beverage you choose will absorb the flavor from the pumpkin, so stick to fall beers, ciders, and teas.

½ Gallon of iced tea
1 cup apple cider, at room temperature or cold, to brewed iced tea add the apple cider, stirring to combine.
Serve over ice.

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