Thinking out of the box

I won't be making it to this comong meeting but I will be at the one after that. It does have a lot of haze as suspected, but I am pleased with the taste (if you like a sweet beer). It's not overwhelming by any means but it's different. Some will like & some will hate....

Of course I will be sharing! Would like to hear input & I'm sure not many have tasted a sweet potato ale.

i hope you are sharing!

That sounds very encouraging, to say the least. I was curious how your starchy foray would turn out. Not sure if you're coming to the next meeting, but I'm sure no one would turn down a taste, heh.

I just took my 1st pull off of the tap of the "Sweet Spudtacular" & it definately lives up to it's name! YUMMM! BIG SUCCESS!!! I am EXTREMELY happy with the results! I like it even better than my Pumpkin Wizz.

Merry Christmas Mashers & to all of your families!

WOW!!!! That's the only way I can describe how delicious the wort tasted! If that's a good indicator on how things are gonna finish, this just might be better than the Pumpkin Wizz!

How does this name sound? (I know, it might be a little cheesey but I like it)
"Sweet Spudtacular":

Yup, same as the pumpkin. I peeled & cut up the potatoes. Then baking them @ 350 for about 1 1/2 hrs. Then gonna throw them in the mash for an hour. But I figured the potatoes have much more flavor than pumpkin so I am doing 4 lbs of potatoes where I did 6 lbs of pumpkin.

I hope this turns out like I want it to cause Sweet Potatoes are around all year where pumpkin is only around for a short time. Well, the real stuff anyways.

I'm still adding the molasses, cinnamon, brown sugar, nutmeg & vanilla. I figured I'm gonna do the exact same as the pumpkin wizz & see how they compare.

Cool, I was quoted! Heh. That sounds great Jayme.

Its funny that this came up, because just on friday I was reading about Fullsteam's Carver Sweet Potato Beer (thanks to a link from Brew Masters on Facebook).

So how did or do you prep the potatoes for something like this? Same as with the pumpkin?

jayme,

that is awesome! i love that you are soo creative! can't wait to try it. i know jeff had been looking at idaho potato IPA recipes!

Well I've been thinking about my next brew & I came up with an idea. Sweet Potato Ale! I am going to use the same recipe as my pumpkin spice & just use some sweet potato. I was doing my usual "thinking out of the box" (like Randi says) & I thought of this at work. Then looking around on the internet I find out I'm not the only one that has thought of this.... sigh... oh well.

I know potatoes have lots of starch & will probably cause a lot of chill haze. But for me, it's not a beauty contest, it's a taste deal. Don't get me wrong, I love a good looking beer, but it's nothing without a good taste!

Today is the brew day! I hope all goes well. I have a lot ot peeling & baking to do.