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[Noontime]

I've seen beer and wine made from all kinds of things, but I can't seem to find any reference for a carrot beer. I don't think it would be that different than a pumpkin beer and I just may need to make one. I was just peeling some carrots with my wife and realized after the aroma hit me, that carrots would probably taste pretty good hopped.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

I've seen beer and wine made from all kinds of things, but I can't seem to find any reference for a carrot beer. I don't think it would be that different than a pumpkin beer and I just may need to make one. I was just peeling some carrots with my wife and realized after the aroma hit me, that carrots would probably taste pretty good hopped.

I'm not sure how you'd impart that fresh carrot taste. I don't think you'd want to cook them. Maybe small chunks, soaked in starsan for a bit and thrown in secondary. I'm not sure how much flavor you could get out...

[drewseslu]

I would think shredding, blanching, then adding the carrot shreds to the mash and sparging with the blanche water would be the way to go. Carrots have a very high sugar content, so you may as well mash.A buddy of mine attempted a Carrot Cake Ale recently, but he said he used too much vanilla and it ruined the balance, a pretty cool idea, though.The second batch I ever made solo was a Beet American Wheat with cooked beets added to the mash. It was pretty good.