Crazy8
Well-Known Member
Now I am not a beer drinker and never was so please forgive me if I am not correct in some of my thoughts. I have done some (by some I mean very little) research about Oktoberfest beers and it seems that these beers are heavier than a light beer and have some fall type flavors. Well I have an idea for my root beer. Ever since I started brewing root beer a few weeks ago, I have had a crazy idea to do an "Oktoberfest Root Beer".
The idea is to make a root beer that has kind of a creamy mouth feel, good head retention and flavor would be pumpkin/nutmeg, pumpkin/spice, or a pumpkin/cinnamon. As you can see pumpkin would be the primary flavor and that is where my other stump is. What would you use to achieve the pumpkin flavor? What are some other flavors that go in to an Oktoberfest beer tat I may want to consider for my root beer?
Here are some thoughts...
1. Malt Dextrose for improved mouth feel (not sure if it will help with anything else)
2. Yucca root for head. (not sure if yucca will help with anything else)
3. Pumpkin flavor. (Not sure what to use here. This is where I need help or the over all flavor in general)
4. If I were to make different flavors of root beer, ie pumpkin, does sassafras and/or sarsaparilla still get used in making it despite what "flavor" of root beer is being made?
Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided
The idea is to make a root beer that has kind of a creamy mouth feel, good head retention and flavor would be pumpkin/nutmeg, pumpkin/spice, or a pumpkin/cinnamon. As you can see pumpkin would be the primary flavor and that is where my other stump is. What would you use to achieve the pumpkin flavor? What are some other flavors that go in to an Oktoberfest beer tat I may want to consider for my root beer?
Here are some thoughts...
1. Malt Dextrose for improved mouth feel (not sure if it will help with anything else)
2. Yucca root for head. (not sure if yucca will help with anything else)
3. Pumpkin flavor. (Not sure what to use here. This is where I need help or the over all flavor in general)
4. If I were to make different flavors of root beer, ie pumpkin, does sassafras and/or sarsaparilla still get used in making it despite what "flavor" of root beer is being made?
Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided