Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer I Yam What I Yam - Sweet 'Tater Ale

Grains/Fermentables:

6 lbs Sweet Potato (shredded/riced)
2 lbs. Pale Malt (6-row) - American, 1.035, 2 SRM

6.6 lbs Briess DME - Gold - American, 1.046, 8 SRM
1 lb Munich Malt - German, 1.037, 8 SRM
1 lb Vienna Malt - American, 1.035, 4 SRM
.5 lb Crystal 60L - American, 1.034, 60 SRM


Hops:

1.5 OZ Cascade, 60 min, 5.75%
1.0 OZ Saazer, 5 min, 4.30 %

Pre-Mash:
Bake sweet potatos in oven (on baking sheet) at 425 F for 75 min.
Some potatos may burn- this is OK! I found that added a nice dimension to the taste of the beer.

Mash:
Steep sweet potatos/6-row in 160 F water for 45-ish minutes. (Use grain bag!)

Boil: Remove grain bag- bring wort to boil, add extract, Cascades, etc.

How's it taste? I LOVE sweet potatoes and this sounds like one more thing to add to the list of future projects.

Sean

It tastes pretty great! Nice and clean, though I must report that the 'Taters don't really lend much of a taste- at least, not as I experienced it.

It could even stand a bit more hopping, and I might swap the quantities of the American vs Czech hops. But otherwise... very good! I might make it my house beer, and keep a keg on hand at all times.

I had a good tasting Sweet Tater brew in Savannah, GA last summer. Couldn't taste tater at all, but the brew tasted good.

Hey thanks for all the replies! I'll be saving this recipe to try in october if I finally have my home brew stuff in order.

Sean

you couldn't taste them? I have been wanting to try this recipe but with the purple okinawa sweet potatos... any ideas on how it'd turn out?

Any idea of abv