It's possible that you're cutting it a little too close. Are you looking at bottling or kegging?
I'm kinda rushing mine, and I did a light spiced beer. Similar to the others posted here.
Or are you looking at staring one up with him so that it'll be done in a month or two? I'm still looking at cherry beers, I haven't really decided how I'm going to work mine. I'm considering cherry concentrate rather than cherries, either sweet, tart, or a mix of the two.
Did you want to avoid sorghum? I like working with sorghum extract, mostly cause I can get it in quantities that make it easier to brew, rather than single pound containers.